Hal Spacejock - Legacy (Provisional)

Hal Spacejock Legacy
Book five in the Hal Spacejock series - Estimated Release Date: 2010

Frequently Asked Questions (Updated June 2010)

When will this book be released?
The estimated (Australian) release date is 2011, but that could change. Basically, each book is finished when it's finished and I don't pay a whole lot of attention to deadlines.
(I think everyone would prefer a late Spacejock to a rushed Spacejock. Except Hal himself...)

Have you written the book?
I'm doing so right now, in yWriter 5. I'm working on the first edit which involves throwing away lots of scenes and replacing them with new scenes. However, the book is now in pretty good shape and this is my favourite stage of the writing process.

The cover doesn't look like the others
There is no cover. I put the image together myself in order to fill in the blank hole where it said 'file not found'

"Legacy" is a strange choice of title.
"Legacy" is a provisional title, and it's just there to remind me which plot I'm supposed to be writing. Hal 4 was also called Legacy, before it became Lunch, even though that was a completely different plot. Hey, I never said any of this was Logical.

Will you continue the meal-themed titles from the other books?
Most Likely. I have a few tasty ideas. Then again, it might just be Hal Spacejock: Legacy. Don't want the meal idea getting stale, do we?

What are you going to do after Hal 5?
Celebrate. No, seriously. Writing comedy is at least twice as hard as writing unfunny novels. Not only do I have to come up with interesting characters and a logical plot, I have to layer the entire thing with humour. So, when it's done I celebrate with a book launch and then I turn to the next Hal novel.

What's next?
I want to write Hal 6, but I'm also planning a couple of 'Junior Hal Spacejock' novels aimed at ages 9-12. I've always been an avid reader, but at that age I devoured more books than a rampaging bookosaurus, and I'd love to put together a Hal novel for a 12-year-old me.

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