User blog comment:Vauseman/Dead Frontier is over af/@comment-1107423-20131218024043

1.) When it came to massive issues, like the climactic final battles at the airport, in the Hyatt, etc., did you have character deaths determined a long while before these events happened or did you have to go through your characters and pick and choose who perished? You were always known for having a huge cast, so I'm curious if you ever left it to the last minute to determine who survived and who died in certain situations.

2.) Was there any point in planning the story, where Cole made it to the last issue? Surely it was always in your mind that he'd meet his maker before DF came to a close, but I'm just wondering if he ever lasted longer in your plans before you finally determined to off him in 128?

3.) At what point in the story did you realize you needed to come up with a solid ending and start building up to the events of 144? In ZA stories there is this constant feeling that perhaps you may run in circles, so I'm only curious if you ever felt this way and leaned back to plan ending, or if it happened more naturally?

4.) What character arcs were you personally most proud of in the end?

5.) Did reader reactions ever encourage/discourage you from going ahead with any of your plans? For example, was there ever a character you kept on keeping around longer, but because of fan reaction being on the opposite side of the spectrum, you killed him or her prematurely? Or, did you plan on killing someone and decided to keep them around BECAUSE of fan reaction? Or did you try to stay away from letting reader reactions dictate your story?