I heard recently that there were plans for more prequel novels. I was just curious if you were going to work on anything…
A lot of people have asked this question. It’s good to speak of it here because a lot of you are probably still wondering this. I get to answer this about once per signing. The short answer is probably not. I will give you the long answer, though. Robert Jordan was very uncomfortable with people writing in his world. You probably all know that. The stories of…people would ask what happens if you die before the series is done? He says, “I will have my hard drive reformatted and all of my notes burned,” is what he used to say. He started changing his tune later in his life. And finally started, said “Well I’ll have someone finish it,” but mostly just said that to Harriet. Anyway, but he was very uncomfortable. I personally don’t think there would be anything wrong with doing the prequels or the outriggers since he said he was going to do them, and he signed contracts for them. However, they are a slippery slope. And I’ve used the metaphor before on tour that working on the Wheel of Time for us has been a little bit like being handed the One Ring. And we are now standing, holding the Ring over the gulf, and the question is when do we let go? And if we hang on too long, we risk undermining the legacy of a very great man and a very great series. And when we’ve talked about this, the general sentiment seems to be we would rather stop earlier and err on that side than err on going too far.
Yeah, I mean Tom pretty really wants to see them. You know, it’s all going to be up to Harriet. If she makes the call, I will write them. But right now, this is the feeling that pretty much all us of have, and so I have a sense that it’s going to be what I say.
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