In The As The Light Dies World
We like to take a great series, and expand it into a 'world.' Here's how that worked in this case:
David Saylor wrote a story he called, As The Light Dies while lying in a hospital bed after being diagnosed with a terminal disease and losing a leg, to keep his mind off it. He made it fun, and over the top, intended only for himself, his brother, and his best friend to read. Later, when he let me (Boyd) read it, I convinced him to let the Raventhorne Books team help him make a book of it. People loved it, so he wrote another one, and another one... He got excited about the success of his books, and didn't die when the doctors told him he would. That became an 8 book series by the same name.
David had become a writing machine by this time. He told me he wanted to create an income stream that outlasted him to leave to his wife, Julie. I explained the process Leigh and I had developed for the October Fall series, (an EMP series) where we asked readers what they thought would happen where they live during the same event. We had them invent their own characters and follow a timeline of events. We had brainstorming meetings on Zoom and actually helped each other with crossovers and facts. It was a lot of fun, and everyone made some money. We all learned a lot. Soon, there were a bunch of us writing series all in the same 'world.'
'World readers' tend to be bingers who love long series. Many asked, "Where do I start? There's quite a few books here now!" In this case, we tell them, "Start with As The Light Dies." Read the core series, then pick a geographical location that interests you. They all start at the beginning, just before the catastrophic event, but to get the true flavor as intended, read the core first.
[Strategy tip] So when other authors' fans follow them over here, they all read David's core series first, to get the true flavor intended, then go read the others in any order. That, keeps David's core series alive and growing.
Doreen Grener lives in Ohio, so she wrote the Library Of The Apocalypse series in this world.
2 - Library Of The Apocalypse 2
3 - Library Of The Apocalypse 3
She is currently writing #4.
More authors joined us.