2010-05-01

SSC was so much more and left readers wanting to know more about it, so I made an encyclopedia (180+ entries) to help address some of that.

2010-05-02

As the universe expanded, the need to catalog SSC grew - if not to lend further credibility, then to internally keep the continuity tight.

2010-05-03

With so many entries from less than two novels worth of material, it meant the universe was already comprehensive - soon to be overwhelming.

2010-05-04

If not for creating a resource to comfort anxious fans craving an official supplement, the encyclopedia certainly helped me avert fatigue.

2010-05-05

The beginning and end points I wanted did not make the resolution of many of the numerous conflicts I introduced possible within the covers.

2010-05-06

SSC did exactly what the first book of a trilogy or a series is supposed to do. It introduced the story. For me, that assist was critical.

2010-05-07

For the first book of a series, and technically my first official publication ever, it was a starting point in every sense of those words.

2010-05-08

Beta reader-approved, but I don't hinge on opinion. The fact that I completed the work puts me ahead of 99% of the rest who never start.

2010-05-09

Filter out the rest who never put forth anything original from scratch, and I am among the elite. Creative types should have that attitude.

2010-05-10

Reenvisioning works is cool. I'm not knocking that in the slightest. Originality assumes more risk and, for me, greater personal reward.

2010-05-11

Too many times, I chose to take the name and characters of something already existing when I should've created something new and amazing.

2010-05-12

doesn't like continually redoing works because the original cannot grow, and the imitation should've been strong enough to stand on its own.

2010-05-13

Upon closer inspection, SpaceStation Colt: Damnitio Exeum (2009) had all six of SpaceStation Colt (1989)'s chapters named in it. Hypocrisy?

2010-05-14

Not hardly. Who ever said that the Zero Universe just didn't exist anymore after the Epic Universe began? I, as the writer, never did. :)

2010-05-15

One need only look at the treatment I paid to the Original Universe in integrating that with the Zero Universe to understand my next moves.

2010-05-16

The other thing to remember is the characters' contributions. I'd never allow the older ones to be replaced and thrown away into the trash.

2010-05-17

At the same time, I couldn't disrespect them by coming up with some weak angle of why SSC was never to have been considered a reboot/remake.

2010-05-18

SSC was a bit of literary misdirection. Readers could tell something big had set this all up, and something even bigger was being set up.

2010-05-19

Hints from various characters might not have been clear at the time but were obvious in that some knew more than the writer was letting on.

2010-05-20

The Original Universe was the serve. The Zero Universe, the bump. The Epic Universe was the set and spike via SSC and SSC2 respectively.

2010-05-21

SSC was originally written before the 1998 winter break and, as mentioned before, twice extended around 1999 or 2000 for the Director's Cut.

2010-05-22

With the story now refocused around Marileva, I was actually amazed that she was only a supporting character back in the Zero Universe.

2010-05-23

Marileva's character had grown during that iteration, but in the Epic Universe, she was destined to become a character with greater depth.

2010-05-24

Socially relevant, organically skilled, and cerebral - this iteration of Marileva made it clear from the outset that she was now the star.

2010-05-25

had since removed the 'strong female character' typecasting from the website wanting to make the gender statement without literary cliché.

2010-05-26

Once outward appearances are stripped away, true character remains, and I believe this outweighs special abilities or blatant posturing.

2010-05-27

To a savvy antagonist, overdependence on such things is an exploitable weakness, and those hounding Marileva were very much forward-looking.

2010-05-28

Multiple adversaries hounded Marileva mercilessly. She defined the abilities needed to resist that onslaught. Abilities didn't define her.

2010-05-29

The legitimacy of Marileva stems not just from being the prototypical strong female but a strong lead character who happens to be female.

2010-05-30

The enemies were the next big thing that SSC was about, and the key was to not overshadow the heroine, so I had to break another convention.

2010-05-31

Normally, we are taught to create conflict that pushes the protagonist, but I, instead, chose to create conflict worthy of the protagonist.