Revealing too much too soon?

First of all, thank you so much to those of you who've posted reviews of MLTF on Amazon or Barnes & Noble! The more the merrier! Many potential book buyers base their decisions on what they read on Amazon or B&N. They also pay attention to the number of reviews a book has received. They think, "Hmmmm, if this many people liked it so much that they took the time to post a review, then it must be a fabulous book. I'll buy it." So if you loved MLTF and would like to post a review, I would really appreciate it. : )

Now on to The Trouble With Demons: I had a roadblock again -- actually I think it was more of a speed bump. What time I could spare yesterday was spent going over my notes, brainstorming and pondering (also known to non-writers as daydreaming). Only writers can be staring out a window and be working furiously. You gotta love it. ; )

A danger to an author who knows almost everything that happens in a book -- basically the "who does what to whom and why" -- is revealing important information too early in the book in an effort to get the story down and the first draft finished. I think part of the problem I've been experiencing is that I'm trying to put the cart before the horse, so to speak. I have a lot of choices about the next few chapters (too many choices actually), and while none of them are necessarily wrong, only one of them is The One.

My editor's voice is kicking in and in the interest of staying on schedule, I've got to get it to shut up and back off. The first draft isn't for being perfect, it's for getting the story down. Once I have the story down, then I can go back and fix it. My problem is that I'm trying to fix it while I'm writing it. And that'll just make you crazy, or at the very least bring all writing to a grinding halt. I'm telling myself, "Just get the story down, Lisa. Then you can fix it. You can't exactly fix something you ain't written yet."