Navigational Errors?

Uh-oh, my Primary Drive has cut out and the Nav Comp has failed. I've just dropped out of Transit Space and I have no clue where I am...

That's how I feel today. Not sure where I am or what I am doing.

I met earlier this week with a couple of writer friends of mine to talk about Dragon Hunters and where I should go from here. After digesting their thoughts, I'm not sure I am on the write, err... right course.

You see, a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (With full respect and credit to George Lucas) I started writing this story I called Stargate. When the Sci-Fi series of the same name came out, I changed the name to Gateway Station. It was this adventure story about a young orphan boy who struggles against the authorities to find his family. He is in a small, isolated orphanage for "special children" who just don't seem to fit in. Morgan's problem is that he hears voices in his head which cause him to act and do strange things. The voice in Morgan's head is the voice of a Dragon...

So how did our young DragonHawk find himself abandoned on this isolated planet and in an orphanage?

Well, that was the premise that started The DragonHawk Saga. A few years ago, I decided to back up and start the series over, starting with the Republics War, the freedom of the OutWorld Colonies, and the return of the Dragon Hunters as a background to the romance and marriage of Morgan's parents, Elias Hawkes and Annie Tolen. From there, the first three stories would lead up to the events that caused young Morgan to end up in an orphanage on a strange, isolated planet away from the tumultuous Star Trader Galaxy.

In the current timeline, Gateway Station would be books 5, 6, and 7 of the DragonHawk Saga, Dragon Summer, Dragon Return, and Dragon Trap. As well as parts of book 8 Dragon Rising.

Anyway, I digress. The consensu of our lunch discussion was that perhaps, I should publish Gatway Station e.g. Dragon Summer first, and save the prequels for the future. After all that's what Mr. Lucas did with Star Wars. And what Mr. Herbert did with Dune (One of my all time favorites!!).

More recently, one of my favorite authors, Kim Harrison, in her kick butt stories starring Rachel Morgan as the bounty hunting witch in post tomato apolcolypic Cincinatti, followed that format as well. Now ten books into Rachel's story, she's back tracked and done some prequel stuff.

That's depressing. I have the past four years invested in Tycho Station (Dragon Betrayal), Dragon Hunters, and Dragon Heart. Not to mention all of the backstory, timelines, etc.

That's what kicked me out of Transit Space, this idea that I might be on the wrong course. Not sure what will happen in the future, but while the RAMS (Robotic Autonomous Maintenance Systems) repair the Nav Comp and the Pri Drive, I'll concentrate on reading and editing Dragon Hunters. If I do end up leaving it for a while, I'm not going to abandon it. I'll make sure it's ready to go before I move on.


Thanks for reading!

Dave