Celebrate The Small Things, Hint #5 On Sequels, The Boy Who Loved Fire

VIKLITCalifornians are celebrating rain. 9 inches in some spots last week.

RAIN



At the higher elevations we're celebrating some fresh powder. I've seen cars with skis heading out of town! Proof that we have some white stuff in Tahoe.

SNOW




******

Tip #5 How to Write Sequels









Tralisa McNeal

Author ". . .the advice I would give a person writing a sequel is to publish the books back to back. Put them all out at the same time or at least the first two if writing a trilogy."
I can't take this hint. I didn't decide to write a sequel to Alligators Overhead until two years later.  How do you feel about waiting a long time between series books to read them? I'm sure it's harder work to re-interest readers and that's why Rowlings and others kept 'em coming.
******


I finished Julie Musil's book, THE BOY WHO LOVED FIRE, last week and really enjoyed her fast-paced, page-turner story. Her protagonist is Manny, a boy who is self-centered and selfish, but who is given a chance to change his destiny, much in the same way as Scrooge. Musil cleverly brings her visiting spirits up-to-date for readers in this century and increases the tension to the very end of the story. While the story centers on a teen boy, it has an Everyman aspect that teen girls will also be caught up in.




If you haven't signed up for the A to Z Blog Challenge, shame on you. Still time, though.



And if you like the idea of a beautiful BLITZ, sign up for that, too!








Sliding on the Edge, C. Lee McKenzie, WestSide Books, Spring '09
The Princess of Las Pulgas, WestSide Books, Fall '10
The First Time, Fall '11 (Anthology story: Premeditated Cat)
Alligators Overhead, Outskirts Press, Fall '12
Two and Twenty Dark Tales (Anthology story: Into the Sea of Dew