I’ve been rather quiet online lately. Mostly because I’ve been spending all of my free time (for the most part) working on my novel. I’ve read several books, taking dozens of pages of notes, and created histories and character profiles. And it’s all been paying off. Especially after I started reading Plot Perfect by Paula Munier. Very helpful, and it seems like it was exactly what I needed to get me on the right track with my book.

I’ve gone through sixty more index cards and and halfway throu...