They did all nicely come together once I started thinking horrible things to do to my protagonists.
Yeah, even my two/three other ‘totally separate’ story ideas I’m going to set in the same universe, but the connections will be tenuous – still, a nice touch, I think. An Easter egg for fans. “Hey! That’s the space ship from that other series!” and “Hey! That’s the planet for that pentology!” and that’s about it.
