Set up a schedule for book 2 and working it.  Thought I knew exactly where I was headed... outline... research... MiddleEast is out, Mexico is in.... who would have known? Surely not me (don't call me Shirley, that's my mom's name!)  
    ​Rolling with the muse and counting on her to show me where we bail and head for home!

TAKEAWAY.  
1) Artist Chuck Close says, "Inspiration is for amateurs.  The rest of us just show up and get to work."  
2) As Pablo Picasso said, "Action is the foundational key to all success."
Great article! "Fear No More", Writer's Digest, Jane Cleland. Sept 2018. Pg 33!