evolution of a series

[mizkit]

So back when I started THE QUEEN’S BASTARD, I knew it was going to be a big book. I was guessing around 175K. My editor said, “Glack!” and we cut the book at a place which I actually am *really* pleased with; it allowed me to do a shift for THE PRETENDER’S CROWN that wouldn’t have worked nearly as well if the book had ended where I initially

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[mela_lyn]

It's actually quite nice to see the thought process behind it b/c there have been many times I have bitched and moaned excessively b/c it's like a Catch-22... I love the world and want to stay there but I WANT. MY. ENDING!! :) So to know that the writer may be struggling with it and not just going 'oo, I can makes me more money' or the editor/publisher is saying the same thing... yes, I do feel the kindling of sympathy for the writer's plight. :) Maybe I'll go finish reading that Farland series now.

[mizkit]

...and this is exactly why I posted this. :) Yay!

[nwhyte]

On a different topic, have you seen this comment on realism?

[sanguinepen]

TQB Is the best thing you've ever written. I would happily sit on pins and needles for half a dozen books.

[ysabel]

I think you got the right density on TQB. If you need six books of that density to tell the story, then please, please do so. *grin*

[jer_bear711]

LOL! This is why I joke about mine being one of those "rare three-book trilogies."

And then I came so close to turning Book 3 into a duology. But the time to negotiate a fourth book is NOT when you're in the middle of writing Book 3 ("Oh gee, I've got too many plots. Give me more money."). So I didn't even try, and now I'm glad. :-)