Ask the Author: Peter Rhodan
Answered Questions (14)
Peter Rhodan
The Hareccan Problem (New Federation 2)will be out late October or early November.
It will be followed by
Taroniah at Sea
Kyron the Conqueror
The Princess & the Cartel
Taroniah at Bay
Kyron the Rescuer
The Kelad Onslaught (New Federation 3)
Subject to change without notice
Plus things will be slow this month due to my daughter's wedding and early next year as we are building a house and hope to be moving in around April - its 250k (150 miles or so) away from where we live currently so it will be quite a move
It will be followed by
Taroniah at Sea
Kyron the Conqueror
The Princess & the Cartel
Taroniah at Bay
Kyron the Rescuer
The Kelad Onslaught (New Federation 3)
Subject to change without notice
Plus things will be slow this month due to my daughter's wedding and early next year as we are building a house and hope to be moving in around April - its 250k (150 miles or so) away from where we live currently so it will be quite a move
Peter Rhodan
Yes - at the end of Taroniah at Bay (working title)
I could be mean and leave it at that
Taroniah at Sea is the next Taroniah book and Taroniah at Bay is tentatively timetabled to the be the Taroniah book after that
As always - subject to change without notice if I have a better idea
I could be mean and leave it at that
Taroniah at Sea is the next Taroniah book and Taroniah at Bay is tentatively timetabled to the be the Taroniah book after that
As always - subject to change without notice if I have a better idea
Peter Rhodan
The bell curve of people's luck. I have an idea or two for story around that but nothing concrete yet
Peter Rhodan
a bit over 120k - the Arturo books average 120k with the shortest being 108k and the longest 130k
the princess books average 122K with the shortest being 113k and the longest 132K
The Ithria books (the 2nd is due out this month) average 127k with Taroniah being 140k and the new one (Kyron the Bowman) only 115k
There is no real set length although you will notice a general trend for my books to be getting longer as I get better at my storytelling. Mostly though it is not a planned thing - I write until the story is done then I see what the length is like and maybe add something if it is still a bit short - one of the Arturo books was only 98k in the first draft.
The next and last direct Arturo book is already 129k and will probably finish up around 132k as I edit it. I always give my books a complete edit before handing it over to the editor as there are always places where I forgot to say something or things that need elaboration because while I know what it meant nobody else would and such like.
I use the Dragon dictation software for a lot of the main writing and it is very good for increasing productivity but incredibly frustrating as well. If you get too far ahead it will abbreviate sentences or put in things that sound like what you said plus its grammar SUCKS
it thinks multiple horsemen should be cavalries for instance and there are a lot of similar problems but it still works well and reduces my chances of carpel tunnel.....
One of these days I want to write a 300k word opus like David Weber does but I haven;t come up with the right story yet.
Hopefully I have answered your question
the princess books average 122K with the shortest being 113k and the longest 132K
The Ithria books (the 2nd is due out this month) average 127k with Taroniah being 140k and the new one (Kyron the Bowman) only 115k
There is no real set length although you will notice a general trend for my books to be getting longer as I get better at my storytelling. Mostly though it is not a planned thing - I write until the story is done then I see what the length is like and maybe add something if it is still a bit short - one of the Arturo books was only 98k in the first draft.
The next and last direct Arturo book is already 129k and will probably finish up around 132k as I edit it. I always give my books a complete edit before handing it over to the editor as there are always places where I forgot to say something or things that need elaboration because while I know what it meant nobody else would and such like.
I use the Dragon dictation software for a lot of the main writing and it is very good for increasing productivity but incredibly frustrating as well. If you get too far ahead it will abbreviate sentences or put in things that sound like what you said plus its grammar SUCKS
it thinks multiple horsemen should be cavalries for instance and there are a lot of similar problems but it still works well and reduces my chances of carpel tunnel.....
One of these days I want to write a 300k word opus like David Weber does but I haven;t come up with the right story yet.
Hopefully I have answered your question
Peter Rhodan
Not really - the new book due out in January goes beyond the Empire and there are simply no good maps for the period but as far as the Empire is concerned I used this to write the stories:
https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/?
https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/?
Peter Rhodan
we're from the government. We're here to help.
Peter Rhodan
no one place - unlike the next 2 Princess books - it is very much a what if a Royal wasn't trapped in a palace all the time - or at least the start of a series of stories about such a person.
Its also about a young girl who has to grow up in a hurry.
Its also about a young girl who has to grow up in a hurry.
Peter Rhodan
Lots of different ways. Sometimes it is some other story I have read that gives me an idea for something similar or even the opposite plot line of what I just read.
Sometimes it is something from history
Mostly it is just a scene popping into my head - as an example I had this idea of a guy standing on the side of a highway and these tanks come rolling up the road, clearly invading the area wherever it is the guy is standing and the lead tank has a woman commander in the hatch....
that is now a scene in the adventures of my cross dimensional wizard.
The tanks are the lead elements of the 2nd Texas cavalry of the Army of the Confederacy invading Mexican held California......
Sometimes it is something from history
Mostly it is just a scene popping into my head - as an example I had this idea of a guy standing on the side of a highway and these tanks come rolling up the road, clearly invading the area wherever it is the guy is standing and the lead tank has a woman commander in the hatch....
that is now a scene in the adventures of my cross dimensional wizard.
The tanks are the lead elements of the 2nd Texas cavalry of the Army of the Confederacy invading Mexican held California......
Peter Rhodan
Editing Princess 2: The Princess and the Corsair - just my final eye's over the text before it is published next in September.
Writing Arturo Sandus 7 - Foreign Travels
plus writing bits and pieces as usual - I write 3-5k of bits and pieces every week besides the main story I am writing for which I write 1500 words a day.
Writing Arturo Sandus 7 - Foreign Travels
plus writing bits and pieces as usual - I write 3-5k of bits and pieces every week besides the main story I am writing for which I write 1500 words a day.
Peter Rhodan
write something, anything - start, middle, end - doesn't matter
if you have a scene in your head write it down. You can always come back later and join the bits together.
if you have a scene in your head write it down. You can always come back later and join the bits together.
Peter Rhodan
being able to write the stories I always wanted to read... sort of
Peter Rhodan
I leave that story and work on something else. I have anything from 15-20 story ideas floating around at any one time. Or work n some other part of a story that I have an idea for a scene in. I don't believe you HAVE to write sequentially all the time -
Peter Rhodan
Pam Uphoff's Wine of the Gods planet of Comet Fall - provided I had magic...
Peter Rhodan
Stuck in Magic by Chris Nuttall
waiting for the next Pam Uphoff book and the next Ishmail Wang book by Nathan Lowell
thinking about a couple of others
waiting for the next Pam Uphoff book and the next Ishmail Wang book by Nathan Lowell
thinking about a couple of others
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more