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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
My request would simply be: Stop doing it so much. 
Write more true stand-alone novels. But if you must write a series... at least make each book in the series stand on it's own merits. And always remember... that to leave a reader "swinging in the wind" at the end of one book in a series takes no literary talent. Entice me to read the next installment in your series with your amazing prose and your fascinating characters, not with the "dangling" of a marketing carrot. That cheapens your work. |
In my books, the plot, conflict and issues are resolved at the end. Beginning, middle and an end. The last short chapter is the lead in for the next novel, to give a hint of what's coming. And the end of book two the last sentence is the lead in to the final book which will have a conclusion that ties the consequences from all three together.
I know the evil you speak of, and I refuse to subscribe to it.