Here's a list of the questions I get asked most often. I'll add to this from time to time. Some of the answers are old blog entries, some are links, and some have been written specifically for this page.

MOST RECENT : How would you have wrapped up Imperial Commando 2?

Why did you stop writing Star Wars?

How do I get a job writing for my favourite franchises?

Where do your characters come from?

How do you write characters?

How long does it take you to write a book?

I don't understand book lengths. How can books have the same number of pages but have different word counts?

What's an abridged novel?

What makes a good book?

Is it true you don't read fiction? How can you write if you don't read books?

Why do the wess'har think the way they do?

Why do the wess'har dislike humans so much?

How should a writer deal with editors?

What's going to happen to Sev?

Is it true that you hate Jedi?

Where's the Mandalorian language stuff?

Did you base the Mandalorians on the Spartans?

Is it true that some of the Mandalorians in your LEGACY OF THE FORCE books are gay?

Why do you bother to write tie-ins when you're a "serious" author?

How come there's a Verpine in Hard Contact? (My rant on how continuity works in the real world of publishing.)

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