To do that, I have to re-read no less than six books, some of which I wrote. You have to remember, I’m a fan of BattleTech as well as being an author. I’m not saying that I’m rusty, but if you don’t do something for a long time, it can take a while to get back in the saddle again. I’ve been keeping up (boy that Jihad dragged on) but now, after years of being away from BattleTech, I need to write a book that most of the fans out there will devour. There is a LOT of material out there in the BattleTech universe that I have to factor in. There are time you almost want to put in the footnotes. With the story in hand, you would think that this is simply a matter of sitting down to write it – right? I mean, I’ve written 11-ish BattleTech novels, heavy on the “ish,” so it should be old hat for me. I got feedback from the good folks at Catalyst about some incredibly minor changes – which I either accepted or adjusted to make work. One that had some powerful and neat characters to boot.įirst and foremost was getting the story approved and tweaked. One that crossed multiple eras and tied together some loose ends in the BattleTech universe. As such my editor, John Helfers, asked “do you have any other ideas?” That idea didn’t get shot down, but it was clearly going to take a lot to rework the storyline. The editor and I worked out a cool idea at GenCon last year for a neat book set in the Jihad (the WHOLE Jihad). (And yes, I have convinced myself that the “Legends” refers to us authors, not the stories.) I stress “new” because a lot of my older novels are going back into reprint under the BattleTech Legends banner. Not bad given that I do my writing at night (after my day job) and on weekend. It hit the 16k word count out of at least 90k for the entire book. I started two weeks ago on a NEW BattleTech novel and it is starting to gain momentum. A trip down memory lane (note, this is not a hint about the new book…or is it, quineg?)
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