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James Litherland:
How long will each of your series be?
James Litherland
As long as I have interesting stories to tell. The larger stories for both Slowpocalypse and Watchbearers aren't ones with definite endpoints, but broad canvases against which to paint smaller stories about the lives of different people caught up in bigger events.
Take the Slowpocalypse series. The third book in the series, which I'm writing right now, is essentially the third book in a trilogy, bringing the story that started with Certain Hypothetical to one kind of end, but not a final end. It's also a new beginning, offering the potential for new stories to come. Then book four will feature different characters in a different location, in a 'side story' that will stand on its own. But that won't mean you've seen the last of the characters from those four books - far from it.
These individual stories of the Slowpocalypse then, taken together tell a much larger story, of people building a new society out of the ashes of the old one - and that will be a generational effort. The first several books in the series are just the start, and the characters are more focused on surviving the collapse of our modern civilization than on building anything.
But if you can't wait to know how it all turns out, the Watchbearers series at least offers some hints. Because those time-travelers come from the future the people will be building in Slowpocalypse.
Take the Slowpocalypse series. The third book in the series, which I'm writing right now, is essentially the third book in a trilogy, bringing the story that started with Certain Hypothetical to one kind of end, but not a final end. It's also a new beginning, offering the potential for new stories to come. Then book four will feature different characters in a different location, in a 'side story' that will stand on its own. But that won't mean you've seen the last of the characters from those four books - far from it.
These individual stories of the Slowpocalypse then, taken together tell a much larger story, of people building a new society out of the ashes of the old one - and that will be a generational effort. The first several books in the series are just the start, and the characters are more focused on surviving the collapse of our modern civilization than on building anything.
But if you can't wait to know how it all turns out, the Watchbearers series at least offers some hints. Because those time-travelers come from the future the people will be building in Slowpocalypse.
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