Goodreads asked Leslie R. Waggoner III:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Leslie R. Waggoner III The short answer, it came through life experiences culminating into ruminations about the what ifs. I wanted to follow up on my father's interest in our family coat of arms, which I failed to trace back to anyone that would suggest we were entitled to claim one.

So, I embarked on a journey to create and then register one of my own that I can hand down to my daughter.

This led to writing a short piece about the shield with my coat of arms emblazoned on it and an accompanying sword. I called this piece the Heater and the Hack.

I then questioned myself what lead to the scene in this prose? I started writing "The Heater and The Hack" Tome I in the Chronicles of the Dance and I have been working on the world of Alaeon ever since.

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