tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post8516714748689249621..comments2023-11-02T06:14:54.861-05:00Comments on SIZZLING SCRIBES: Series: Love Them or Hate Them?Ruby Stormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124244528948643826noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-23200754372333056062013-06-03T10:20:58.451-05:002013-06-03T10:20:58.451-05:00I love series but not the looong ones, the 8 or 10...I love series but not the looong ones, the 8 or 10 book series that never end. I like writing them because as a writer I fall in love with the worlds I create and the characters. I do like each book to be a stand-alone so readers aren't forced to read them all from book 1. There are so many great books out there so the books that leave you hanging on a hook where you have to buy the next one doesn't thrill me as a reader. I like each book to be a complete story:)Kathy Kulighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061095905421177808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-80951624140667834782013-06-03T07:28:46.784-05:002013-06-03T07:28:46.784-05:00I love series. I have read both stand alone and th...I love series. I have read both stand alone and the ones where you have to read them in order just to understand what is going on. I prefer the stand alone versions but if the series is from one of my favorite authors or it comes highly recommended from someone I trust I will read the cliff hangers. I have lost interest in the BDB a bit because the books are so few and far between and they are getting less enjoyable for me. I will eventually get to the newest one because I need to see what happens with Blay and Qhuinn but I didn't run right out and buy it like I used to. I love seeing characters from previous books just to see how they are doing and what has changed.Patti Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10226313327987593812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-57378034534908291562013-06-03T06:16:18.950-05:002013-06-03T06:16:18.950-05:00I love series, both reading them and writing them....I love series, both reading them and writing them.N.J.Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18099894498766052188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-912909047039068662013-06-03T06:03:31.730-05:002013-06-03T06:03:31.730-05:00I love to read--and write--series, but I want each...I love to read--and write--series, but I want each story to have its own hero/heroine and its own happy ending. It's okay if the hero and heroine should come back with another new story (as in years later, the way Shana and Bear returned with another book in Forever Enslaved after they'd found their youthful HEA in Love Slave), but each story in a series has to stand on its own.Ann Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176748768155458312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-18375493856254856622013-06-02T17:40:46.997-05:002013-06-02T17:40:46.997-05:00If a novel is part of a series I want each book to... If a novel is part of a series I want each book to be a stand alone. I absolutely hate the books with a cliffhanger ending which requires one to buy another book months down the line to find out what happened. I've gotten where I check an author's website before purchasing books in a series in order to know if they are stand alone. I'm also not that interested in characters continuing as secondary characters in future novels.Ruby Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030839859107760855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721981671290108541.post-90445716603531613162013-06-02T13:21:18.388-05:002013-06-02T13:21:18.388-05:00I love a series, but I suppose I am slightly biase...I love a series, but I suppose I am slightly biased since I write one. BUT I started writing it because I love them :) I like getting to know characters through the books then seeing them again after they've had their HEAforwardCait Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00227604252399059784noreply@blogger.com