Daniel Lewis
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Shawn Inmon:
That’s great, I am thrilled because I enjoy both the Middle Falls and the Alex Hawk series. I thought you had said at one point that you were not going to write any more middle falls, it was probably just taking a break but I did not look for a while and boom there are three of them! Here is to more and more people find your books they are very entertaining. This is not a question just a thanks but its making me add?
Shawn Inmon
One thing I'm learning is that I am really terrible at ending series.
When I wrote the first half of Thomas Weaver, I thought it was a standalone book. It wasn't until Carrie turned to Thomas in the hallway and said, "How many lives is this for you?" that I knew there would be a sequel.
My plan was to write a trilogy. That morphed into six books, when I announced I was done with the series. Six more immediately followed before I again announced I was done with it. I just published #14 in June, and I am planning to release #15 in December, so we see how that went.
It's the same, more or less, with Alex Hawk. I envisioned it as a trilogy. When that was wrapped up, I saw another storyline that would take two books to resolve. My intent was to kill Alex off so I wouldn't be tempted to return. Now I am starting a sixth book this week and am planning a seventh for early 2022.
As I say, I'm not very good at killing off characters!
When I wrote the first half of Thomas Weaver, I thought it was a standalone book. It wasn't until Carrie turned to Thomas in the hallway and said, "How many lives is this for you?" that I knew there would be a sequel.
My plan was to write a trilogy. That morphed into six books, when I announced I was done with the series. Six more immediately followed before I again announced I was done with it. I just published #14 in June, and I am planning to release #15 in December, so we see how that went.
It's the same, more or less, with Alex Hawk. I envisioned it as a trilogy. When that was wrapped up, I saw another storyline that would take two books to resolve. My intent was to kill Alex off so I wouldn't be tempted to return. Now I am starting a sixth book this week and am planning a seventh for early 2022.
As I say, I'm not very good at killing off characters!
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Daniel Lewis
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Shawn Inmon:
I keep forgetting to ask this! I loved the Replay reference in Charles Waters (I think that one is my favorite BTW) and I went and read it because of your mention. I am a time travel junkie so I am sure I would have gotten to it eventually but still, I enjoyed that. Are there any other time travel books that have influenced you? Clearly you influenced Relive by KJ Nelson.
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