So you want to write a series?

I have written three series and am starting a fourth. A recent WD (that’s Writer’s Digest for my readers who aren’t authors) article interviews four series writers. One of the writers is Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus novels; he’s someone I discovered when I was polishing my mystery, crime, and police procedural writing skills. Unfortunately (and typically?), the interviewer led these four down a few blind alleys, so I can’t recommend this article beyond saying my interest was more...