One thing that’s been lacking in preparing for Capsule is any idea of why the body that’s lying dead on the sidewalk at the beginning is lying dead on the sidewalk at the beginning.  That would seem to be a rather vital part of the plot, even though it’s meant to be a horror/thriller rather than a murder mystery.  But that changed over the weekend, helped in part by an SUV I was driving behind whose license plate started XUA.  I realized that the dead girl on the pavement had a name.  Xua.  At least that’s the name she went by after being drawn into the Titlacauan.

Then, I figured out why she died, who killed her, who suggested she be killed (gasp!), his motivation behind suggesting it, and where she was killed.  Because just bouncing questions of my wife is the single greatest writing exercise I know.

I’m starting to think I might be able to write this thing.

Reminder:  Less than a month til Capclave.