Lone Wolf and Fox

[Swankmotron]

Now that all four parts of Lone Wolf and Fox are out, I'm happy to answer any questions about it!

[Caesar Steiner for Archon]

How far ahead were you working? Did the audience reception make you rethink anything you had previously planned?

[Swankmotron]

How far ahead were you working? Did the audience reception make you rethink anything you had previously planned?

Not at all. I wrote the entire book in late 2022 and early 2023 for edits. It was all in one cohesive chunk and complete when I turned it over to Phil for inclusion in Shrapnel.

So, every cliffhanger the story ended on and every turn it took was exactly what I wanted to happen prior to any understanding of how the audience might react save for my own suspicions.

[Mendrugo]

When you had the unit take the contract in the Rasalhague Dominion, did you factor the Rasalhagian/Ghost Bear antipathy towards mercenaries into the local government deciding not to pay the unit upon completion of the mission?

[Swankmotron]

When you had the unit take the contract in the Rasalhague Dominion, did you factor the Rasalhagian/Ghost Bear antipathy towards mercenaries into the local government deciding not to pay the unit upon completion of the mission?

I'll be honest, I wrote that story in 2019, and I wasn't as knowledgable about the Dominion as I am now. I think I must have gleaned some of this by then...  But I think I'd write it a little differently if I wrote that story today.

[Mendrugo]

I'll be honest, I wrote that story in 2019, and I wasn't as knowledgable about the Dominion as I am now. I think I must have gleaned some of this by then...  But I think I'd write it a little differently if I wrote that story today.

If that was unintentional, it worked out well.  Representing the Dominion as a place only inexperienced or desperate commands look for work.