I'm also currently working on another book series to my paranormal/fantasy book: "Beyond the Mysterious Red Door".
I have heard good and bad from writers and readers about this practice of writing series for your book. So in the end, I just decided to try my hand at creating a few book series along with my individual books and see what happens. Let's face it, some of the top stories that many of us are familiar with were book series such as, "Harry Potter", "Twilight", Divergent, and "Fifty Shades of Grey", and so much more.
But, here is what I've heard from readers about this practice of writing a book series. Some readers hate it when they start reading a book series and they have to wait too long for the next book. Some readers hate the fact that they have to buy more than one book to get the complete story. In fact, I read a book review recently that stated they didn't like that the book was part of a series and that they couldn't understand why authors would give a reader a free book just to bate them into buying all of the other books in the series. They said they thought this was a despicable sales plow, and that they were tired of all the writers who were currently doing this.
Now the opposite, I also heard that readers like reading book series because usually when they like a book they hate for it to end. So, if it is a series they know it doesn't have to end with one book.
Even though I wrestled with creating a book series or two, I think personally every author should have at least one book series along with individual, standalone books. I don't know what you all think? I do feel that as long as you are writing and trying to give great value to your readers with writing a good story that it shouldn't matter whether it is a series or not, just saying.
In my next blog entry, I'm going to talk about something that many authors question. The question is, should I have a Prologue at the beginning of my book or not?
So stay tuned.
But, here is what I've heard from readers about this practice of writing a book series. Some readers hate it when they start reading a book series and they have to wait too long for the next book. Some readers hate the fact that they have to buy more than one book to get the complete story. In fact, I read a book review recently that stated they didn't like that the book was part of a series and that they couldn't understand why authors would give a reader a free book just to bate them into buying all of the other books in the series. They said they thought this was a despicable sales plow, and that they were tired of all the writers who were currently doing this.
Now the opposite, I also heard that readers like reading book series because usually when they like a book they hate for it to end. So, if it is a series they know it doesn't have to end with one book.
Even though I wrestled with creating a book series or two, I think personally every author should have at least one book series along with individual, standalone books. I don't know what you all think? I do feel that as long as you are writing and trying to give great value to your readers with writing a good story that it shouldn't matter whether it is a series or not, just saying.
In my next blog entry, I'm going to talk about something that many authors question. The question is, should I have a Prologue at the beginning of my book or not?
So stay tuned.
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