Version 1.0 If this YA urban fantasy became popular, folks would ship my male leads. Hee hee.
Version 1.2 Huh. The guys really do have a LOT of attraction to each other…
Version 2.0 I mean, why not make them cannonically bi? Aren’t faeries supposed to be anyway?
Version 2.3 Wait. Why am I still aiming for a two-person relationship at the end of this?
Version 3.0 Yeah, we’re polyamorous now.
Version 4.0 I don’t want this to be YA anymore… Poof! Everyone’s over thirty!
Version 5.0 I want to see more of the m-m relationship. Removing the first person female lead POV in favor of rotating close third.
Version 5.4 Wait. Why is this on Earth?
Version 6.0 Relocating to a fantasy world where MOST PEOPLE are polyamorous! It’s the monogamous folks who need a special word to describe their non-mainstream relationship preferences whenever someone asks them out! Huzzah!
The journey has taken twenty years. I wrote and even published other books in the meantime. My real world love life went from monogamy to polyfidelity to kitchen table polyamory, and the progression of the story has reflected a lot of that. I’m FINALLY at a point where I’m happy enough with this story to think I have the book I want to publish. Yeah, it still needs editing, but at the heart of it now rests what these characters always wanted.