Comments on: Why Series are Becoming Hot, Hot, HOT! How Dragging Out the Pain is Good for Your Readers https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: A Hodgepodge of Useful Bits & Pieces – Mid-April 2014 | https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48112 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:26:49 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48112 […] Lamb tells us “Why Series are Becoming Hot, Hot, HOT! How Dragging Out the Pain is Good for Your Readers“, and lol, it’s all about being mean, vicious, nasty, and cruel to your […]

]]> By: shad0wrav3n2014 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48111 Wed, 14 May 2014 21:37:50 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48111 In reply to Steve 46th.

LMAO! Yeah if Raven knew what i put her through, I would be recovering in ICU if she caught up to me.

]]> By: Steve 46th https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48110 Thu, 08 May 2014 16:24:19 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48110 I wish I could remember the writer who posed this scenario: “If your main character was standing right next to you, how would he/she react to you?” I put much thought into that question, and ultimately decided I wanted every main character I created from that point, forward, to kick my ass for what I put them through, then offer me a hand back to my feet and buy me a drink for giving them the piotential for greatness. Notice, though, that I did not say the drink wasn’t laced with something that rhymes with ‘poison.’

]]> By: bronte412 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48109 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:17:34 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48109 Reblogged this on Garden of the Olympians and commented:
Great article! Of course, I am biased towards series as I am currently writing one. đŸ™‚ My character gets dealt a lot of pain, too…

]]> By: bronte412 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48108 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:12:20 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48108 I’ve been killing shows for at least 15 years… Of course, most of those were on Fox, so maybe it wasn’t just me. đŸ™‚ I started deciding I would only watch a new show if it was on CBS and a crime show. Love NCIS, lol.

I’m writing a series. It has a thousand parts to it. I’m currently working on 1-8, 994-1000, and several in between. Luckily, I am not deluded enough to think I could write a thousand novels, so the first three parts will probably be a novella, and I am guessing there will be a lot of short stories and maybe a few more novellas. I refuse to be disappointed in myself if I don’t hit the thousand mark, though. đŸ™‚

]]> By: Should We Learn to Write Series? | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48107 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:30:28 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48107 […] The “lessons learned” section in my post about Beverly Kendall’s self-publishing report reiterated the fact that most successful self-published authors write series. Kristen Lamb just posted about series being hot, hot, hot. […]

]]> By: Lynn Hagen https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48106 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:47:33 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48106 My son got me hooked on NCIS. I’ve watched every episode for years and have seen how the characters have evolved. Yes, I’ve cried with them and laughed as well. I felt Gibb’s pain when it came to his loss and secretly cheered when he killed the man who murdered his wife and child. The team became a part of my household. Had it been a single movie, I wouldn’t have been interested. There wouldn’t have been any time to develop the characters I love so much.

]]> By: A Hodgepodge of Useful Bits & Pieces – Mid-April 2014 | KD DID IT Takes on Books https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48105 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:22:23 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48105 […] Lamb tells us “Why Series are Becoming Hot, Hot, HOT! How Dragging Out the Pain is Good for Your Readers“, and lol, it’s all about being mean, vicious, nasty, and cruel to your […]

]]> By: hfont2000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48104 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:34:40 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48104 I agree with you on the series, and I love every show and movie reference you included! With book series though, I hate hate hate cliffhangers! They kill me! I’m way too impatient.

That said, I released the first in a 4 book series and hope readers want the experience you wrote about. No neat packages, no quick resolutions, I prefer characters and stories that thread throughout the books and give you little surprises here and there.

“Hey, I forgot about so-and-so from book 1, that person turned out to be really important in book 3!”

Great post.

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/04/why-series-are-becoming-hot-hot-hot-how-dragging-out-the-pain-is-good-for-your-readers/#comment-48103 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:17:31 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15049#comment-48103 In reply to shad0wrav3n2014.

EXCELLENT *evil laugh*

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