EO - Preface.txt

Preface

A word to my readers

This is the beginning of a complete rewrite of the Eric Olafson's Saga.

It is intended to be the final content adding/changing re-write and is designed to fix a series of plot holes, including time lines of wars, Immortals, and events that happened previously. I want to explain why Eric actually wants to be a starship captain and to fix the Longnight-Shortsummer intervals. I am changing dates and the occurrence of events, such as when Eric goes to the Academy and when he starts his Tigershark adventures ... and finally when he becomes The Dark One. I am going to clean up the "Interludes," tighten this and that, fixing names ... making them consistent--and while I am at it, there will be several re-postings, to incorporate the editing work of my friends who offered to proofread and edit. But as I mentioned this is the last rewrite in terms of content.

The basic story is the same but I added material, and the Eric Saga will expand a little in terms of volume, so I plan to keep the old versions up but after I completed the re-write they will be removed and posted under the "Old Story Versions" category in my Wiki.

The first version of this saga I penned over 15 years ago and I have re-written it a few times since, but as writer I have grown and so has my story and also this saga. The characters have evolved and taken on a life of their own. Thanks to many comments and well-deserved critiques, I felt that another and hopefully final major rewrite was in order.

So here it is. I have begun to tackle the task of a rewrite, and hopefully this will be the last (not including edits of course).

It will be the same tale, and to many of you who know the story this will add only a few bits and pieces, tie up a few plot holes and streamline the whole saga.

I say thank you to the readers at FictionPress, Storiesonline and Finestories for sending me so many comments, critiques, and praise. It was you who encouraged me to come this far.

So this is the first volume of the Eric Olafson Saga.

This book is dedicated to: Knight Ranger, A99515, Silvak, Gnume, NeWBeE, Don, and John.

My special thanks go to Erik Thread, the guy who has taken on the Herculean task akin to cleaning out the Augean Stables and edit my flawed work.

Yours truly, Vanessa Ravencroft

Note: Longnight and Shortsummer are now distinct seasons and names for a period of time, therefore the spelling and form will be one word and with a capital letter. There is now a failed sun in the form of a supergiant within the Solken System to explain the unusual orbit of Nilfeheim.

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