Revision Process: Tackling character and balance in SUGAR ON SNOW

I'll tell you right up front...this is going to be one of those long rambling posts about the writing process, photos included.  If you don't want to be mired in a tour of my messy revision-mind, you should probably just move on now.  Nothing to see here...

Still  hanging around?  Okay... here's the revision story.  Last Friday, the UPS guy came with one of those big, thick, daunting envelopes.  My editor at Walker had already emailed to let me know the second round of revisions for my Decembe...