President’s Team is in the writing queue. After we finished Victory at Any Cost we shifted gears and have been pursuing other projects including Black Throne Conspiracy which was released a few months ago and In the Garden of Our Minds, a Buddhist children’s book we’ll be releasing in the next few months. We’re right now working … Continue reading
The Department of Super Affairs
We certainly don’t claim any originality by having a Department of Super Affairs (DSA) in West Pacific Supers. This is a standard concept for most of superhero fiction; you logically need some sort of agency to handle issues related to super-powered individuals. Obviously, there’s a lot of ways to present such an institution; in West Pacific Supers we … Continue reading
Super Things in 2013
West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide begins in 2013. Sure it’s an alternate reality but it’s not all that different from the Earth that we call home. That has always sort of been the point: to imagine a world like ours, but where super-powered individuals exist. That was the goal of Rising Tide and the whole … Continue reading
Considering Seawolf
Better the least member of the lion pack than a king among jackals. - Seawolf Of all of the classic childhood fairy tales, my favorite has always been Beauty and the Beast. I own a beloved copy of a version by Marianna Mayer, beautifully illustrated by Mercer Mayer; I adore the Disney animated movie. My all-time … Continue reading
Concerning Cosmic Kid
“All endings are difficult, only made tolerable by the promise of a new beginning.” – Cosmic Kid I think some readers of West Pacific Supers have been disappointed by Cosmic Kid in Victory at Any Cost. In Rising Tide, Cosmic Kid succeeded in large part due to his confidence and self-righteousness, but those same strengths worked against … Continue reading
Concerning Camille
“There is a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen One rule we have when writing our West Pacific Supers novels is that our superheros are real people first and supers second. They’re super due to the decisions they make and ways in which they use their abilities, not because of inherently … Continue reading
