I don’t always outline quite as tightly as this, but seeing spring looming with conventions (Miscon in Montana, Soonercon in Oklahoma, plus a visit with: my brother, and Lynn, and seeing old friends–) there’s ample room for distraction. I also volunteered us to get my brother’s new koi pond into shape…

So I decided I’d better go that extra step; and I’m also using another technique which can be helpful in getting moving: since the Foreigner books are written with two viewpoints, I’m writing from only Bren’s view on the startup, and then on the edit, filling in Cajeiri’s. This means a re-edit to get the two pulled into harmony. But a re-edit is nothing, compared to struggling with a shifting mindset when you’re on the road a great deal.

And an outline is a good thing.