Because Quote by Sarah Pinborough

I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say…

— Piers Anthony

I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author…

— Sarah Zettel

When you start off with your first book, people assume that you're like all the characters in the book - and it does complicate…

— Irvine Welsh

I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in…

— Trudi Canavan

I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made…

— Marcus Sakey

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of…

— Lois Lowry

My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching…

— Juliet Marillier

I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more your own…

— Joe Abercrombie

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

— Rick Riordan

One of the great things about writing a series is that with each book, the novel is meant to stand alone on its own…

— Linda Fairstein

You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists.

— George R. R. Martin

In terms of why everything is different, each book is different than the one before because I'm so bored of what I just finished…

— Colson Whitehead