I've only published one story involving aliens, my short story The Lattice. I really need to remedy this some day.
The challenge is in creating aliens that are truly alien and not just humans in costume. But you also don't want to make them too alien, because if the reader can't sympathize with them in any way, then they're just cardboard cutouts. In that case, they might as well be paper targets on a shooting range.
It's not easy, hence my reticence.
I've got three books left in the current series to finish up before I move on to the next project. In the meantime, though, maybe I can do some brainstorming about alien societies.
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