I'm astounded, and a bit dismayed, by the plethora of series out there. I'm working on my own, and in many ways it's not unlike writing a novel. There's a series arc, development of characters, and so on.
The difference is, once I have published a book in the series, that's now Official. This is causing me to be more careful than even in character development. Because these stories are all set in Altearth, I have perhaps less to worry about in terms of keeping setting and other worldbuilding elements consistent, since those are well established. But smaller details, such as how the company of characters move through that world, is still malleable. I keep worrying that I'm going to have to live in Book 4 with casual decisions I made in Book 1.
How people can crank these out every three months is quite beyond me.
The difference is, once I have published a book in the series, that's now Official. This is causing me to be more careful than even in character development. Because these stories are all set in Altearth, I have perhaps less to worry about in terms of keeping setting and other worldbuilding elements consistent, since those are well established. But smaller details, such as how the company of characters move through that world, is still malleable. I keep worrying that I'm going to have to live in Book 4 with casual decisions I made in Book 1.
How people can crank these out every three months is quite beyond me.