So what’s next?
December 19th, 2020This post was originally published in my November 19th newsletter. It’s re-posted here with minor changes. If you haven’t yet signed up for my newsletter, you really, really should. It’s fun, it’s once every four weeks (with an occasional special issue), and it’s the best way to stay in touch. Sign up here.
Several readers have asked if I intend to write a sequel to Pacific Storm. More have asked if I mean to write a third book in the Inverted Frontier series. So how does a writer decide what to work on next?
For myself, it’s a balance of obligation, interest, and income. I feel obliged to finish an unfinished story. Edges ended on a cliff hanger, so a sequel was required, and I’d planned to write one anyway. There was never any question about it. But should I write more? That’s where income comes in. There’s not much point in extending a series that isn’t selling. But Inverted Frontier is selling just well enough to justify another novel. (Thank you again to everyone who’s bought the books!)
I’ve actually started to sketch out three more novels to complete the series, though only time, chance, and the marketplace will determine if they’re ever written.
Pacific Storm is different. I meant it to be a stand-alone when I started. It certainly could become a series, though right now sales don’t justify it. I’ll keep the idea on a back burner.
In the meantime, if you’re looking for more near-future fiction beyond Pacific Storm, I’ve got three more novels you might want to try:
The Last Good Man — Robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence fuel the quest of an army veteran as she risks all to learn the truth behind her son’s last mission.
Limit of Vision — Ethics and evolution collide in this tale of runaway biotechnology set in the steamy Mekong Delta.
Tech-Heaven — A political thriller that imagines the rise of nanotechnology as seen through the eyes of a young woman whose life takes an extraordinary turn when she’s widowed and her husband’s body is cryonically frozen against a time when advancing technology will allow his resurrection.
Posted on: Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 5:15 am
Categories: Reading, Writing.
December 19th, 2020 at 7:49 pm
Pacific Storm is a good size, a focused story. Detailing events in one place. Don’t worry about it being a series. I’d like to see what else is happening across the planet.
– There are so many stories that are happening.
That way you can build up events leading to the end of Tech-Heaven.