Quitting While You're Ahead

Sometimes as a writer I sometimes have to make decisions that may not always be popular with my readers, and I've just made one of them.  I have decided not to write anymore books in the Luke and Jenny series.

At one time I had considered writing five Luke and Jenny books, and number four was going to be about the Lost Dutchman's Mine.  I started it about a year, maybe a year and a half ago, and got about four chapters written before I hit a brick wall.  While the lore of the Lost Dutchman is certainly intriguing, there just isn't that much historical data out there.  Most of what we think we know is hearsay at best, and there just wasn't enough material available for me to put together a 40,000 word novelette. Then there is the creative aspect to what I do.  The fictional account of the two modern day kids on their summer vacation was concluded at the end of Riding with the James Gang, and there is such a thing as overwriting it.  If any of you have ever read the Dune series by Frank Herbert you know what I mean.  Dune, the first book, was outstanding, and the sequel wasn't bad.  However, halfway through the third book the story starting getting over the top, and it got so bad that I couldn't even finish it.  So, rather than ruin the characters for my readers, I'll quit while I'm ahead.

Yes, I will continue writing.  I'm finishing up  manuscript for a new novel, but it's a different genre, and written for adult readers.  Luke and Jenny will remain in print, and there are Kindle versions of all three as well. The trilogy will be out there as long as their is an interest, but Luke and Jenny's adventures are done. 

GM