Thoughts about working on a series…

1. It’s really fun to be able to string out and develop minor characters into main characters in another book.

2. It can really be a pain in the ass to try and remember everything you’ve written before so everything matches! (So that character had blue eyes in the first book and had brown eyes in the fourth book… ack!)

3. I love glimpses into characters’ lives that have already been “wrapped up” in previous books. In the fourth Ilyrian book that’s next up we actually see how Brooke and Bethany are getting along in Ilyria. It’s fun!

4. Sometimes series can seem so involved and detailed. Good in its own way, but can make it a challenge to not lose a reader who might not have read the other books in the series. You want them intrigued and interested, but not overwhelmed. A tightrope balancing trick at times.

5. Though it’s fascinating (in my opinion) to see previous characters as they’ve changed since “their” book, they’ve got to be in later books because they add to another’s story, not just because it’s fun to find out more about them after their Happily Ever After.

6. And finally, sometimes the storyline keeps options limited, it is a nice feeling to be able to wrap up loose ends that didn’t really fit into previous stories.