"If you stay ready you never have to get ready."
                      - Will Smith

That's what's coming to me when I wake up these days:  complete books in miniature - complete settings and the core conflict. Not full-blown plots or (always) conclusions, but the basic elements of the story are in place, and usually the major character/s to key into. It's like I'm having "book fractals" pop into my consciousness as I come out of ( Read more... )