Sometimes a new book doesn’t start with a fully formed plot, or a clear structure, or even a character who is immediately fully formed. Sometimes it starts with a spark. With an idea that takes root and refuses to go away. In Crystal Sight , that was exactly the case.

I’ve been reading a lot of fantastic romantic fantasy books lately, and at some point I realized that the desire to create something of my own in this genre was growing stronger and stronger within me. Not just a single story filled with magic, suspense, and intense emotions, but an entire series. A world that grows larger, darker, and more dangerous, and constantly raises new questions.

At the same time, I wanted to consciously challenge myself as I wrote. I didn’t want to take the easy route. I wanted to see if I could write an entire book—maybe even a whole series—from the perspective of a blind protagonist. Not as a gimmick. Not as a tragic side note. But in a way where her blindness is a natural part of who she is, without reducing her to it.

That's exactly what Crystal Sight a project that challenges me in a very unique way.

Rivienna isn’t the kind of character who waits to be rescued. She’s smart, sharp-tongued, proud, and full of contradictions. She lives in a world that has shaped her in certain ways from the very beginning, and yet she’s not someone who’s content to settle for a role that others have assigned her. That’s exactly why she interests me so much. I wanted to write a main character who doesn’t seem fragile just because others underestimate her. And I wanted to create a perspective that forces the reader to perceive a fantasy world differently.

Of course, this has consequences when it comes to writing. It changes everything. Every scene. Every movement. Every encounter. It’s not enough to simply tweak familiar descriptions. I have to work much more precisely. Much more consciously. Much more honestly. And that’s exactly what I love about it, even if it regularly pushes me to my limits.

Because Crystal Sight is not a book you write on the side.

This story demands attention. It demands consistency. It demands that I know exactly what I’m doing, because every scene from Rivienna’s perspective only works if it’s truly told from her point of view—and not out of old writing habits. That also means I have to constantly question myself. What imagery am I using? Which phrases fall short? Where am I still writing too comfortably? Where do I need to be more precise?

And yes, that’s exactly what makes it exhausting. But it’s the good kind of exhausting. The kind where you realize you’re not just writing another book, but growing as a writer.

On top of that, of course, with a romantic fantasy series, I have to keep track not only of characters and emotions, but also of a larger web of magic, the past, power, guilt, and truth. That’s exactly what I love. I love it when layers slowly peel away. When hints turn into connections. When characters struggle not only with external dangers, but also with what they think they know about themselves.

Crystal Sight gives me all of that.

It’s darker, bigger, and in many ways more complex than it might have seemed at first. And that’s exactly why it grabbed me so quickly. What started out as just an idea—to write a romantic fantasy series myself—very quickly turned into something that took up far more space than I’d originally intended. Characters appeared and wanted to stay. Conflicts intensified. The world became more concrete. An idea turned into a project that doesn’t sit quietly in the corner, but very clearly demands to be taken seriously.

I think that's always a good sign.

Because the stories that truly move me in the end are rarely the easy ones. They are the ones that challenge me. The ones that force me to look more closely, to write with greater courage, and not to settle for the first solution that works. Crystal Sight is exactly that kind of story.

Compared to a finished book, this project is still in its early stages. But I can already tell that this series has sparked something in me. It challenges me intellectually. It inspires me creatively. And it gives me the feeling that I’m working on something that has the potential to become something great.

I’m really looking forward to continuing on this path and finding out where it leads Crystal Sight will take me next.