If you ever wondered what an author goes through planning a sequel, check out my guest post today at YA Sisterhood (along with a giveaway!). As you can imagine, meeting reader expectations after a well-loved debut is a pretty daunting challenge, especially given that second books have a bad reputation for letting readers down. So far, I’ve had a great experience writing Shudder, as you can see from my post:
You see, the thing I’ve decided I love about writing a sequel is that so MUCH of the work is done already – now I just get to play. In Book 1, the world was built – so now I just have to fill in all the fun little details that make it real. The characters came to life in the previous book – so now I just have to let them lead the story. And after reading the last one, the reader already *knows* all the background – that means I can jump right into the action! (And the romance! wink wink ;-)
But that being said, I still won’t know for a few months now how readers will respond to Shudder. I’m hoping beyond hope that you guys will like it as much as I do!
Stop by YA Sisterhood today to check out the rest of the post, and also to enter a giveaway for an e-copy of Stitch (gotta catch up before the sequel’s ready, right??).
Thanks so much to sisters Jennifer, Amy, and Brittany (and Marylee, Beth, Sarah, Bethany, and any honorary sisters I missed!) at YA Sisterhood for hosting me!