How do you end books within a series?
The series I’m writing now is about the evolution of the human species over several thousand years, each book within the series is a part of that overall story, and is complete within itself (they can stand-alone).
Other authors write cliff-hangers at the end of each book to drive the customer to buy the next. I ran across this in a book I finished last night: The enemy comes through the compound gates, guns are drawn and ready to kill everyone. THE END. Some authors can get away with this, but this ending pissed me off enough that I won’t buy the next book, and may not purchase anything by this author again.
I’d like to start a conversation here about how to end books within a series.
The series I’m writing now is about the evolution of the human species over several thousand years, each book within the series is a part of that overall story, and is complete within itself (they can stand-alone).
Other authors write cliff-hangers at the end of each book to drive the customer to buy the next. I ran across this in a book I finished last night: The enemy comes through the compound gates, guns are drawn and ready to kill everyone. THE END. Some authors can get away with this, but this ending pissed me off enough that I won’t buy the next book, and may not purchase anything by this author again.
I’d like to start a conversation here about how to end books within a series.