Ina
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hi Michael, I just finished Legends of the First Empire and I wanted to thank you for writing amazing books and bringing the love for the genre back. My question - At the end of Age of Empyre you say that your story originally started with the Galantians but then it changed with time. Tbh I love the Galantians, I love the flaws and everything that comes with them. Any plans to write anything more about them?
Michael J. Sullivan
Hey Ina,
Thanks so much for reading the books, and I'm glad you enjoyed them and the Galantians. So I always have "other books" in the works. Let me fill you in on where I am at the moment because then I'll be better able to answer your question.
Now that Legends of the First Empire are all "out there" - I'm working on what I call my "bridge series" (The Rise and Fall). You see I started with the RIyria tales, then went back 3,000 years in the past to show how the First Empire was formed, and since that empire has gone the way of the dodo by the time the Riyria books come into play, I thought it was important to show how it all came tumbling down.
Right now, I'm in the middle of writing Esrahaddon (the last book in my new trilogy). I just launched a Kickstarter for Nolyn (book #1) - a character you should know a bit about from Legends, and the second book (Farilane is already finished and waiting for edits.
After those books are "wrapped up" - I have another Riyria tale that I have to write (because it has been so long since I've visited with Royce and Hadrian (the main male protagonists from hat story). Once that is finished I have nothing "on my plate."
Yes, I have a lot of ideas for other books - more ideas than I'll ever have time to write before I leave this world, but because I have so many "possibilities" I don't want to comment on what might be next because I don't know what that will be - it's too far off for me to see.
So, I guess the best way to answer your question, is yes, I have other stories in mind, and even a few that might have to do with the Galantians, but if I say "yes absolutely" then I'm locking myself in and I don't want to do that until I have a book written.
That's a long way of saying, "Yes I have ideas for more stories along the lines you are asking, but until I actually start...and more importantly finish...I can't say more than that.
Thanks so much for reading the books, and I'm glad you enjoyed them and the Galantians. So I always have "other books" in the works. Let me fill you in on where I am at the moment because then I'll be better able to answer your question.
Now that Legends of the First Empire are all "out there" - I'm working on what I call my "bridge series" (The Rise and Fall). You see I started with the RIyria tales, then went back 3,000 years in the past to show how the First Empire was formed, and since that empire has gone the way of the dodo by the time the Riyria books come into play, I thought it was important to show how it all came tumbling down.
Right now, I'm in the middle of writing Esrahaddon (the last book in my new trilogy). I just launched a Kickstarter for Nolyn (book #1) - a character you should know a bit about from Legends, and the second book (Farilane is already finished and waiting for edits.
After those books are "wrapped up" - I have another Riyria tale that I have to write (because it has been so long since I've visited with Royce and Hadrian (the main male protagonists from hat story). Once that is finished I have nothing "on my plate."
Yes, I have a lot of ideas for other books - more ideas than I'll ever have time to write before I leave this world, but because I have so many "possibilities" I don't want to comment on what might be next because I don't know what that will be - it's too far off for me to see.
So, I guess the best way to answer your question, is yes, I have other stories in mind, and even a few that might have to do with the Galantians, but if I say "yes absolutely" then I'm locking myself in and I don't want to do that until I have a book written.
That's a long way of saying, "Yes I have ideas for more stories along the lines you are asking, but until I actually start...and more importantly finish...I can't say more than that.
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