I’m interested in hearing from people who’ve written one or more book-length works on deadline, since this is my first time doing just that. I wrote Strange Times at Western High on a deadline but it had a fair amount of breathing space.

Admittedly, my books are young adult mystery novels, so there are plenty of genre and length restrictions that other authors may not have to work with. In my favour, I’m working from an outline and plot synopsis that were ironed out ahead of time, and I don’t have to do much advance research.
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