I’ve been meaning to write this review for several months, but before I could adequately review these books, I needed to put their content into practice. Then I had to decide when to be done. How deep did I want to go in outlining? How would I know if my outline was any good before I finished drafting the book again? Ultimately I decided to write this after finishing my outline and character profiles and before starting the next draft of the book—because NaNoWriMo begins in two weeks and you need time to make an outline.

The end of the quarter always sneaks up on me. Has it really been three months? Yes. Yes, Lydia, it has. When I look back, it’s easy to see why it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long; I’ve been so busy! Sickness, moving, blogging, cooking, cleaning, family stuff, appointments, church stuff—I’ve hardly had time to sit down (except when writing).