In turn, how did you react when you were chosen to complete the series?
Nobody was more surprised by it than me. I didn’t even know I was being considered. Like most fans of the series, I was just shocked and saddened that Jim Rigney wasn’t going to be there to finish it himself. I hadn’t applied for this or anything like that. I considered Jim in many ways to be a mentor. I had read a lot of his books when I was trying to decide how to write myself, and he strongly influenced what I produced.
I’d never met him, so I didn’t know him personally, and that’s what dumbfounded me when I got the phone call. I was absolutely stunned. I felt honored and overwhelmed at the same time. While I didn’t ask for this, the truth is that I’m extremely excited to have been involved. I love this series, and I wanted to see the last book written as much as any other fan. For a writer like me, the next best thing to having Jim write the novel was being able to work on it myself.
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