If you could write any licensed property...

As a guy who grew up and continues to love comic books, one of my primary motivations for writing in the first place was because there were stories I wanted to tell with these characters I loved. Most of my writing training in my teenage years came from writing fanfic and receiving feedback on it. Even though I've gotten comfortable writing my own original stories and characters, I still have a desire to write licensed properties. I think there are quite a few writers who feel the same way.

There are some properties I would give anything to write. One of them are the characters that introduced me to comic books in the first place -- the X-Men. Sure enough, I still harbor aspirations of writing for Marvel Comics in some form, but particularly the X-Men. Several years back, when Marvel launched their Epic project, Brad Horton and I submitted a proposal and a script for a New Warriors limited series that was unfortunately turned down. But the X-Men is where my desire truly lies and I'd probably write that book for as long as they'd let me.

There is another property that I'd love to write a licensed comic book about -- and that one is Final Fantasy VII. I first played the game when I was fourteen and I've probably played it more times than I can count in the thirteen years since then. When Square Enix released their Compilation of Final Fantasy VII which included the DTV movie Advent Children, it brought back a lot of those old memories and ideas. If I ever had the chance to write a comic book focused on Final Fantasy VII -- whether it were set in the past, during the game or after -- I'd probably write a book like that for free.

The reason I bring this up is that it's been on my mind lately. And a large part of that is because of my upcoming online serial for the Revenance site. The serial is called SoulQuest and it's a fantasy/steampunk series heavily influenced by the Final Fantasy series, particularly VII. Originally this project was going to be a comic book, but after several years of very little progress, I've decided instead to do it in the form of a serial (which will eventually be published).