MUSE MONDAY
Please join me in welcoming Kim McMahill and her post about series. I love reading series. Can there really ever be too much? What do you say, Kim?
I love reading books in a series. A series gives the
reader the opportunity to really get to know the characters on a personal
level. We get to see the recurring protagonists and antagonists progress
emotionally, evolve into better or worse people, and sometimes we even see them
grow old. Even if the story is far outside our real lives, we still often
connect to the characters as we share some of the same experiences—a challenge
at work, a bully, a crisis of faith, a health issue, or relationship woes or wows.
So, when is it time to let go? It depends on the series.
I don’t think there is an easy answer, but there are a number of triggers. Has
the storyline fizzled out, has the objective been achieved, or has the
protagonist aged to the point that his or her heroics are no longer believable?
I started my Risky Research Series with a clear vision of
how the series would develop and end, but I’m starting to realize I may not be
in total control. When, and if, FBI agent Devyn Nash dismantles a deadly
organization obsessed with controlling the diet-products industry worth
billions and brings them to justice, she’s got more to accomplish. Will her
next case be strong enough to carry the series past nabbing Coterie? Will she
still have a job with the FBI after A Foundation
of Fear? Honestly, I’m not sure yet, but in the mean time she has some very
dangerous individuals to track down, so I hope you will begin the journey if
you haven’t started and see where the drama and danger leads.
Blurb:
FBI Special Agent Devyn Nash is obsessed with taking down Coterie, a
deadly group out to control the multi-billion-dollar diet product industry. The
FBI’s plan to expose Coterie places Devyn’s best friend and her partner’s
fiancé in the crosshairs of this ruthless organization. Can Devyn protect her
friend and bring the coldblooded killers to justice before they strike again
while distracted by injury, a sexist bully, and a long-distance relationship
with a handsome Wyoming sheriff?
Lobbyist and
Coterie assassin Sofia Wilks wants nothing more than to regain control of her
life. Sofia knows Agent Nash is nipping at her heels, but the FBI agent isn’t
the worst of her fears. She is drawn to a man who has the power to destroy her.
Exceprt:
Devyn Nash’s ribs still ached and pain
shot up from the soles of her feet with every step she took. Only a little over
a week had passed since she had chased a killer through cactus-covered desert
at night in her bare feet. If that wasn’t enough, she had leapt off a rock
ledge and tackled the fugitive, which in hindsight probably wasn’t a smart
move. She had desperately wanted answers, not another corpse.
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Buy Links for A Foundation of Fear:
Free Download: A Formidable Foe Download (prequel novelette to the Risky Research Series)
Barnes and Noble Buy Link (ebook): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-formidable-foe-kim-mcmahill/1131107562?ean=9781522398561
I love reading and writing series. As a reader, I get attached to characters and settings. As an author, I like to be able to use that world that I spent a LOT of time building! Also, it's fun to see how the story and character arcs spin out.
ReplyDeleteSo true, Sharon. Thanks for chiming in!
DeleteI, too, love reading series fiction, and It has been fun writing it. A series provides an opportunity to really get to know the characters and form an emotional attachment. I don't know how long the series will go, I suppose Devyn will tell me, but book 4 is with my publisher and book 5 is in its infancy.
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