I thought the series might end with WHEELS UP, but as I wrote ON POINT, book three, I fell in love with Wizard, the team’s medic. Four books? I usually operate in groups of three, but this plot bunny was so strong that I couldn’t say no, and I submitted a proposal for a fourth book, which was picked up and that book became WHEELS UP. That book features Dylan and Apollo, and Dylan’s brother Dustin, a SEAL, stood up and demanded a book.

However, something funny happened during writing book two. I used scrivener to help me keep track of recurring characters and timelines. Carina Press took the series, something I will forever be grateful for, and I hunkered down and churned out those first three books. I could see all three of those first books very clearly, and at the point that I submitted the idea, I had a good start on OFF BASE, a full outline for that book, and blurbs and partial outlines for the other two books in the series.

So, I worked up a three book pitch for OFF BASE, AT ATTENTION, and ON POINT and submitted it, fingers crossed that they would love the idea as much as I did. I’d wanted to do a military romance series for a very long time, and it just seemed to make sense to spin off from gaymers with a military series starring Ryan’s friends. However, as I wrote CONNECTION ERROR with its former SEAL hero, several secondary characters started demanding stories. As the sixth book in the series and with book seven in edits, I thought it might be fun to talk a little bit about the evolution of the series and what goes into writing a long running series like this.įirst, I contracted my gaymers series to Carina Press as a three book trilogy.

It features Bacon, a freewheeling SEAL sniper, and Spencer, a silver fox journalist who embeds with Bacon’s team. Greetings! I’m so excited to be here on one of my favorite blogs-so many of my autobuy authors have come from this blog! I’m here celebrating the release of TIGHT QUARTERS which is sixth in my Out of Uniform series, but stands alone fine. Please join me in giving her a big welcome! Writing a Long Running Series She has also brought along a great giveaway. Annabeth has come to talk to us about her latest release, Tight Quarters, Out of Uniform #6(which I recently reviewed and loved). Today I am so pleased to welcome Annabeth Albert to Joyfully Jay.

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