May 2016 – Q&A
This is a compilation of questions that have been emailed and messaged to me recently.
If you want to ask anything, you can post a comment here or get in touch through the contact page (and newsletter subscribers can just reply to any of my emails).
I’m intending to do a specific Q&A for Angels of Caliban once people have had a chance to read it after release, so if you have any questions then, please send them in!
Carlos ”Dark Angel” Gomez asked: Question! Will we have any Dark Angel Character Cameos from your books in the upcoming game Space Hulk?
The character designs, and thus the primary characters of the story, were already well underway by Streum On by the time I was brought on board. The only character with any crossover with my books is Grand Master Belial.
Daniel Brooks asked on Twitter: Hi Gav, any chance of further Phoenix Lord novellas? The first (and great) one seemed to imply a multi-perspective tale?
I’m working up a synopsis for another one soon.
[Since answering this question, it was revealed at Warhammer Fest that I will soon be submitting a synopsis for a follow-up book to Asurmen. This Phoenix Lord novel will be full-length (about 90,000-100,000 words) and if you’re wondering who the titular character will be, lets just say she makes an appearance in Asurmen: The Hand of Asuryan…]
Daniel Brooks replied: Excellent news… how about some more Raven Guard? I know they’re moving on to the Solar War but another novel would be great.
The various Raven Guard storylines will be (partly) tied down before the end, don’t fear on that account.
[Again, more details were revealed at Warhammer Fest concerning my upcoming Horus Heresy release, Corax.]
Jørgen asked on the blog: [referring to difficulties buying Ravenwing] So my question is that, will there be a paperback omnibus any time soon? Or maybe a reprinting of Ravenwing? I would buy the ebook, but I love the feeling of an actual book in my hands, and that oh so wonderful, new book smell.
There will be a print omnibus at some point… I don’t know exact contents, or whether hardback or a regular omnibus edition.
Stephen Gault asked on Goodreads: Hi Gav, I’m a big 1st Legion fan have been since I started collecting and they returned from the warp in the 90’s! (I miss Naaman) Guess my question is when does the legacy of Caliban continue and will it tie in with Wolf Time we have been seeing with Curse of the Wulfen?
Hi, thanks for reading. As of this moment, bearing in mind plans might change, the Legacy of Caliban trilogy is complete. Which I suppose answers your other questions as well – the Curse of the Wulfen is something entirely separate and comes directly from the Design Studio.
I’m currently writing a book that takes us back to the early days of Azrael’s command, but after that my attention will be turning away from the Dark Angels. (However, I might return to the Consecrators at some point as I had a lot of fun with the Chapter Master in The Unforgiven.)
Mark asked on the blog: Hi-thanks for this article [Three Top tips for Black Library Submissions], it was a really useful read and I used it as a framework for my submission which has passed the first stage and has now been sent to the editors to review. The response did say this could take a while, but do you know how long these things usually take please?
Hi, congratulations on getting over the first hurdle. I don’t know how long you’ll have to wait – it will depend on just how many subs made it through the first phase and what the editors have on in terms of regular workload (which is a lot, I can confidently say). I would spend the time working on the submission before feedback – have a look and see what you would change now if you had the chance, or maybe expand the sample out to 1,000 words to keep the story ticking over.
And finally, thanks to Anders Stormklinge for sending this picture of his cat Paul, she looks like she is enjoying Doom of Dragonback.
Reading the Doom of Dragonback with Paul (my cat) #GavThorpe is such an amazing writer!
