Q: Did you have all have the ending of the third book thought up when you started book one? Or did the ending come later?
When I first started The Shifter there was no third book planned, so technically no, I didn't know the ending. -grin- It was supposed to be one single book, and I did know the ending to that. It was vague, more of a "she beats the bad guys and saves the day" type ending, but I had enough of an idea of where it was going to sit down and write it. But about halfway through the first draft I could see a larger story developing and where I could take Nya in future books. I could make this a trilogy and show that larger story. By the time I was done with book one, I knew basically how book three had to end, but no details on how that would happen.
I have a better idea now since I'm a few chapters into book three at the moment, but I still don't know exactly what Nya's going to do. I have that general idea of what she needs to do, but she surprises me all the time in how she decides to do things.
And is Kione going to join the rest of the gang in book 2? and is Lanelle going to be in the other books?
Kione isn't in book two, though you will see him again in book three. Lanelle makes a brief appearance in two, and will be back in book three as well.
Oh, good! I was really hoping to see more of Kione and Lanelle. I'm not sure what I want for them: redemption or punishment--but I def want to see what happens.
ReplyDeleteMe too! Kione was actually just a minor character, but I've had a few folks (family included) who really liked him and wanted to know what happened to him. I know just where he is now, but it'll be interesting to hear his story when I finally meet back up with him.
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