Why a series?

First The Hardest of Ways (Book 1) and now Bird of Prey (Book 2). Who would’ve thought I’d ever get through one novel much less two? And I must confess that throughout the BOP editing process I was writing scraps of ideas for Book 3, which I will officially begin writing next week.

The first inkling that THOW would become a series occurred when I was halfway through the first manuscript. I’d reached the 80,000 word (250 page) mark and realized I wasn’t anywhere near finished with these characters. I’d already written their entire lives out in my head and it was way more than a 300 page novel could hold. That’s probably why THOW was over 500 pages long.

I probably could have cut it up into two or three books, strung you all along for four years for a plot that only spanned a year. But I couldn’t stop writing. I was literally compelled by the characters and obsessed with telling their tales. And as a result you got a pretty long book that was only the beginning of what I hope will be a kickass saga.