You ask me how a writer works…

…and it involves some ideas I've accumulated over the years.

Getting facts and dates straight in a narrative matters. You bet readers notice. Maps. Floor plans. You need these things.

I keep a nice little Laurel Burch book OSG gave me some time ago which is my notebook particularly for the Foreigner books. And that lets me keep track.

One of my discoveries is the value of old calendars. Or just doing a calendar form in your word processor and plugging it in. The combination of a detailed...