A Long-Term Love Affair
by jocelynndrake on Jul.31, 2010, under Jocelynn Drake and Jeaniene Frost
I have to admit that I’m writing this blog entry while sitting in the Orlando airport as I prepare to leave the Romance Writers of America conference and finally head home after too many days of traveling. I guess what that means is that I intend to keep today’s post short and sweet, but we’ll see how that goes as I tend to ramble.
One question that Jeaniene and I discussed is whether we preferred book series or stand-alone single titles. I have to admit that I’ve been reading urban fantasy and paranormal romance books for quite a while now, which usually come in series form. As a result, I’ve gotten most accustomed to that format. Furthermore, I think I’ve come to prefer it. The series format allows the writer time to slowly build a relationship between two characters or a number of characters, whether it be of a romantic nature or other, such as the decay of a friendship into enemies. It’s like a nice, slow burn that you get to see over a long period of time. You get that feeling of anticipation and excitement between books as you wait to see what it going to happen next to the characters.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that I don’t read the occasional stand-alone single title. I just recently “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” It was fun book and was sort of used to cleanse the palette before I jumped into something deeper that would involve my emotions over a longer period of time. The stand-alone novel for me is something that allows me to escape for a short period of time as I take a break between projects.
So, while I read both (actually I’ll read just about anything you hand me, I love reading so much), I have a preference for series as I love the emotional involvement over a longer period of time.
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August 1st, 2010 on 11:52 am
slow burn, that is a good way to describe it;) I like the investment in characters and a chance to spend some time in a different reality. I also need to cleanse the palate as you said. It is hard to jump from one series into a new one. It can take me chapters to start to feel comfortable. I have been reading your series straight through (reading Wait for Dusk) right now. And I will tell you, you through me for a loop with the change in POV in Pray for Dawn. It even near the end I was still having to remind myself this wasn’t Mira’s POV . But I still enjoyed the book, a lot!
August 1st, 2010 on 12:33 pm
I love series books it’s a great way 2 read what goon on with ur favorite characters. But just like u said I differently read stand alone books as long as it’s a interesting book I’ll read it