I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Even if I had $200 million, I'm very wary of overusing CGI. I think it's a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.

