Marc B. Wrote:I feel so old.
Don't.
You're not old. I think of old as starting at 70. That is my old. I don't know for sure, but I think you are just adult.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I know it's a =long= time away, Paul, but you got plans for fiction after Jack?
I'm hoping that there won't be an "after Jack". There should be plenty of years between Secret Circles and The Tomb to fill in, right? How about stories where Jack first meets Gia and Vicky, Abe, Julio, Doc Hargus. Or the fix it that was mentioned in Hosts with the Kozlowski brothers. That took place a year before The Tomb, right? Not that I have anything against non-Jack books. I don't care if no one else likes it. The Fifth Harmonic is still a favorite of mine.
AlvinFox Wrote:I'm hoping that there won't be an "after Jack". There should be plenty of years between Secret Circles and The Tomb to fill in, right? How about stories where Jack first meets Gia and Vicky, Abe, Julio, Doc Hargus. Or the fix it that was mentioned in Hosts with the Kozlowski brothers. That took place a year before The Tomb, right? Not that I have anything against non-Jack books. I don't care if no one else likes it. The Fifth Harmonic is still a favorite of mine.
Whatever FPW writes I am sure it will be 'gold'
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AlvinFox Wrote:I'm hoping that there won't be an "after Jack". There should be plenty of years between Secret Circles and The Tomb to fill in, right? How about stories where Jack first meets Gia and Vicky, Abe, Julio, Doc Hargus. Or the fix it that was mentioned in Hosts with the Kozlowski brothers. That took place a year before The Tomb, right? Not that I have anything against non-Jack books. I don't care if no one else likes it. The Fifth Harmonic is still a favorite of mine.
[SIZE="3"]I'll definitely do some non-Jack books.
As much as I've enjoyed writing the YAs, they're a tough balancing act because of the ripple effect into Jack's adult future. If I can find some interesting characters to spin off into their own series, that might be fun.
Might be fun too to take a peek at Jack's life between his dropping out/arrival in NYC and THE TOMB. Because of the necessity of keeping any Otherness/Ally activity below his radar, they'd be pretty much straight-ahead action/crime/mystery thrillers. (Lotsa backslashes in those 2 sentences.)[/SIZE]
FPW
FAQ
"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]I'll definitely do some non-Jack books.
As much as I've enjoyed writing the YAs, they're a tough balancing act because of the ripple effect into Jack's adult future. If I can find some interesting characters to spin off into their own series, that might be fun.
Might be fun too to take a peek at Jack's life between his dropping out/arrival in NYC and THE TOMB. Because of the necessity of keeping any Otherness/Ally activity below his radar, they'd be pretty much straight-ahead action/crime/mystery thrillers. (Lotsa backslashes in those 2 sentences.)[/SIZE]
One of the reasons I appreciate your writing, FPW, is that the stories are complemented by the otherness angle...but their basic storyline firmly stands on its own 2' well before we find out the eventual otherness connections.
I, and others from what I've read here, loved the "tires in the pool fix"...that Dragovic's drug was otherness based was somewhat secondary to the action in that scene.
Santa-jack is another example.
...as are all the short stories, except for "The Last Rakosh".
So bring on those straight-ahead action/crime/mystery thrillers. My money and my compulsion to collect are both waiting impatiently.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
AlvinFox Wrote:I'm hoping that there won't be an "after Jack". There should be plenty of years between Secret Circles and The Tomb to fill in, right? How about stories where Jack first meets Gia and Vicky, Abe, Julio, Doc Hargus. Or the fix it that was mentioned in Hosts with the Kozlowski brothers. That took place a year before The Tomb, right? Not that I have anything against non-Jack books. I don't care if no one else likes it. The Fifth Harmonic is still a favorite of mine.
Remember in consperices, Jack mentions how he met Julio. Something about some guy beating on his sister. But I would love to know some detail.
Don't forget the UN one. I am still curious aout that one. And the one with the fire escape in Gateways sounds interesting. Also the one mentioned in All the Rage with the Ashe brothers...Plus we will get to know the pre-Gia him, and some of the more dangerous fix-its.:eek:
This post was last modified: 05-14-2008, 06:16 PM by Libby.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Libby Wrote:Remember in consperices, Jack mentions how he met Julio. Something about some guy beating on his sister. But I would love to know some detail.
[SIZE="3"]Are these things I've mentioned? Enlighten me. I've forgotten.
Probably do a new girlfriend per book until he meets Gia.[/SIZE]
FPW
FAQ
"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Are these things I've mentioned? Enlighten me. I've forgotten.
Probably do a new girlfriend per book until he meets Gia.[/SIZE]
Better pull out that RJ Concordance. I remembered all these except the fire escape one from Gateways, so let me know where I can buy a copy of that concordance, too.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Are these things I've mentioned? Enlighten me. I've forgotten.
Probably do a new girlfriend per book until he meets Gia.[/SIZE]
A new girlfriend per book? Ahh, that'll be nice!
Oh, you mean for Jack?!! Dammit!!!!
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft