My writing methods are not complicated. It is not in my makeup to do extensive outlines and have it all plotted out ahead of time. Sometimes, I wish I could work that way, but I simply sit down and write the story in my head. I start at the beginning and end at the end.

Then, I go back and fix it. While I am fixing it, I fuss and grumble and tell myself I am going to buckle down and learn to plot things out ahead of time. Then, I wake up in the middle of the night and the beginning of the next story is rumbling around in my brain.

At 2am, the laptop powers up and it begins all over again.

I do massive editing. For the first four or five chapters, I will start each morning at the beginning and, editing as I go, I will continue my story. When that begins to take too long, I start at the last chapter or two I have written. This gets me in the book's world and reminds me of what I need to do next. By the time I am at the end of the book, I would imagine the first chapter has been edited a hundred times, since I work seven days a week, unless life intrudes.

I eventually get around to organizing my plot. I found plotting help at The Classic 12-Chapter Mystery Formula.

I am currently working on the plot for book two, as I am also writing it, from the where the story starts.

More than anything, I love the adventure of writing. I love waking up in the middle of the night, with a great idea, and I love waking up in the morning, not knowing where the next adventure is heading. I love doing research and finding a new character, object or landmark, I just have to add to the book. I even loved the day I realized a character that I was very fond of would have to die and I sat there writing his life with tears in my eyes.