question for you writer types

[rone]

I have an interest (extremely unlikely to realize at the moment, but nonetheless, it is there) in writing a book about certain formative events in the history of one of Frank Herbert's (non-Dune) characters. Given that his son is milking the living shit out of the Dune universe, what exactly would i need to do were i to actually write this book and want to publish it?

Comments

[flummox.livejournal.com]

Forget about whether or not you can publish it. Seriously. Just write it.

Even if you can't sell it, it's worth the exercise. If the story holds up on its own (ie: it makes sense and is entertaining completely apart from the Dune series), it may be worth adapting the universe to something more original before peddling it to the publishing industry.

*shrug*