tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post3290117503508357440..comments2024-03-17T05:19:42.469-04:00Comments on Focused on Story: Series or Stand Alone Book?J.Q. Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-26874287180333273752011-08-16T09:03:40.497-04:002011-08-16T09:03:40.497-04:00Thanks everyone for your comments. As you can see ...Thanks everyone for your comments. As you can see the stand alone book won the poll. Appreciate your taking part in this. Now enjoy a good book--series or not.!!!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-118210772725334472011-08-12T16:42:35.968-04:002011-08-12T16:42:35.968-04:00I like series but that is just me. I fall in love ...I like series but that is just me. I fall in love with the characters and I'm not ready to let go of them. That is why I write the Mitch Malone Mystery series. Good post JQ!<br />Wendy<br />W.S. Gager<br />www.wsgager.blogspot.comWS Gagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278366853908626596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-56506244823453912252011-08-12T14:11:27.333-04:002011-08-12T14:11:27.333-04:00I like reading series with related characters that...I like reading series with related characters that don't have to be read in order and you don't have to commit to reading them all in order to get the whole story. Not that I don't love the Harry Potter series or other books like it, but I don't have time to commit to several books right now. I want to read one story and be done. BTW, I loved the Help. It was amazing.Joselyn Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160395196169015419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-48249784078889419602011-08-09T21:45:03.642-04:002011-08-09T21:45:03.642-04:00Aha! My sentiments exactly, Marva. Each book in a ...Aha! My sentiments exactly, Marva. Each book in a series should be able stand alone. It does make it difficult for the writer to slip information in for the reader to tie all the loose ends together though.J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-89510538868937372112011-08-08T16:06:30.197-04:002011-08-08T16:06:30.197-04:00I'd rather read a standalone than reach the en...I'd rather read a standalone than reach the end of the first book in the series where a whole lot of unanswered questions are left lying around, insisting you need to read book 2, etc.<br /><br />Series can be written so that each book can be read and enjoyed all by itself. <br /><br />For example, most often cozy mysteries are a series of sorts. Miss Marple, et al. But I can pick up any of Cellophane Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166797508899835493noreply@blogger.com