Lois’s answer to “I just read in Jo Walton's review of Falling Free that it was originally going to be the first volu…” > Likes and Comments

Looking back, I think I picked my projects not by plot or even character, but by themes I found psychologically interesting or resonant in any given year.

This, yes. I think this was most clear to me with Cryoburn, but afterward, I realized how the A and B plots (etc, etc) of your books will circle around a similar set of themes. It made my next reread of the series a little more insightful, trying to identify what those themes were.

Though considering my favorite has always been Memory, I'm a little surprised it took me so long to realize this.

Somehow, what I'm imagining for the Quaddies now is a trilogy long separated by time, with the first being "Falling Free" and the second being "Diplomatic Immunity." The third, of course, not yet being written...

"Miles happened" Somehow it does not surprise me that Miles' hard charging energy overwhelmed even his creator. I can just see Ekaterine's fond smile at that, and Cordelia's sympathetic eyeroll :)