List of Items on the Revision Plan for Murder in Heliopolis

What Will I Be Revising for Murder in Heliopolis?

As you may know by now, Murder in Heliopolis is the project that I will be focusing on for 2024. I'm hoping to complete the entire book and have it in its final form by the end of the year. I think that's a reasonable goal, but you never really know these days.

 

I've been going through my manuscript and breaking down its building blocks: characters, settings, unique worldbuilding that plays a significant role in plot, and significant plot points. The following is a list of all of the items which I plan to tackle and refine over the next couple of months:

1. Heliopolis
2. Police procedures in Heliopolis
3. The Hills
4. PATET Analysis Cases
5. Slates
6. PATET Identity Database
7. Greenland Farm
8. Vertical Farms
9. Toma Pom
10. The Floats
11. Nymphaeales
12. Fleur Verdi
13. Laith and Warda's apartment and daily life
14. Warda Yazidi
15. Slate Applications
16. Olivia Fox
17. Crime in Heliopolis
18. Why were Cassia and her husband on bad terms?
19. Cost of living in Heliopolis
20. Aquarius
21. Afan
22. How did Cassia get to where she is, professionally?
23. The Official Quarter
24. Rinvestigators
25. The Ruins
26. The Gunman
27. Novus Atlantis
28. Inter-City Cooperation
29. X-letters
30. A-Lines
31. The Forest
32. Education in Novus Atlantis and Heliopolis
33. Crime in Novus Atlantis
34. Farm Hands Machines
35. PATET HQ
36. Grot Antrum
37. PATET Specialists
38. Audra Haize
39. Ulv Lebben
40. Emerald Farm
41. Bone Bouquet Cafe and Eatery
42. Heli-Goth
43. Currency in Heliopolis
44. Corruption at PATET HQ
45. PATET Security Measures
46. Central Hospital of Heliopolis
47. Character Relationships
48. What really happened to Aster Lockwood?
49. Patina Grove
50. Kalkos Mogador
51. Fraser Zamarad
52. Pheonix Zamarad
53. Moorland Zamarad
54. Ivy Lebben
55. Ferin
56. Amir
57. Orken
58. Invidia

There's certainly a lot more that will be tackled - these are just the items that I've picked up on as I read through my manuscript and jot down what I would like to develop in more depth. If interested in any of these items, please don't hesitate to send Qs! I'm sure it will help me strengthen my worldbuilding.