I mean, have you, have you felt that on your side?

I, I think-Two really lucky things happened for me in this entire process because, like, I- when I first started writing the book a few years ago, um, I- it took me, uh, the better part of, like, a year to finish it.

Um, and I finished my first draft the day Challengers came out.

Um, and after you finish the draft, you, you clean it up a little bit.

I started sending out to agents hoping to get representation because you have to have an agent, for the most part, to, to, um, go on submission for publishers.

And I think having Challengers out there in the zeitgeist and people understanding how sexy tennis can be and how interesting it is, um, that was really helpful in helping just at least agents frame in their mind, "I think this is something that, like, our world wants right now." So that was extremely helpful when I was out querying agents.

And, um, and now, uh, we s- we sold, uh, the book, um, before Heated Rivalry, the, the series came out, but we're about to go to, to publication now.

Who are those writers and what are those books that have driven you to say, like, um, you know, "I, I really have a voice as a writer, and I want to put pen to paper, and, um, I, I have a story to tell"? Who are, who are your muses?