Jeeeeeez I have a new respect for all those cute lil maps in games and books. You think writers are nuts? YOU GUYS are nuts.

That said, I read through the first few pages of this and something you said about cultures and going back a generation felt like it would work with characters in my modern day, non-fantasy story.

So I went back and did backstories for my characters, then their parents (so now I have 3x as many backstories (1 character + 2 parents) and then grandparents... and long story short, it revealed a MASSIVE plot hole that would have drilled through (and effectively ruined) most of the book.

So... thank you. Very much.

(And yes, I fixed it!)

-TK