I’ve always loved space adventures, but Captain Comet and the Purple Planet is the first space story I’ve written myself.  The story went through various shapes and sizes before arriving at the published version.

It started out as one of several story ideas for a space series about a tiny planet ruled by a young queen and defended by a daring hero, who at that stage was called Captain Stardust.  I jotted down a few plot outlines including the purple planet story, but didn’t develop the idea any further at the time.