Yeah, infodumping is hard. But I guess it's one of those things that relies upon the author knowing what the hell they're doing -- you have to know conventions in order to break them, you have to screw up in order to put structure back in.

Word on beta readers. A good beta is worth their weight in gold. I know what I'm doing a lot of the time, but sometimes I need someone outside of my head to go "this makes no damned sense."