I love writing the Human Legion books. Even though I have the story mapped out through to book six (and beyond for possible successor series), I often can’t vividly feel what is happening in the minds and hearts of my characters until I’m writing a scene for real. Sometimes my characters surprise me. They aren’t shy about telling me if my story isn’t right, or if they have a more interesting tale to tell than the one I had planned. Consequently I often update my ‘masterplan’. To give a timely Waterloo quote, the Duke of Wellington once said of Napoleon’s marshals:
The Duke of Wellington looking pleased with himself. Whether for wining the Battle of Waterloo or saying his famous quote, I cannot say.
“The French plans are like a splendid leather harness which is perfect when it works, but if it breaks it cannot be mended. I make my…
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