Index cards + coloured pens = one evening of work

This evening I stood in front of a blank wall in my house, writing out major and minor plot points on index cards and sticking them to the wall, moving them around, scribbling notes and revisions on them.

When I first came up with the idea for this book, the Legion entity was one of the main villains. Then, as the idea progressed, its importance was downplayed. Now, thanks to the ideas I've had for the second, I need to restate the importance of it, and in doing so completely revise and in remove some other plot points.

For those who remember the posts that used to be here, there will be changes. The book found in San Francisco is no longer as mysterious and important as originally planned. The Golems are now marginal characters. Maria's past, mentioned as mere background detail before, is now a fairly key issue. Raguel is important to the trilogy, but not the major threat of the first story.

I'm hoping this makes it a stronger story that feeds into the next one easily. And ties the whole thing explicitly to the Lovecraftian Mythos.

Here's hoping people like the final product...