A Glimpse Behind the Velvet Curtain: How I Write Twisted Love

Somewhere between dusk and dream is where Mad Honey was born. I don’t outline in the traditional sense, I spiral. I start with a feeling: betrayal, obsession, seduction. Then I press my characters into that feeling and see how they bleed.

Renee and Nick didn’t arrive fully formed. They showed up like whispers at the edge of my mind, stubborn and half-shrouded in memory. Renee first. She was brittle and burning. Then Nick followed, always too close, too quiet, watching. He wasn’t a villain. Not exactly. But he wasn’t safe either. I don’t think she wanted him to be.

Every chapter begins with a question I don’t know the answer to.
What would you do if the person who loved you most also destroyed you?
Would you run or stay to see what they'd do next?

Writing for me is less about control and more about surrender. I write best when I let the characters misbehave. And in Mad Honey, they did, and often. Some scenes were so intense I had to walk away. Others felt like confessions I didn’t know I needed to hear.

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