Even using similar formats for your books - small subset of POV characters used to tell each scene as they come along - each one is still written differently somehow. With the WWII subplots, you used dementia, letters, a memoir, storytelling, etc... to bring that subplot in. In the later stories, you still manage to make each book have its own structure somehow. How do you come up with continual tweaks to the structure and format to make each story new, without driving yourself nuts or making it too different from what readers are expecting. For the record, the flashbacks in Breaking Point didn't bother me unless I tried to add the dates up 
On a related note, I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" which strongly emphasises how important it is not just to do a lot of something, but to do it deliberately, making time for analysis of how you do it, with the intent of getting better. What do you do as a writer to improve your craft from book to book?
Hi Suz!
Loved the book--and was a big fan of Maria! Hoping she shows up again with Izzy. My heart goes out to Eden, but she'll still be only 19. Will Jenn be getting spiffed up a bit before Dan comes back? Not that she's not perfectly lovely as is--but if I had a hot SEAL comin' back after a few months? It'd be perfectly realistic to pop over to the MAC counter, get a great haircut, maybe ask someone at Nordstrom which jeans would look good, etc. Just sayin'.
Max and Gina though. Still my favorites.
Many thanks for your books!
Julianne
