I know that as a
reader, I’m ambivalent about sequels. I like to know the hero and heroine (or
whatever combination of main characters) are still living happily ever after.
But too often, in books something nasty happens to one or another of them down
the track, in a long series. Or even to an important secondary character, like
JK Rowling’s Dumbledore.
But sometimes,
even though the hero and heroine are satisfactorily together, the story just
isn’t finished. Other characters are screaming for their turn in the limelight,
the villain escapes from captivity, or something else just appears.
This has happened
to me several times now, so in each case I’ve written a stand-alone sequel
where the main characters remain HEA, but other characters pick up the
storyline.
My most recent
sequel situation came about very differently.
The opening scene
was a dream I had. I got out of bed, and wrote it down, but I had no idea what
it meant, or where it was going. I showed it to author Anny Cook, and asked, “What
do I do now?” She told me to keep writing. She said that sort of thing happened
to her a lot. Either it turned into a book, or it would just stop. Well, I took
her advice, kept writing, and it turned into three books. And finally, with the
third book, I realized what the connection was. It is actually what happens
more than fifty years after the “Raw Claiming” series I wrote.
What do you
think? Do you mind if a former hero or heroine gets killed off in book five?
Does it bother you if the end of the story is left hanging?
BIO:
Berengaria is a multi-published author of erotic romance:
contemporary, paranormal (ghosts, vampires, fairies, dragons, and werewolves),
futuristic, medieval, and Regency-set historical. She loves to read all different
kinds of romance so that is what she writes: one man/one woman; two women; two
men; two men/one woman; three men, two women/one man, three men/one woman….
Whatever the characters need for their very hot happily-ever-after, Berengaria
makes sure they get it.
BLURB:
More
than fifty years ago, wicked winds, carrying deadly diseases, swept across the
land, and their ancestors fled to a protected valley. But now the
easy-to-gather food and fuel are used up, and the people struggle to feed
themselves. The goods their ancestors had brought with them are worn out, and
life is hard trying to feed and provide for themselves.Zuri, Udo, and Tau love each other, but have to meet in the forest to make love. The people decide to go to the city to look for food and fuel. It’s Zuri who finds the ancestors’ truck and asks for a gift in return—that she, Tau, and Udo could be together. Their request is granted. Then everyone plans for the trip to the city. It’ll be very dangerous, but the three of them will be together. But will they find any food? Will they even survive?
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Berengaria
No i do not think it is bad to *snuff-off* said. If it is written smoothly into the next one. But your writing is wonderful and i am sure it's great!! :) LeslieStockton
If the series was a romance, I would mind greatly if the hero or heroine were snuffed out. I don't read romance to read about death.
That said, in my own Rod and Cane Society series, the minor characters become the main ones in later books. I'm going to have to kill off one of the minor characters so that his wife can find love.
My current zombie wip began as a dream, so kudos to writing it down!
As for killing off characters....it happens. I cried buckets in one of my favorite western series when beloved characters died, but the series spanned 100 years; not everyone can live THAT long, lol:)
I don't particularly like the idea of one of the main heroes or heroines getting killed off. But if it is in the future, well...life happens, as does death. Whoever is left, I would like to see them have another HEA moment.
I write a number of series, mainly where the original characters are loosely included into the new main characters' stories.
And I love reading continuing stories that work in new characters and let me see the earlier ones again.
I love books that come from dreams. I even wrote one that came from someone else's dream who emailed the next morning and said, "I dreamed you wrote a book about a gargoyle and a harpy"--so I did.
I agree completely about leaving former h/h couples their HEA. It's great to see glimpses of their life together in subsequent books, and it's okay to give them problems to overcome, but don't kill them or split them up!
Sequels suck. Except for J.K. Rowling, few authors have pulled off a successful sequel. There's no need to kill off the hero and heroin, just let them "ride off into the sunset".
The problem with sequels is, if the reader didn't like them in the first book, they're not going to buy the second.
If they did like them, they might become bored with them over time.
With so many people and characters available, why always go with the some two?
Let your creative mind be creative and come up with new people, setting, problems and solutions.
Laurann Dohner, Lora Leigh, Laurell Hamilton, Lorilei James, Larissa Ione, Maris Carr, etc. There are many authors that have written amazing series/sequel. They have HEAa but other characters come forward. I love sequels
Sorry for the typos. Predictive text tricks me on occasion. Mari Carr, HEAs, sequels.
Honestly I'm not illiterate
Laurann Dohner, Lora Leigh, Laurell Hamilton, Lorilei James, Larissa Ione, Maris Carr, etc. There are many authors that have written amazing series/sequel. They have HEAa but other characters come forward. I love sequels
Love sequels. Love to follow the lives and find out what happens next. I can't resist writing or reading them...
Killing off a main character can be a good or bad thing depending on how it's done and how well it works in the story.
Personally I love when secondary characters develop enough to warrant their own story lines.
@Leslie Thank you for that wonderful comment.
@Cara It's 50 years later so I simply didn't mention the earlier heroes and heroines. But I did bring in their children, so I hope I won't make anyone cry.
@Molly 100 years would work for sci fi and fantasy. Westerns, not so much!
@Starla That's awesome. It's exactly what I've tried to do.
@Cindy. A gargoyle and a harpie. What an awesome story idea!
@Connie. That's a very good point, indeed. There are always more characters demanding their stories be told.
@spmcbee Damn that autocorrect!
@Jean. I've read some of your stories and you've done some brilliant sequels.
@pi Sometimes the secondary characters just demand their own stories and there's nothing an author can do except take dictation!
Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment. You've given me lots of things to think about.
Berengaria
Whether I like or want to read a sequel really depends upon how I felt about the first book. But what I really dislike about linked books is that you have to read them in order. I hate finding myself in the middle of a book and then realizing that it's the 2d or 3d in a series. That majorly pisses me off. Each book should completely stand alone without any reference to the previous books. AND that it's in a series or is a sequel should clearly show on the cover, so I can read the books in order.
JMO :)
I agree, @Suz. Nothing is worse than being in the middle of a book and wondering WTF just happened because you haven't read the previous books. All mine stand alone ☺.
Berengaria
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