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'M' is For: Afterword

Added 2025-07-12 15:00:07 +0000 UTC

Hard to believe that after years of working on Mallory and Thomas's story, it's now fully shared! What started as a short concept quickly grew into much more and I learned a lot over the course of writing it. Shout out to the lovely Miss Pearl for beta reading this story. You should check out her own writings on her blog here.

In the coming weeks, I've got a couple extras to share just with you all here 😉 When I was struggling to figure out the ending, I did a writing exercise from Thomas's POV to think about how he'd approach finding Mallory again. There's also a cut scene where Mallory and Thomas reunite and go on their date, resulting in a steamy reunion, but it didn't work with the tone I was trying to go for in the novel. It was happening too fast, too soon. But it was still fun to write, and I hope you enjoy reading it.

I have lofty aspirations to do some accompanying illustrations (which may or may not be spicy) and sell the book as an eBook, but that would be a longer project for the future. What scenes would you like to see drawn? 🤔

Thanks again for reading!