YES, thank you, I feel the same.

It is IMPERATIVE that we have good preparation before we do too much. This means having a solid working outline ASAP (as Jeff emphasized in the Chapter thread as well). I'm also worried about the writing style and how it will all flow together. Which is another reason we need a solid outline to work from.

If we decide to use illustrations, the "artists" of the group can use the outline to see where what would fit where (I really like the style of those paintings above).

I think we should try to plan a live session to go over some of the main issues regarding the organization, layout, flow, outline etc... of the book; get some stuff down on paper and have feedback literally at our fingertips...