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G J Lau · 05-03-2011, 08:36 PM

Thanks for all the input. This was a first novel so I am learning plotting on the fly. Knowing what I know now I would have saved the reveal at the end of the first book for the opening of the second book, cliff hanger style. But that ship has sailed, so I'll just have to emphasize in the blurbs that this is a sequel and that readers will have to decide for themselves whether to invest the 99 cents to get the first book.

I do intend to carry forward all the main characters. The locale of the second book will shift to a different part of the country, which will enable me to introduce a handful of new characters but will make it harder to keep the original characters involved since they will all be back home. That's the fun of it, I guess, solving all these little plot problems.

05-03-2011, 08:36 PM	#14
G J Lau Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 415116 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Frederick MD Device: Nook	Thanks for all the input. This was a first novel so I am learning plotting on the fly. Knowing what I know now I would have saved the reveal at the end of the first book for the opening of the second book, cliff hanger style. But that ship has sailed, so I'll just have to emphasize in the blurbs that this is a sequel and that readers will have to decide for themselves whether to invest the 99 cents to get the first book. I do intend to carry forward all the main characters. The locale of the second book will shift to a different part of the country, which will enable me to introduce a handful of new characters but will make it harder to keep the original characters involved since they will all be back home. That's the fun of it, I guess, solving all these little plot problems.