by Cynthia Sax
Dark Warlord, the sexy SciFi Romance story I contributed to
the Alien Alphas box set, spans two series – the Dark Thoughts series and the
Barbarian Warlord series (to be expanded and re-released in 2018). Since the
Dark Thoughts series is a spinoff of the Cyborg series, I guess you can say it involves
that third series also.
Dark Warlord is a standalone story. You don’t need to read
the Dark Thoughts series to enjoy it. But if you have read that series, there
is a returning character you’ll likely enjoy seeing again. You’ll also get some
of the casual ‘throw-away’ references in the story.
As a reader, I LOVE when two series written by the same
favorite writer collide. I find out more about both worlds. I witness how the
characters from the two series interact. Sometimes we get updates on favorite
characters from previous stories. It gives even more fullness to the setting
and storylines in both series.
In SciFi Romance, it makes sense to me that multiple series
would overlap. All of the characters in my current series are living in the
same wonderful universe at the same time. The Chameles from the Barbarian
Warlord series are super skilled alien warriors. It is logical that the
Humanoid Alliance from the Dark Thoughts series would take the genetic makeup
for a Chamele warrior and genetically enhance it, making that warrior even
deadlier.
From a writing point of view, crafting overlapping series is
more difficult in some ways and easier in others. We have to keep track of
where each series fits in the larger universe, be conscious of how actions in
one series might affect other series. That can be challenging. On the other
hand, when we write a scene like the Cantina scene in Star Wars, we already
have a host of alien species to casually feature. I know how a Chamele (one of
my alien species) looks and tends to behave because I’ve written an entire
series about them. That’s an easier scene to write.
And it means more to me as a reader. If I know, for example,
that two species don’t get along and are in the same closed space, I anticipate
that a fight will break out. I’m waiting for it and I get a thrill when it
happens.
What are two series (by any writer) you would like to see
collide?
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About Cynthia Sax
USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax writes
contemporary, SciFi and paranormal erotic romances. Her stories have been
featured in Star Magazine, Real Time With Bill Maher, and numerous best of
erotic romance top ten lists.
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