One Book Two Book, Long Book New Book

[ursulav]

So I have been working on this doorstop of a novel for...well, I started it in 2006. It gets abandoned, rediscovered, re-poked, re-jiggered every so often. In the last couple years, it's finally turning into a coherent readable mass of words and now I'm just cruising through trying to finish the damn thing. (For those following along at home,

Comments

[janestarz]

They make a third book?

Will buy this as soon as it's out, of course. Support your local earthling author today!

[smrgol_t_kirin]

I was also going to suggest a trilogy. Hey, it worked for Douglas Adams - His Hitchhiker trilogy is five books long.

[terrykun]

I'm sure the deer people had a good reason?

Wee Killer Beasties

[ungulata]

Oooh! Murderous deer people? Yonks ago, I was regaled with a tale of a killer roe deer by someone on the Deermail listserv. They figure a roe buck tripped some guy and stabbed him to death in the torso. Could be true. Roe deer are _small_, medium dog size small, but European. I think we're spoiled in North America with generally sweet tempered critters.

[kgbooklog]

How do epic fantasy people DO this!?

The phrase you're looking for is "commit trilogy".