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3Carol420
I've read several Sigma Force books including this one and always found them well done and very interesting. I also remembered that what I complained about earlier...Rollins constantly skipping around in timelines and locations, is constant in all of these books. So I'll just buckle up.
4EadieB
>3 Carol420: This may help explain his jumping around timeline:
Q. How do you choose your subjects? Do you have an idea of the era or to pic you want to explore and then come up with a plot and characters, or is it the other way around?
A:
I have a cardboard file box at home where I toss articles and handwritten notes that I collect from reading magazines: National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, Science, etc. Whenever I read something that makes me wonder “What if....?" it goes into the box. The box is not organized, it's messy. Somewhere down at the bottom there are probably mice nesting. But I love that chaos. Strange and intriguing bits end up next to each other in the box, things I would not have connected together on my own, but the pure randomness of the contents of the box bring them together, and I begin to see how they might connect. Sometimes those connections become stories. At that point, I begin to visualize who might be involved in such a story, and the plot starts to grow.
Q. How do you choose your subjects? Do you have an idea of the era or to pic you want to explore and then come up with a plot and characters, or is it the other way around?
A:
I have a cardboard file box at home where I toss articles and handwritten notes that I collect from reading magazines: National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, Science, etc. Whenever I read something that makes me wonder “What if....?" it goes into the box. The box is not organized, it's messy. Somewhere down at the bottom there are probably mice nesting. But I love that chaos. Strange and intriguing bits end up next to each other in the box, things I would not have connected together on my own, but the pure randomness of the contents of the box bring them together, and I begin to see how they might connect. Sometimes those connections become stories. At that point, I begin to visualize who might be involved in such a story, and the plot starts to grow.
5Carol420
>4 EadieB: Thanks Eadie. I wonder if he's let me organize the box for him?
6Sergeirocks
>4 EadieB: Fascinating MO.
I'm looking forward to a ripping Rollins story, hopefully setting up an engrossing new series to enjoy.
I'm looking forward to a ripping Rollins story, hopefully setting up an engrossing new series to enjoy.
