Series

I’m kicking the tires on some ideas floating around in my head for a series. I haven’t landed firmly on anything yet but I have some intriguing ideas.

Why a series? It’s the literary equivalent of binge-watching a streaming show. I’ve found several series using my Kindle Unlimited in the last few years where I ran through 15-20 books quickly. Not that I didn’t read series of books before electronic ink, but now it seems to be easier to keep going.

For example, when I read the Lost Fleet series a few years back, I did most all of it through the library. And that was hit or miss. Not knocking libraries, but you’re at the mercy of other readers. We have a couple of libraries in our area and I’d have to find which one had the next book available and reserve it there for pickup. Pretty sure somewhere in there I ordered a book since it wasn’t available, but that only happened once or twice, I think.

With a KU subscription now I just click the ‘Read Now’ button for the next book in the series and keep going. Occasionally, I have to log in and return some books, but that’s no big deal. I’ve read series about a team of assassins, a detective into film noir, a generational space ship, and a group of Earth soldiers trying to keep aliens from knowing we exist. Those are the ones that pop into my head on short review.

I think it’d be fun to write multiple books in the same universe, with compelling characters and the option for readers to binge. I’ll have some more thoughts in the next post.