"The Deadliest Sin" To-Do List 9/30/11

I'm keeping a list of questions that are coming up as I write, so that I can go and research them later. Obviously, some of the more telling details I might leave off.

To Research

• How states/counties deal with heat waves
• Who would ensure a city lake is safe to skate on in the winter?
• Best way to skip rocks.
• Raccoons --> do they live in Virginia? How do rabid raccoons act?
• Oval communities -- characteristics
• Dental assistant role
• Dentist office staff
• Dentist registry
• Dental operating room..?
• Massage techniques
• Process of pressing charges for third-degree murder

I need to sit down and create a timeline. I have the first few/several chapters outlined, but since I'm following multiple families in Pens with different conflicts, I need to know exactly when everything happens relative to everything else. It should be helpful to get on a whiteboard and just list out the days following the 'big event' at the beginning of the story, and then match them with subsequent events.

I need a new name. 'The Deadliest Sin' isn't going to turn any heads.

I need to finish outlining the first half of the book. The first half of the book is going to have a slightly (read: significantly) different structure than the first, so it's important to get that first half down.