tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post94519116084813074..comments2023-10-22T06:26:18.051-07:00Comments on The web site of Lisa Schroeder: Sequels and Lack ThereofLisa Schroederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-40554243482747900472012-04-23T13:04:00.392-07:002012-04-23T13:04:00.392-07:00When I wrote THE HEALING SPELL it was a stand-alon...When I wrote THE HEALING SPELL it was a stand-alone "The End" book - in my mind. And then I started getting tons of emails after it was published from kids asking for a sequel. That really surprised me, although it was true that not all the threads in the story were tied up all pretty with a bow so I could see where they were coming from. <br /><br />When I was playing around with new ideas (and I did write a whole book that had to be shelved by my publisher for various reasons although I hope to come back to it some day) my next book, CIRCLE OF SECRETS, ended up being about a new character and a completely new story, but set in the same "world" as Healing Spell, and with some fun "connections". It took me completely by surprise, I had never thought of it at all until it came to me. The same thing happened with my 2013 book WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES CAME. And while the new books are not sequels, the do satisfy some of those sequel-demanding readers. <br /><br />You never know where your Muse is gonna take you!Kimberley Griffiths Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-81961072708385098592012-04-17T09:37:58.040-07:002012-04-17T09:37:58.040-07:00Thank you for this. I'm a ya writer and every...Thank you for this. I'm a ya writer and everything I've done has been standalone. I understand that some stories need multiple books to complete the full arc, but sometimes I think sequels are driven more by market forces than anything else.Lisa Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-76579531600418042442012-04-17T09:24:07.713-07:002012-04-17T09:24:07.713-07:00So well said! This is exactly why I love reading (...So well said! This is exactly why I love reading (and writing) stand alone novels.Lydia Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328254761920829040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-10218586056926035922012-04-16T17:06:40.398-07:002012-04-16T17:06:40.398-07:00I love standalones for the fact it allows me to wr...I love standalones for the fact it allows me to write countless "after"-the-book stories in my head. Sometimes, I typed them up as a kid (fan fiction!) but I never do anymore. I know too much about the publishing world to want to do such a thing to an author!<br /> I also think it is so hard to end one book and start another, which is why I like Sarah Dessen's books- they let us glimpse into the lives of other characters from her other books (i.e. Remy & Dexter from THIS LULLABY show up in JUST LISTEN, Scarlett from SOMEONE LIKE YOU shows up in THIS LULLABY). :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076907708483883575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-82510725355445152162012-04-16T12:43:17.753-07:002012-04-16T12:43:17.753-07:00When I was younger, I used to desperately want seq...When I was younger, I used to desperately want sequels to my favorite books (I dreamed that Judy Blume would write a sequel to Tiger Eyes in which Davey and Wolf would reunite and live happily ever after). Now that I'm supposedly a grown up person, I love stand-alones that let me imagine what happened to the characters after their story ends, which is actually a big reason why I seek out stand-alone novels in both adult and YA fiction.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180795798678160571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-26348433797049246002012-04-16T12:09:11.452-07:002012-04-16T12:09:11.452-07:00Thanks Kate! I personally love stand-alones too, a...Thanks Kate! I personally love stand-alones too, and feel the same way. :)Lisa Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007969087249548859.post-56868333062402959362012-04-16T11:46:51.294-07:002012-04-16T11:46:51.294-07:00Personally? I love that your books are standalones...Personally? I love that your books are standalones because I have over X amount of books on my TBR shelf and 110 of that is books starting a series or in a series or some kind of to be continued and its nice to pick up one of your books and know its one I can sit back and relax with and only have to focus on reading not how many are in the series. <br /><br />The YA world needs more stand alonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com