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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I didn't understand the author/publisher dynamic and was very unforgiving towards authors who didn't resolve a series. I still won't buy a solo Roland Green book because of where he left things in his Wandor Series. I suppose that one day, I ought to forgive him.  . [I still say that authors shouldn't drag a series out like that. ] |
It's really hard to decide how to do a series arc. The publishers don't care how many books are in it at first--but then once it does well, they want you to write it FOREVER. Some readers want a series resolved in 3 books; some want to read the series forever. Not all authors are good at planning out a series either. Some wander around and come by it honestly. Other authors set out to stretch a series to keep it going. Others try not to wander, but in the end, it still gets boring for some readers! Those same readers continue to demand books in the series though. They just want them written THE WAY THEY ENVISION the series...I see this all the time on my cozy group:
"The author needs to ditch so-and-so."
"The author really should just stick with mysteries in the one location. I love her characters, but when she travels I don't get to see them all."
"The author should..."
Shrug. And I can promise you there is no way we can keep everyone happy--including, sometimes, ourselves.