Okay, a little set-up is necessary to get this journey started.
My first novel, The Marathon Watch has been published. It is a serious novel with a serious and universal theme. I had ten beta readers. They all went nuts over the book. Despite the fact that the story was set aboard a US Navy Destroyer, even the female readers loved it because of the theme. This was not expected.
The next thing that happened is one of the beta readers gave the book to an agent, who also went nuts over the book. He is now representing me and wants me to turn my one novel into a trilogy, and is now working to sell the trilogy as a combined book and movie deal. Wow, I hadn't sold a single copy yet. But the plot thickens . . .
Before my beta readers got back to me, I had started outlining a science fiction novel which would be the first in a series titled "The Ethosians." I fell in love with the concept and the characters, especially my strong heroin who would become queen.
Now I am torn. Money says bet on your Marathon Watch Trilogy, my heart says to go build the Ethosian world.
We will resolve that dilemma in the next installment.
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