Writing a book is kind of like parenting. There are things that no one tells you about the process that you learn along the way. Now that my 18thbook, Her Sworn Enemy, came out this week (thankfully I don’t have the same number of children!), I feel confident enough in my process I can share some things with readers (much like the mom who tells the first time moms what to expect). It never takes as long as you think. What I mean by that is I can plan out a book, know all the details of my characters, and still get stumped in the writing process in a three-month spin-in-circles episode that would make a prima ballerina jealous. I’ve written books in as little as a month and taken as long as four years. Seriously, just when you think you know, you don’t. Every book, just like every child, is different. So when people ask what’s your process, I’m getting so tempted to reply, “I wish I knew.” Your head space is not your own. Just like when you’re tempted to try and steal five seconds alone in the bathroom when you have toddlers, you are going to wish…