'Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the books are purposely written so that readers do not have to read them in order.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.
One of the traps or the pitfalls of writing a trilogy - or a triptych, or whatever term you want to use - is that the second book can be a long second act to get you from book one to book three, which borrows all of its energy from the first book.
When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it.
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.
I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption - or just to kill them.
Each book first begins with a little idea.
As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about finished the third book in the series. Two more are already outlined. I'm in this for the long haul.
There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.