Plan for the future, even if you don’t think you need to! You may not anticipate your book being part of a series, but are you really going to turn your publisher down if offered a contract for another book? Of course not! Here are some ways for you to leave room for a second book.ġ. Me too! Any advice or suggestions for authors considering giving a secondary character in one of their books a starring role in the follow-up? So yes, I hope we get that chance to hear her narrate her own story! In Priyanka, I tried to create a unique character we’d want to spend more time with given the chance. I didn’t want to make that same mistake again. When I wrote my first novel, I thought it would be a stand-alone novel, so I didn’t really set things up for a second novel. Any chance she’ll be narrating the next book? Pri is interesting, well-developed, and likeable. In addition to some new boys, The Boy Project introduced a strong new secondary character, Priyanka, who successfully befriends both Kara and Tabby without creating a problematic triangle. Usually a writer can create characters and settings that will help their plots move forward, but a lot of the characters and settings for The Boy Problem were already established! Puzzling in pieces of a new story with an old one can get pretty complicated. It was much easier to write my first book, The Boy Project because I didn’t have any pre-set limits. Which was easier to write – The Boy Project or The Boy Problem? But it was important to my editor and I that Kara still have a big role in the second book. Somehow, it seemed like that would take away from her credibility in book one. I didn’t think it’d be very believable for her to start another wacky project to find a boyfriend. I just felt like Kara’s story had come full circle. First of all, why did you choose to write the second book from Tabby’s perspective instead of Kara’s? New this spring, Kami’s latest MG novel puts Kara’s bff, Tabitha Reddy, in the staring role as she looks for true love using symbols, predictions, math equations, and… cupcakes! Kara is successful * spoiler alert* but finding a boyfriend isn’t necessarily the end of the story – for that, you have to find the right boyfriend.Įnter The Boy Problem.

Kami was last here in 2012 to discuss her debut, The Boy Project, which follows Kara McAllister’s quest to find a boyfriend following scientific principles. Welcome Kami Kinard back to the Mixed-up Files!

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