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Short Stories I May Never Write

Which of these sounds interesting?

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There is a lot going on in Dorwine. And a lot more to Acos, in general. Most of which I will never have time to write. I have a 35 page backstory for Tabir already written, but I don't know where it would fit in a release schedule. There is a novella about Ember's past rolling around in my head. I seem to be piecing that out into the 4th book of The Dragons of Dorwine series. Yes, I'm working on that now. I even have a 49 page story about Klavin (read my free short stories if you don't know who that is: here's one) that will never see the light of day.


What should I do with all these stories? Honestly, I have no clue. I fall in love with so many of my characters that I want to write a book for each one. As part of my writing process, I develop each character thoroughly so they can really pop in the story. As a result, they interest me and continue to grow outside of their role in the stories they appear in. Yondi Fick is a character that niggles at my mind. What would drive her so hard and make her so strong, yet so weak before Aegis?


I get a lot of mail about who the favorite character is. Which character would you like to hear more of? Who should my next short story be about? I have four free stories I use to grow my reader base. If I wrote another one about a Dorwine series regular, who should it be? Let me know: [email protected]


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