Goodreads asked Paul J. Fleming:

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

Paul J. Fleming I became frustrated when working through the revision of the first book as I trimmed out content and tried to slim it down to a more refined effort, but there were elements which then lay around the 'cutting room floor' so to speak.

Mostly these bits and pieces were descriptive content about the situation back within the inner worlds and the fraught interactions between the established colonies, but they just clogged up the flow of this story.

Thus the 'Chronicles' line was born. The concept occurred to me to write out a few short stories, featuring a variety of different characters all encountering a diverse set of circumstances which brought into light the elements I wanted the reader to have at hand to build a picture of this rich and vibrant universe.

Originally I did play about with the idea of putting an entire Solar reference guide out there which covered all these concepts and explained the whole situation as more of a 'tourist guide to the 23rd Century', but I think encountering the vast tapestry through the misadventures of the characters in the Chronicles line will be more fun!!!!

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