Hi everyone.

A while back I sold a book my editor thought had possibilites for a sequel. It was like she read my mind. I'd always considered it, too. So, I decided why not? Since I already knew the characters, I figured it wouldn't be such a bad experience. Not!

Never have I struggled with a story so hard in my life. What should have taken three months, took six. Luckily, my editor liked it and offered a contract. I start edits/revisions soon.

I will soon submit another story to her. It's just up her alley with murders and mayhem. But obviously, I have short term memory recall, because I saw the the chance for a sequel with this one, too. This time instead of making a secondary character my heroine, I went with the same people as in the original manuscript, and vowed not to submit the first story until I had at least ten chapters of the second finished. DUMB!!!

I don't see how authors manage to write a series of books. How do they keep the main character fresh? Do they ever become bored with them? Do they ever find writing about the same people, places, jobs, and circumstances a chore? And have they ever forgotten secondary characters that thread through the stories and called them by a different name? Has sister Sue suddenly turned into sister Sally?

I promise, this is the last sequel I'll ever write. I just don't have it in me, so my hat's off to those of you who can write a continuing series. My admiration knows no bounds. In the meantime, I will finish this sequel, and then return to my single, done-at-the-end books.

Have a good day. Talk to you later.

Suzanne