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K's Formula of Threes lends itself to a certain pacing.  It doesn't seem to lend itself to the accumulation of different influences, or to multifaceted relationships, or to the sort of slow build that you've been doing.  In other words, it's likely to shape your style.  If your build is too leisurely for you taste, K's approach may speed it so much that you'll lose the color and flavor that makes your story and your telling special.

Sorry, K.

Some other news.

My legs are improving a bit faster than I expected.  I'm going to have to be careful not to overextend things like last time.  I also need to buy some elastic exercise bands because there are muscles that have to be stronger than walking alone will soon get them, muscles that have to be strong enough to deal with sudden overload--notably the muscles that keep the ankles from rolling inward.  (Supinating?)  I'm also making a point of getting more protein in my diet.

If I have reason for a multi-day drive, I'll probably be ready by late July.

I just did a quick pass through Self Editing for Fiction Writers, which I bought based on a recommendation from Sarah Hoyt at Mad Genius.  Most of what's in there you could learn on this site, but they have high standards.  Amy, you won't like this: they say ixnay on 'answered', 'asked', 'replied', etc.  Their advice is to treat 'said' as punctuation.  They also say about what I say on participles and 'as' representing true simultaneity ((grin)).

Hoyt's recommendation is to put the MS down for a couple of weeks, then pick it up along with the book.  Those of us who are swimming upstream on one MS probably won't want to do that.

=The Master is Dying= is a solid title.  It's not super-inspired, but at the head of a good list it will do just fine.

I have a broad roadmap for the extended story and I'm fitting bits in as I go, with dozens of little notes about possibilities and Very Nice Desirable Ideas.  I don't have a full roadmap on B2 now because I'm trying to to get part of Merran's storyline out of my head before I loose it.  It's taking forever because I've got a few chapters that have to be very closely written with plot and character, and this is my first time, so I'm putting bits down and arranging them into a coherent storyline chapter by chapter.  It's hard to get started, but once I'm started four hours flies by like nothing at all, and what I've laid out is good for maybe 1800 to 2400  words.

My story, in case you've not noticed, is built around themes, so I need to plan adventures and story (and character) arcs with those in mind.  If I get these next five to eight chapters right, Pausonallie will have a major ... and unpleasant ... learning experience.  Merran and Jamen will learn, too.

Strunk and White have bad things to say about synonymaphilia/synonymamania.

My next chapter (I hope it's just one!) has to bridge several days and get Merran and Jamen moving again, bridging into a new ensemble that will lead Merran to stand on the wrong side of a conflict--and move her into a really ugly situation.  (At least I hope it will be.)

Current thinking is that Momma/Kirsey are reunited with daughter after the Book 3 cliffhanger, as Merran is trying to return from The Observatory.

I've got a lot to do first.

"Ameriica has no native criminal class except Congress." ---Mark Twain

You understand why some people would like to rip the whole thing down and replace it.  It has metastatized (did I spell tha tight, Amy?)  We spend several =BILLION= a year in payments and time just to complete the forms.  We could buy off half of Congress for that.

I thought I saw 'milk-givers'.

So long as you use plural for one individual, attention will go to the pair.  Use singular, and attention will go to the pectoral region.