I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I used to, but I still like to have two pages of outline for every projected 100 pages of manuscript.
When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.
Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries.
I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time.