I read quite a bit, often following several series at once.
I’ve been keeping up with four separate series whose writers have been kind enough to be on quite fast release schedules.
I can’t write at that speed for a variety of reasons, but I believe all four of these writers are writing full time.
Who are they and which series?
- K. M. Shea: Hall of Blood and Mercy series
- Lindsay Buroker: Star Kingdom series
- Jessica Lynch: Touched by the Fae series
- Elizabeth Hunter: Glimmer Lake series
I just keep rotating through.
What I find particularly interesting is that the moment I read the first few sentences, I’m suddenly comfortable. “Oh, its Killian and Hazel.” I snuggle down in my seat and put off grading for a few hours.
That is what books should do. They steal us a few hours away from what we should do, what we don’t want to do, what needs to be done and will be, later.
I remember when my parents would be arguing, I’d grab a book, pick a chair somewhere in the house and leave via someone’s well-written words.
I didn’t want to return. It took someone jiggling my foot and saying, “Dinner! Didn’t you hear?” to get me to return to the world of the teenager and family squabbles.
So along with getting my now online-job work done, keeping my family from going stir crazy, enjoying a particularly affectionate Labrador who is no longer in quarantine in the back hall, I’ve been reading at every opportunity.
I hope you’ll consider checking out these series. They are each nearing their completions, I think. You never know for sure though.
Stories sometimes do more of the dictating than the writer of when the story ends.
For myself, I have often thought I was writing a standalone novel only to find the story is not complete. Such is the case with my newest series. I published book 1 and have book to in pre-order. It’s a trilogy, I think. I’ll know for certain when I get to the end of book three.
I suspect it may have an offshoot series, but I’ll have to wait and see when I get there.
In the meantime, I’ll follow these series to their ends. Join me if you like snark, magic/space adventure, strong female protagonists and well-wrought worlds you can step into until someone jiggles your foot and you have to eat dinner, which I have found makes it possible to read more later.
