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GeorgiaW:
I am about to start Book II in a 4 book series.  How much time passed in your story when you started Book II AND did you resolve the ending to Book I when you started? Others questions I have are, did you bring all of your characters back? I want to focus more on some new characters that were mentioned briefly in Book I to add some new life into the series.  I have the outline and I actually think it is richer than Book I.  I am excited to get started.  Thoughts?

Cheers-
Georgia

Rhonda:
Well, I started book 2 about a month after book 1 ended. I brought back pretty much all of my characters, yes--at least the main ones.

Good luck on your writing! That's great--run with the energy!!

Julia:
I picked up right where I left off - there were some unanswered plot lines in book 1. I have all of the same characters (except those who didn't make it to the end of book 1.) ;)

Good luck!

Debby G:
If it were me, I wouldn't write Book 2 unless I sold Book 1 because:

If Book 1 doesn't sell, then it would be hard to sell Book 2.

And I think you may learn more by starting a manuscript with different characters, setting, etc.

And if Book 1 does sell, it might substantially change once the publisher suggests edits, and then Book 2 would have to substantially change.

Just my unsolicited advice.

If you still want to write Book 2, start it where you'd start any book: Where something really interesting is happening.

Julia:
Good point, Debby G! I had a nice discussion with my agent about whether to start book 2 or not. In the end - she said to go for it - so I did.

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