- soulguard
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Hey Uberdawg, it has been a while.
Well, hopefully Halo 3 will be released early 2007... but of course, I am going to work on another story between now and then. I'm thinking of something Halo 2 based, but not Side Trilogy based. I have to write something, especially with the Halo 3 announce trialor, Graphic Novel and book 4 coming soon, all this media is screaming "write more stories", but that will be a few weeks away.
I have been sort of tempted to stop writing Halo fiction as everyone seems to won't more chief stories, and like Mr_Clark and Scorptank discovered, it is extremely difficult to write about him. This, and the fact that I am looking to publish my Original works, has left me somewhat torn.
I love the Haloverse, but if "HaloGen" has taught me anything, is that MS is very strict with their product licensing. HaloGen was an RTS being done by fans and distributed online via download (much like Halo Zero), I think it was free but I'm not sure. Anyway, what I've discovered is that people are taking this "Halo Side Trilogy" very seriously, and though I want to continue it, I'm also looking to move on.
Don't panic, I'm merely ranting, but after reading Eric Nylunds interview I've become somewhat driven to do something that stands out.. (even more so than this Trilogy). I guess, the true problem is recognition. The readers have always kept me writing, one of the reasons I even started working on IIWYH was the support I recieved from Clark, Highland, Scorptank, LE and numerous others upon the completion of "Stand, Five Feet High". But now that I've involved more then 600 pages of writting material into this story, I find the idea that it will simply "VANISH" into the growing depths of New Mombasa... somewhat frustrating.
Will i push for publication? No, not hardly. I want to entertain all of you halo fans with this story, but it just saddens me when I think to the future. Unlike "The Fall of Reach", I don't think anyone will pick up this story 3 years later.
Did I make this too big? Not sure. SFFH was basically an introduction into the Human-Covenant war, and then the hardship of the grunts and their plee for change. "Path of Reclamation" will no doubtly follow this style, but the story will be nearly as big as IIWYH. I love to write, but again, will I be remembered after such a task? Should I be? I'm not one to beg for readers, or for people to remember my name.
Mainly, I'm just ranting. I'll finish the story, without a doubt, but it does make me sad that once all 3 books (and the 2 side storie) are complete, people will forget it ever existed. Will Bungie recognize some of us FanFic writers as being the one who began to give them an "Expanded Universe" similar to what Lucas did for Star Wars? Not sure, but it is something to think about.
One day in the not too distant future, I'll return to Bungie and find that their Forum for Halo has been "cleaned" and added to their classic games list. All the Fanfics, not just my own, will be gone and lost into the depths of cleared memory; reformated and waiting to be used for another purpose. My lone paper copy of "The Halo Side Trilogy" will sit nicely next to the collection of Halo books and action figures as I move on to my other projects. The official Halo books will be remembered, but stories written by Scorptank, Mr_Clark, Sir Brillant, and all the other fanfic writers will be forgotten... frustrating is all I can really say.
I'm way too overdramatic today.
~soulguard