Ironically, I just finished reading two great books: Legends & Lattes and Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. I mention this only because in the author notes for the second book, Travis writes about the struggle to write a sequel to his first book.
I always read an author's notes as part of my personal goal of learning about the writing process of as many authors as possible, but I must say, I really appreciated his thoughts on this topic given my current project.
Seems he was sure he had the sequel mapped out, but as he wrote it, he really disliked it! He tried again, and again, and if memory serves me, again. Finally, he ended up writing a prequel that, I agree, was a really fun read.
I just really appreciated his honesty about the difficulty in writing another book using the same characters, especially after the first book was really well received. He admits there is a struggle of writing to meet the expectations of your readers.
Well, I am off on another adventure in the kingdom of Periphery. And thank you, Travis, for your candid thoughts!
