These skippings around I thought were not very well-handled until later in the book when they became more natural. This is the first of a series, and it shows. Lots of build up and not quite enough payoff, and a little more confusion than I would like. Still, I'll probably read the next volume when it appears. The way things are going, I need to do what I can when I can.
Life gets in the way of writing far far too often.
So my task is to learn not to let that happen. It's something I've been working on since the days of The Phonosnout below. You'd think in over 20 years I'd have learned more than I have. But I haven't. Revising is a much better thing for me to do when I'm so busy that trying to writing something new.