This is the sequel to Knife, but set 10-11 years afterward, with different lead characters. It wraps up some loose ends from Book I, but the plot is fairly self-contained, so it's more like writing an entirely new story.

For Wayfarer I wrote the first chapter and a seven-page synopsis of the rest of the book, which we sent out along with the full ms. of Knife, and which HarperCollins liked enough to give me a two-book contract. But apart from that big-picture outline, I'm writing as I've always done -- feeling my way ahead one scene at a time.