The whole thing reminds me a little of
It's a little tricksy to do from a first person POV, when my POV character also doesn't recognize the story elements, and it's actively *hard* to do when I've done enough research that I forget what I'm writing isn't common knowledge. I may have to give Jo a little more information earlier on to make it work.
I need to do something about dinner, and then finish reading this book. I think the real editing will happen tomorrow and Sunday (and if I'm very lucky it'll be *done* Sunday). I donno. I like it. The book, I mean. That's quite wonderful, given that the last 3 books I've worked on I've had whirly eyes about and have fallen asleep doing edits. I've been too close to them--HEART OF STONE I've just read Too. Many. Times and revised Too. Much, and HOUSE OF CARDS came too close on the heels of HoS to have room to have a feeling for it. And I've read TQB a *lot* while I've been writing it, so trying to edit it is exhausting. (I have 2 weeks off from it, basically, before I have to spend 3 very intense days working on edits, and oh *lord* how I hope that'll be enough time to divorce myself from it to some degree.) But I haven't looked at COYOTE since the end of February, and 6 months is enough time away from to be glad to get back to Jo and Gary and Morrison. :)