Comments on: Lucienne Diver Guest Blogging about Series Success!

By: Kissa Starling

Kissa Starling — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:34:21 +0000

Great take on the series. Thanks for sharing!

Kissa Starling

By: Crystal Jordan

Crystal Jordan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:08:38 +0000

LOL–I’m pretty sure it is. Kwana of TKA fame promised to stop over and say howdy

By: Lucienne

Lucienne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:06:31 +0000

Absolutely! Patti is phenomenal!

And Kwana, hey, is that you? Well, I mean, of course it’s you, but the you I know?

By: Crystal Jordan

Crystal Jordan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:48:36 +0000

Hee–Jen, Patti is one of Lucienne clients. I so think you just got a virtual kiss blown at you for that one.

By: Kwana

Kwana — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:45:38 +0000

Excellent post! Thanks so much for the tips. I love the idea of layers.

By: Jennifer McKenzie

Jennifer McKenzie — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:45:34 +0000

I LOVE series books because I get connected to characters. A good writer can get me hooked on secondary characters and bring them back as a H or h.
I think Patti O’Shea does that brilliantly.

By: Lucienne

Lucienne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:44:21 +0000

Eden and Diana, another great example of the emotional series really sucking you in: the new Battlestar Galactica (yes, I’m a huge geek). I’m behind on watching because I’m always reading manuscripts at peak series time, but that’s an amazing series for cliff-hangers based on your love for the characters. I also love that all the decisions are tough and characters may never know if they made the right ones. Nothing is pretty or easy. Everything is a compromise. So real.

By: Lucienne

Lucienne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:31:43 +0000

I think it’s possible to have a series in contemporary erotic romance - Jasmine Haynes is doing it with THE FORTUNE HUNTER, then SHOW AND TELL and next GAMES PEOPLE PLAY for Berkley!

Re, THE PRETENDER. Sigh. Yup, I loved that one. And did anyone get hooked, as I did, on the shortlived INVISIBLE MAN? Any time they want to bring that out on DVD….

By: Rachel Caine

Rachel Caine — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:59:59 +0000

:waves to Lucienne and Crystal:

I love series, but I have to say that from the inside of the machine, it’s certainly a challenge to keep it running … and I do agree with Kristen, you’ve got to know when to say “Good night, Irene,” and fold the tents.

Thanks for the nice words of encouragement, L! I am really psyched for you about your new YA work!

By: Crystal Jordan

Crystal Jordan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:41:47 +0000

I so love The Pretender! It’s the perfect example of the stakes getting higher as the series went on. The viewers got totally hosed on that one when it ended so abruptly

And yeah, I want another Firefly movie…but it STILL won’t be the same without my favorite character. Just sayin’