Turning One Sequel Into Two Books
When One Sequel Became Two Books I didn’t originally sit down and announce, “I’m going to create a trilogy.” That would imply considerably more planning than what actually happened. I knew I wanted to continue The Opposite Sex. I knew where the characters needed to go, and I had a larger story in mind. Then the […]
Why the Story Lives in Two Different Decades
From the ’80s to the ’90s: The World Around The OS Trilogy There’s something readers may notice as they move through the trilogy. Time moves. The first Opposite Sex story takes place in the mid-1980s. By the time we get to Opposite Again and Opposite Still, the story has shifted into the 1990s. That wasn’t an accident. Changing the Background […]
Meet the Pack:
Why the Characters Became the Heart of OS The science-fiction premise may be what gets the story moving, but I’ve always thought the characters were the reason The Opposite Sex worked. At the beginning of the story, Michael Chandler isn’t exactly Mr. Popular. He’s smart, introverted, and far more comfortable with chemistry than people. Years earlier, he […]