You'd be surprised how many readers were excited to think it was a stand-alone.
I would not. Man, am I tired of EVERYTHING being a series. Can't I just read one book and be DONE?? I have so many other books to read dammit.
Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs.
Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:05:21 am PST #20301 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Jan 22, 2013 8:06:23 am PST #20302 of 28348
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was kind of angry that Sunshine by Robin McKinley did not have a sequel. I intellectually understand her explanation, but it doesn't make much sense to me. She did a lot of world-building with that book, she can't come up with a sequel?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2013 8:08:57 am PST #20303 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..." is stuck in my head again!
I am a little disappointed that there is not a third book, but I haven't read the second yet because I liked the first so much. I don't like things to end.
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:14:28 am PST #20304 of 28348
Because books.
"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..."
Psst, I think it's dark HEART. Not that I can talk. Ask Cass how I mangled Kane lyrics one time.
Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge. I'd like to go back one day and revisit some of the other characters, or explore Wren's family history, but I think I'm happy with where I left Wren herself.
Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:16:51 am PST #20305 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge.
On the one hand, weird to write a sequel to a book you didn't intend to write a sequel to. On the other hand, nice that they wanted you to!
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:21:35 am PST #20306 of 28348
Because books.
Yeah. It would have been even nicer if it had done well, but I'm still proud of it.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2013 8:23:32 am PST #20307 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh dear.
zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20308 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I just finished my John Green marathon that started a couple months ago with me sobbing my way through The Fault in Our Stars and ended this morning when I finished Looking for Alaska. (Will Grayson, Will Grayson, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns were in there too)
I found myself wishing he'd been writing when I was in high school. That's not meant as a criticism - I LOVED all of them - but I was such a mess when I was the age his characters are that his books may have been overwhelmingly helpful.
zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20309 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:39:23 am PST #20310 of 28348
Because books.
I didn't mean for that to sound self-pitying. It's just one of those calculated risks in publishing -- do you assume interest will be there for a sequel, or actually wait and see?