There are two basic types of book series. Let’s start by defining what makes up a series of books. So, what do you need to know to create a book series of your own? You, as the reader, get another chance to be with the characters that you love (or love to hate). But then those sad feels melt away when you find out that the author is coming out with a new book in the series. You’re a reader, too, so you can relate to that sad feeling you get the end of a good book. Readers love book series because they can follow a character through various adventures. Some of the most treasured books in all of literature were written in series form, such as The Millennium Series, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Goosebumps, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Song of Ice and Fire, Little House on the Prairie and The Ramona Collection (a childhood favorite of mine). Writing a book series can be incredibly challenging (that’s the bad news), but it’s also one of the best ways to develop a loyal fan base (that’s the good news). In this post, we’re discussing all things book series. Are you thinking of writing a book series, but not sure where to start? You’ve landed on the right post.
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Stephanides served as a gunner in the Greek Army during World War I on the Greek Macedonian front, and again in the War in Asia Minor, 1919-1922 against Turkey. At age 11, after his father's retirement, he went to live in Corfu with his family, learning Greek there. Theodore Stephanides was born in India to Greek parents, hailing from Thessaly. His autobiographical account of the Battle of Crete - Climax in Crete, and his factual account of Corfu and the Ionian Islands - Island Trails are widely read. He also wrote a definitive biological treatise on the freshwater life in Corfu, which is still cited in the 2000s. He was also a noted biologist and scientist who has three species named after him (Cytherois stephanidesi, Thermocyclops stephanidesi, and Schizopera stephanidesi are microscopic water organisms discovered by Stephanides in 1938). He is best remembered as the friend and mentor of the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell, featuring in Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and Fillets of Plaice, Durrell's brother Lawrence's Prospero's Cell, and Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi.Ī polymath, Stephanides was respected as a scientist and doctor, and acclaimed as a poet in both Greek and English, and translated a sizeable body of Greek poetry to English - notably a significant body of work by Greek poet Kostis Palamas and the Greek near-epic work Erotocritos. Theodore Stephanides (1896 - 13 April 1983) was a Greek poet, author, doctor and naturalist. Before long, he turned the children's book world upside down with his 1963 masterpiece Where the Wild Things Are. In 1956, Sendak published Kenny's Window, the first children's book he both wrote and illustrated himself. During the 1950s, he worked on books by such authors as Ruth Krauss and Else Holmelund Minarik. 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But it’s not just the local institutions that bring Sparky’s legacy alive. I'm excited and looking forward to readers discovering it all in color and looking fine." And finally, it has inspired a background story that was first a novel, and is now represented in the medium that first made me want to be a writer: Comics. "Bubba Ho-Tep was an accidental story that turned out to be my first film adaptation, and it's still going strong in story and film. Here's what Lansdale had to say about the new series, which launches in March of 2018. The series will be co-written by Lansdale and Joshua Jabcuga, with art courtesy of Todd Galusha. Lansdale, who wrote the story the 2002 cult classic movie is based on. IDW Comics is launching a brand new, Bubba Ho-Tep prequel comic next year, courtesy of creator Joe R. It may not be in the form of a movie, but we're finally getting some more Bubba Ho-Tep. 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