 Well, I've never been a big outliner. I think my intention always was, like when I was close to my mid-thirties and I'd written short stories and poetry for years before this. My intention, I knew the novel was a much bigger project, so my intention was to do all of my research and then to put the big sheets up on the writing room wall and mark it all out because it was an historical thing. So there's all kinds of stuff I had to try and keep in my head. And then, stupidly, I just jumped right in, in the middle of the book. And it was a bit of a nightmare. In fact, writing that book was one of the worst experiences of my life, and it was partly because it was the first time I tried to take on something so huge. And I've since learned that feeling a little bit crazy is part of the process. But at the time, I just thought I was coming unglued. And part of the problem was I didn't do enough prep. I didn't sit down and figure out what does this story look like? Where is the story going to start and how am I going to, what is the ending and how am I going to get there?