Apparently I am now writing an extended synopsis for Dog of the Dead, along with a list of characters both major and minor, and a brief description of the various settings, in preparation for tackling the manuscript of Mortal Affairs (the second book in the “Ms. Whitaker’s Last Year” series). I’m three chapters in. I don’t know quite how that happened. I had intended to go through my extensive notes for Shadow Practice instead (the fourth in “The Ways of Magic”), in preparation for revising the current version.
Does this happen to other people? I would hate to be my editor.
It reminds me what one of the contestants on The Great British Bakeoff said; “I’m quite random. I can be making a cake and it can be a meat pie by the time I’ve finished.” My thought is that all can be delicious.
And now I’m yearning for a meat pie…