A few years back, I worte a novel. It was 335,000 words on 700+ single-spaced pages. Way too long for a first-time novel. I edited it down more and more, but still have a healthy word-count on my hands.
The basic premise is 10 twenty-somethings spend a week in a shore house together, each facing their own individual conflicts. Date-rape, gambleholic, alcoholic, scorned love, etc. Ten conflicts.
Since the novel is too long, I've been toying with the idea of breaking it down into individual novels. Each character gets his own novel, but all the novels have the same setting and some of the stories overlap. Scenes where other "supporitng" characters are there, but are main characters in thier own books.
I think I can make it mesh. I tried doing one book (two characters are brothers so I used both) and whittled it down to 120,000 words.
My question. Is there a market for this? Do I query it as a series? It is stand alone, but sometimes you'll see a character disappear into another room, let's say, and what happens in that other room si in another book now.
Just wanted some other angles or suggestions on this. I've toyed writing a TV series based on this book and it's going pretty well. I already finished the first episode (with help from the screenwriting forum), so I might go this route. Just wanted some fresh opinions.
Thanks.
The basic premise is 10 twenty-somethings spend a week in a shore house together, each facing their own individual conflicts. Date-rape, gambleholic, alcoholic, scorned love, etc. Ten conflicts.
Since the novel is too long, I've been toying with the idea of breaking it down into individual novels. Each character gets his own novel, but all the novels have the same setting and some of the stories overlap. Scenes where other "supporitng" characters are there, but are main characters in thier own books.
I think I can make it mesh. I tried doing one book (two characters are brothers so I used both) and whittled it down to 120,000 words.
My question. Is there a market for this? Do I query it as a series? It is stand alone, but sometimes you'll see a character disappear into another room, let's say, and what happens in that other room si in another book now.
Just wanted some other angles or suggestions on this. I've toyed writing a TV series based on this book and it's going pretty well. I already finished the first episode (with help from the screenwriting forum), so I might go this route. Just wanted some fresh opinions.
Thanks.
