Second Books and Second Acts: The Secret Trilogy Trap

Holy geez, that’s a cutesy title. I’m not even sorry.

When I first sat down to write The Marian Trilogy, my plan wasn’t to write a trilogy. I just had a single novelin mind, but that plan went out the window when I finished what I thought was a solid exposition, only to find itwas almost as long as a full-length novel. At this point, I figured I had three choices:

1)Resign myself to writing a nearly 1,000-page young adult adventure novel. Sure, no one’s heard of me, and sure, it’s a soft scie...