Authors & Reviewers discussion

Hi There,

My name is Rich, and I currently have one published work and two being worked on. One of the two I'm working on is a sequel to my first book, the other a collaboration. My collaboration has shifting viewpoints between two main characters, which I'm enjoying and have brought into my sequel.

My question and scenario is this: My first book was written completely in one point of view. Is it ok for the sequel to now introduce a second point of view to keep the story moving?

Thanks for your insight,

Rich

Rich wrote: "Hi There,

My name is Rich, and I currently have one published work and two being worked on. One of the two I'm working on is a sequel to my first book, the other a collaboration. My collaboration..."

Hi Rich!
Of course, it would be a change in style. But then again it can be quite insightful for a sequel to offer a new point of view or a deeper understanding of a character. I say: go for it!

Rich, I read a lot of mysteries. Shifting points of view are possible if you don't have too many points of view and if you write with consistency. Here are two authors who have done that. S.J. Rozan has a series of mysteries that alternatives between Lydia Chen and her partner Bill Smith. Then there's Tony Hillerman and his two Dine cops, Lt. Leaphorn and Jim Chee. In my new mystery, Desert Jade (to appear Nov. 18), I shift between my lead character Letty Valdez and the man who becomes her partner, Chinese cop Zhou LiangWei. All of these, Rozan, Hillerman, and me, too, are written in the third person, not first. How about you? I think if you are writing in the first person, shifting points of view might be more difficult to pull off. Correction: I think Rozan writes in the first person but goes back and forth between Chen and Smith.

Thank you both for your feedback. I plan on continuing down this path. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it all in the third person, but if not I or my editor hopefully will catch it before the book is released

Hi Mark,

Unfortunately, a lot of the really good sites (that are free) require at least a week's advanced notice.

However, there are several Facebook groups that you can join that will let you post your promo once you've been accepted into the group.

Many do have rules for your genre so you'll need to check the group's rules on each one.

Just log-in and type in Free Kindle Books and you'll see more groups than you could ever join. Keep in mind that if you try to join more than 20 or so in a day, Facebook will likely put a hold on your account so slow and steady wins the race.

Hope this helps!

Rachel
Entrada Publishing

Hi Mark,

I've experienced many of the same things you have as I too write erotica. With this sequel I am trying to add more of a romance storyline so it's not just all about the physical aspect (which will still be there plenty). Rachel offered good suggestions to check out Facebook groups. I would also suggest to stay active on social media and engage in conversations with people.

Rich

Mark wrote: "I'm a new author. I like reading, writing and listening to erotica. I started writing erotica and now I have 3 ebooks out on amazon kindle. I just started a five day free download on amazon. Is the..."

Same - also write erotica and find many of the promotion options, whether free or paid, do not promote erotic work. On my recent free promotion days I used this service http://askdavid.com/free-ebook-promotion - Got re-tweeted a few times and a several hundred downloads in a day. I *think* you can submit with little notice but not sure.