Well, guess who thought today was Tuesday instead of Wednesday? Holidays do that to me a lot. Being a self-employed writer on a deadline, most holidays don’t apply to me. I am usually working anyway. But if mail doesn’t come, it feels like a Sunday and my inner clock gets off. Sometimes things go wrong.
I am busy trying to wrap up revisions on the third book in the Kings Meadow Romance series, Keeper of the Stars (January 2016). And let me tell you. The numbering of this series is going to plague me forever. Here’s why:
I wrote A Promise Kept, a single title women’s fiction (not a romance). It was my first book set in Kings Meadow. The response to that book, including lots of people commenting about how much they loved the town, caused me and my editor to decide to do a series of contemporary romances set in Kings Meadow. The Kings Meadow Romance series was born. The three titles in the series are Love Without End, Whenever You Come Around, and Keeper of the Stars.
It seemed clear enough to me at the start how the books should be numbered. But some retailers and reviewers and readers call A Promise Kept Book 1 and then the rest of the numbering gets fouled up too. If everybody made the same mistake, I guess it would be okay. But they don’t. I get private FB messages and emails all the time asking me about this issue. It doesn’t matter that my website clearly identifies the books. People are confused, and I don’t blame them.
So, as if things weren’t messed up enough, I decided to set my Year of Weddings novella, I Hope You Dance (June 30, 2015), in Kings Meadow too. I’ll call that icing on the confusion cake.
Just call me Lost and Confused in Idaho. Because sometimes things go wrong.
~robin
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That numbering thing can be annoying. I don’t often do series, but when the Archer brothers came along, my publisher made a point not to include numbers on the books themselves, yet Amazon and other retailers categorize it with numbers. And since the last story is a novella that is part of a collection (similar to your situation), readers get very confused over how to find the last story. Oh, well. We do what we can do. Hopefully readers will extend grace with the convoluted system.
It helps to know I am not alone, Karen. My books aren’t numbered either in physical format. It is only online (Amazon, Goodreads, etc.) where they get numbered.
I will admit I was a bit confused until today and this post cleared my confused mind.LOL. Found out that a promise Kept is a stand alone about Kings Meadows. I looked in my to be read books and I have that book and the other two. Now I know the order that they should be read. Like getting your songs in the right order on the Hit Parade.
So glad the post helped clear the confusion for you, Shirley.
Holidays mess up my internal clock as well so you are not alone.
It didn’t help that the garbage cans were on the curb, which is normally on Tuesdays. So when I looked out my office window, the street “looked like a Tuesday” in my mind. LOL!
Ok, so I live a lot of life in the confused lane. I ask lots of questions because” I just don’t get it” too much of the time. So I say, “DEAL WITH IT!” LOL
My bottom line is: if you keep writing, I will keep reading.
Thank you, Robin, for giving me so much enjoyment through your writing.
Oh, bless you, Rosie. I’ll bet I’ve passed you in the confused lane ’cause I’m there a lot too. LOL!!
You mean today ISN’T Tuesday? Here I am, barely started and already a day behind.
Holidays can make a workweek confusing, but that’s an ongoing problem for me. If it weren’t for church on Sunday and choir on Wednesday, every day would be the same. That’s why there’s a calendar hanging behind my computer.
Yes. It does indicate today is Wednesday.
LOL, Carrie.
I’m as confused by the holiday as you are, Robin. As for the book numbering thing . . . no matter what you do someone will still be confused. I have people insisting that I wrote 3 books in my Chronicles of the Kings series, but there really are five. Go figure.
Lynn, you and Karen have sure made me feel better. Misery truly does love company. Ha!
Yep, I was sure it was Tuesday too! I think the numbering thing is funny, but I am one of those readers that wants everything in order to, Lol. I have read A Promise Kept (which was an absolute blessing to me just when I needed it most!) and Love Without End, a very enjoyable read. #2 is on my list! And I’m looking forward to the upcoming releases. Whichever number they are they are good reads for sure!
Bless you, Claudia. So glad you are enjoying the books, with or without the correct numbering. 🙂