Monday, July 7, 2014

Seven Facts About Seven Thunders

Seeing as today is 7-7-14, and that's not going to happen again in my lifetime (probably), I figured I'd take a moment to talk about Seven Thunders again.  Don't worry; by the time you're done reading this one, if you so choose, you'll know what it is if you've forgotten or hadn't heard me talking about it before.


  1. I originally came up with the idea for the book in 1998.
  2. The title is an allusion to the Book of Revelation in the Bible; I replaced the original one with it thanks to fond memories of DC's 1996 ad campaign for Kingdom Come, which drew from the famous biblical apocalypse for inspiration.  There are no real allusions to Revelation other than that, however.  There are seven major characters.  Two of them are brothers, and they are the main characters whose arcs drive the story.
  3. It's not the first story I started working on in the Space Corps saga, but it's always been the most important one.  There are eight additional books currently planned in the saga.  The next book is a prequel and the third is a sequel.  Since these are the earliest stories I began work on, dating back to 1995, I've since found them malleable to reshaping in light of what Seven Thunders became, a process I'm still working on.  The prequel, for instance, now features a conflict of brothers at its heart as well, while the sequel will likely feature one of Seven Thunders' brothers more prominently than it originally did.
  4. It is based on the War of 1812.
  5. I finally started writing it in the fall of 2012, which counting 1998 meant it took fourteen years to percolate.
  6. It features three acts, as many of my manuscripts do, although in this case it's because I originally conceived it as a trilogy of books.  Space saga, three acts.  Seemed appropriate.
  7. There is a British war film from 1957 (alternate title: The Beasts of Marseilles) with the same name.
    via Movie Mail

8 comments:

  1. 1812 - going back a long time with that story. Since there's a movie with that name, will you keep the title?

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    1. Absolutely. I doubt even the British remember that movie without a reminder. And the British are as particular about their movies as they are about their cuppa.

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  2. The War of 1812: so it ends in a draw with the final battle coming 2 weeks after the peace treaty? If it hadn't inspired the national anthem that war would be as forgettable as that British movie. About all the War of 1812 accomplished was to get us and the British to think twice before declaring war on each other. So that's something.

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    1. Sometimes I think Jackson was an idiot and that fight was the proof in the pudding, and other times I realize the country needed that win to even begin thinking positively of that war. But then, we still don't. When I have more time, I will read and write more about it.

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  3. I never noticed the date till now Tony. Wild. The poster of that war film would make a great book cover. The idea of the prequel leading to a sequel is intriguing.

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    1. Originally the movie had one of those classic painted deals. This is an updated one.

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  4. Tony, dude...

    I applaud your dedication - and remind me never to get on your wrong side... you have obviously a long memory :)

    Cheers and *good luck* with the whole project :)

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    1. It's always my worst flaw on the job. People have a hard time slipping fibs past me.

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