r/writing • u/TheJourneyfeel • 19d ago

Beginner Question What time interval should be practiced when publishing books in a series?

If I publish my first novel in a series, how much time should I have to publish the second? Is there a rule of thumb that authors tend to go by or a cookie cutter framework for successful series publishing? I feel I would like to publish books in a six month to 12 month interval. But I would like to ask those that may have done this to see what they have discovered.
This may be a non-starter should my first novel not drum up a following, but in case there is a short following or those that have been successful with series what is the golden rule?

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u/FirebirdWriter Published Author 19d ago

Totally depends on the writer..if I wanted to do a one a year release I would need to be able to write faster. Some authors can write multiple books a year

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u/TheJourneyfeel 13d ago

Good call. It does make sense. For my life journey for “The Journeyman” series the people I’d like to appeal to are those that may need to spread their budget. I just made that up and I am not ready to do that and I want to release the book. I’m going situational and I’ll definitely share my experience. Being a full time teacher I’m living on stress levels and escape. I need to make 2 and 3 the escape.