Do you like to read a single
title book, or do you prefer series?
For those who may not know, a
single title is a book that stands by itself.
Book series can be several books using some of the characters from the
first novel in the stories that follow.
Of late, I've been reminded
why it might be a good idea to write stories in a series. A woman called me and told me her mother had
just read, The Catalyst, the first story in 'The Odyssey Mysteries,' and her
mother was dying to find out what happened next. She wanted to read all of my other books even
the ones that weren't mysteries.
When writing a manuscript, I
may have secondary characters that become strong enough you have to write their
story. In the case of 'The Odyssey
Mysteries', I planned to use two secondary characters, and I set up the plot
for them. If you set up the plot for a
secondary character you don't have to go back to the original story and do the
foreshadowing for the next book.
I'm not a plotter, but I have
ideas running around in my mind. I write
those ideas down and start incorporating them, so I don't have to rewrite so
much.
Because of my series three
more of my books will sell. I think it
can be well worth writing a series. What
do you think?
Sandra K. Marshall
http://www.sandramarshallblog.blogspot.comhttp://www.amazon.com/author/sandramarshall
