Over on the Storyblog, DFB authors and illustrators are blogging on the subject of second books.The subject of course is most significant to me as my second novel is coming out next year. Shine has been almost three years in the making, and I think it's okay to reveal that, frankly, it's NOT the book I set out to write.
Read my Storyblog piece on how my second novel was a tale of the unexpected ...
You might also want to read what the other DFB Storybloggers had to say -
- Linda Newbery led with the painful story of her second book.
- The illustrators Richard Collingridge, David Wyatt (who recalled feelings of gratitude and anxiety on his second cover commission by a young, fresh faced David Fickling), Sarah McIntyre and Lesley White showed off some wonderful sketches and talked about second tries (and third tries)
- John Dickinson talked about what could go wrong with a sequel
- Andrew Norris talked about what could go right (and well he should as his second Archie book is now out)
- Conrad Mason went on and on about lemurs and goblins.
- And Adele Geras hooked me immediately by revealing that her second novel was actually her first.
