What is (a) dream story topic you really want to write about?

I don’t know that I really have a dream story topic to write about. When I was younger and making indie films, I thought it would be cool to write and direct a gritty, R-rated Star Wars film. But after watching how judgmental and toxic the fan base can be, that doesn’t appeal to me anymore.

When my son was a kid, he was super into The Clone Wars cartoon and I dabbled with writing a fan fiction story for him. As I began to develop the story, it was becoming more and more complex — and interesting. I was reading a lot about the Greek and Persian wars and that was influencing the story a lot. Eventually, I realized I didn’t want to waste a good story on fan fiction that I couldn’t publish. It’s a trilogy of novels and I haven’t written them yet. But, I have written a few short stories that take place in the world, which has allowed me to explore and experiment in an environment that isn’t a novel. I also made a short, silent film experiment to explore one of the main characters. At some point, I’ll explore it more and write the trilogy. The first book is called Myrna and is named after the main character, who is a bounty hunter. Below is a photo of me from the short film in which I play a character named Attika.

Thanks for the question, it was interesting and I had to think about it some.

If any of you want to read the short stories in my sci-fi universe or watch the short film, let me know in the comments below, and I’ll re-release them in the library or something.