This "plan the mountains, write the valleys" seems like a pretty decent approach. I suppose that I did something of a hybrid. I had plot points that came to me at different stages that I wanted to get to. But again it was mostly by the seat of my pants. Is the first part of your trilogy out yet? I'd love to checkout a fellow HNers work!
Not yet. I'm planning to write until book six before I start publishing (I expect my life to get busy during the writing of the last three, so I want a buffer in place).
That said, I'll add you to my list of people to contact when they start being published (probably end of next year).
