The Big Idea: Lif Strand

The Big Idea: Lif Strand

Sometimes, as Lif Strand learned in the writing of Stolen Sisters, writing “The End” is actually the beginning. The beginning of what? Strand explains it all in this Big Idea. LIF STRAND: Stolen Sisters, the second book in my Mangas County Mysteries series, was one tough haul. My fault, of course. I took the concept of pantsing perhaps a little too far. I wrote whatever felt right, expecting the story to get worked out as I typed. And then one d…