It seems to me that the Holy Grail of fiction writing — both old-school and modern — is the successful series character.  Robert E. Howard’s Conan; Harold Lamb’s Khlit the Cossack; Bernard Cornwell’s Uhtred and Richard Sharpe; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Saint-Germain; Lee Child’s Jack Reacher; Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon; Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse; Jim Butcher’s... Continue Reading →