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Some insights. A post over at my writing blog on wordpress: http://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/that-difficult-second-novel/
Comments here or there are welcome.

difficult second novel

Date: Nov. 11th, 2013 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizcounihan.livejournal.com
I was at that panel too - sorry I missed you.
Comment: It's even more difficult when you haven't sold your first novel!

Re: difficult second novel

Date: Nov. 11th, 2013 08:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdsedge.livejournal.com
In a way it's probably better to write the second novel before you do sell the first, but, of course, you run the risk of wasting time on a sequel that might never see the light of day. I wrote a two parter (never sold) and after that concentrated on singletons, but when I got my book deal the publisher wanted 2 of the singletons and a follow-up novel to one of them. Hence my 'second book' is not actually the second book I've ever written but is a sequel, which presents its own set of problems.

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