I’m off to Nebraska City (a two-hour car ride from here) to Lied Lodge for a couple days of writing retreat. It will be challenging — I’m reviewing the beginning of Whose Hearts are Mountains, struck by how I could do the whole reveal of the US’s collapse better. And while I’m at it, how I could improve the flashbacks at the beginning, and …

Yes, it’s a really rough draft. But there’s something there worth salvaging.

For all my US friends, Happy Thanksgiving! For my readers overseas, find something to celebrate!