Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 17: A Few Lessons Learned
After I finished my first series, I still found that I had a lot to learn. As a reader, I’ve always enjoyed long books. I
After I finished my first series, I still found that I had a lot to learn. As a reader, I’ve always enjoyed long books. I
When I opened the Runelords series, I knew that I didn’t want one of those endless book series that just kept stringing the reader
When you’re a writer, there are a lot of jobs in the field that are somewhat related. I’ve worked on videogames and movies, edited computer
In 1998 and 1999, I found myself in an odd place. I had advised one of my publishers to push Harry Potter big, and I
Most writers kill their own careers. For decades now I’ve studied promising new writers, and sometimes after a writer makes a great debut, a few
Like many of you, when I began writing I started a couple of novels but soon discovered that there was a lot more to writing than
For over thirty years now, I’ve been setting writing goals. As a youngster, they were often unrealistic, of course. “I’m going to write forty pages
From the time that I was a teen, I’d wanted to write a fantasy series. In fact, my first two attempts at fiction writing were
Most new writers dream of getting a high-powered agent and editor, and as a new author I was no different. As an older writer, I’m
Many authors, when they “get serious” about writing, discover that their attitude will suck all of the fun out of their work, and it shows
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