Have you ever started a story, with no idea how it's going to end? Has the story ever written itself. When I wrote the Lucy's Soldiers, I never intended it to be a series. The allusion to a changed life at the end was simply a device to end the story. In fact, the story as a whole was an experiment, practice in first person and "direct" narrative. When I first posted it though (over on furstralia.com), people suggested it would make a good series. So I continued, with no idea of the direction I wanted to take the story.

I started my sequel with one story, then scratched it in favour of another. Now, I've finally decided on a sequel to Lucy's soldiers, one which references two other stories in the Empire Wars universe. Stories that I had not planned on writing, with characters I had not thought about, when I began the task of writing a sequel. This has become something bigger than I expected, without me even noticing.

Hopefully this long winded ramble will explain why I have not posted in so long. There's another story about Raven that I hope will be posted soon. I'll be experimenting with this one, so hopefully it turns out alright. I'm also thinking about possibly introducing a news article style storyline to cover key events in the Empire.

Finally, I'm tired of my current title for this series. If anyone knows of an artist who can draw weapons and armour well, and isn't too expensive, let me know.