Walking Away
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I was looking at a SF author's bibliography today. What struck me was a pretty good selling series he walked away from after four books, that had a lot of meat left on the bone. This is a guy who had some bestsellers in the 2000-2012 era, but most of his stuff in the last ten years has been collaborations.
And his first series, which produced a couple of bestsellers, also has an open end and could easily be worked into several other books.
Why do some guys just walk away from obvious successful plotlines?
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@Jolly said in Walking Away:
I was looking at a SF author's bibliography today. What struck me was a pretty good selling series he walked away from after four books, that had a lot of meat left on the bone. This is a guy who had some bestsellers in the 2000-2012 era, but most of his stuff in the last ten years has been collaborations.
And his first series, which produced a couple of bestsellers, also has an open end and could easily be worked into several other books.
Why do some guys just walk away from obvious successful plotlines?
People accuse John Mayer of that all the time, particularly with Continuum. A lot of times it's because they explored what they wanted to explore, they're over it and it's time for them to move on.
Some books are written because the author hopes he can make a franchise out of it. The best books are a journey the author took, and you're just along for the ride—it's not really about you.
