"What’s this?" I wondered, lifting an envelope from my pillow. It was Valentine’s Day, and I suspected that my husband, Jesse, had created a surprise. As I read the letter, I quickly recognized that it was a fictional pen pal situation. By the next day, I had penned my reply and waited for Jesse to find it. With each response, the story grew. Soon, other characters emerged and corresponded with each other, taking the plot to places neither of us expected. In less than a month