12-30-2015, 02:11 PM
I did have the benefit of reading them all in a row and noticed they got progressively weaker. Many times I've seen a first-time novelist kick ass, then not keep up with his or her accomplishment in subsequent efforts. I think it's probably because a first book usually gets polished and workshoppped and polished some more so it *will* sell. Then the writer gets dumped into the deadline grind, and deadlines on follow-on books are getting tighter and tighter.