Moody made a name for himself by giving away his zombie novel Autumn from his website, in the process creating fans who would pay
for subsequent novels.
I sold zero books when I launched my first book back in 2008 but became an Amazon bestseller with my first and
subsequent novels after I applied everything I had learned.
Starting with Foucault's Pendulum (1988), each of
his subsequent novels has been concocted from a tattered shred of an interesting idea, a hasty charcoal sketch of a plot, and a warehouse full of dazzlingly obscure facts and boringly obvious intertextual allusions.
Perhaps, as the movies go on, their quality trajectory will be the reverse of that of the books: I liked Collins's The Hunger Games, very much, but with
each subsequent novel her writing and plotting felt sloppier and rushed.
Two
subsequent novels were published in the UK in 2008, The Adversary and The Outcast.
It wasn't as attorney - based (interesting as Penn is a lawyer but that seemed far less of a motivation for him than being a son) as most Grishams, but it WAS a page turner, and I will be reading
the subsequent novels in the trilogy.
His subsequent novels include Tatiana, Polar Star, Red Square, Havana Bay, and Rose, of which the latter two won the Hammett Award.
Bottom line: Even with tons of action and plot twists, if the readers don't care about the characters, they probably won't care to read to the end or read
the subsequent novels in the series.
«Hope» as in fortuitous wish — seeing my second and
any subsequent novels on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
John Hart, IRON HOUSE (Thomas Dunne Books) With
each subsequent novel, it seems that John Hart gets more acclaim.
Having recently been interviewed by author Jay Lemming on the subject of literary fiction (link to interview follows this post), I rashly agreed to write a longer piece on how I came to find the indie publisher who published my work of literary fiction (and
subsequent novel), Vagabondage Press.
Her debut novel RED RIBBONS, and
her subsequent novels, THE DOLL»S HOUSE, LAST KISS and THE GAME CHANGER, were each nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year.
From Larry's site, I discovered NANOWRIMO, or National Novel Writing Month, a non-profit site to encourage and support writers in completing their first or
subsequent novels.
Penguin Random House published
her subsequent novels, HEMINGWAY»S GIRL, CALL ME ZELDA, FALLEN BEAUTY, THE HOUSE OF HAWTHORNE, and GRAND CENTRAL, a collaborative short story anthology.
Once you have proven you have something worth paying for, up the price on
subsequent novels.
Obviously this won't work for every author or book, but when possible, creating a series is a very powerful and effective way to develop a presence, gain reader loyalty and boost sales of earlier works with
subsequent novels.