I was discussing the other day that this sort of thing isn't uncommon at all. There's tons of writers who've had an ending for their series in their heads for decades but demanding day jobs, right issues, depression, illness, other book series and many other things get in the way. If anyone should be punished it should be editors who keep asking for trilogies, quartets or more and don't allow the writer to complete them if the early books sell poorly.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 12 October 2024 02:14 (one month ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 October 2024 02:39 (one month ago) link
i said what i said
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 October 2024 09:09 (one month ago) link
That's a lot of dead people in jail.
I think it comes with the territory, if series epics are what you like to write then there's a very high probability that you won't finish them all, or even one of them.
It seems like there's quite a lot of writers who do series that consist of standalones and their fans don't know how many further books were intended. I just found out that Gormenghast was planned as at least 5 books.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 12 October 2024 16:35 (one month ago) link
can scott do a mole book reax thread where he shares his trauma and everyone who read them earlier relives their own trauma
― Tim F, Tuesday, 8 October 2024 02:15 (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
genuinely seeking an update scott
i love those books fiercely but jesus christ they tore me to bits
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 November 2024 23:20 (three weeks ago) link
haha, sorry, didn't see this. i'm reading those daniel woodrell books first and then it will be mole winter. i'm just in a groove with the woodrell stuff. inspiring to me. but i'll get in a mole hole before you know it!
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2024 20:54 (three weeks ago) link
you need not sound so enthusiastic we are only waiting for your devastation
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Friday, 8 November 2024 21:52 (three weeks ago) link
i am still a little frightened...
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2024 23:49 (three weeks ago) link
yes. correct approach.
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 November 2024 00:12 (three weeks ago) link
is The Black Company a fun read at all? I see mookieproof described it as “military porn” upthread and I think I could be down for some of that in a dark fantasy setting.
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 November 2024 23:48 (two weeks ago) link
Someone here liked it. I read a bit of the first book and thought it was okay, but maybe it wasn’t quite my thing.
― Sir Lester Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2024 23:59 (two weeks ago) link
I tried it, having heard people rave about it, but it's a bit try-hard. Not terrible writing, but frequently unpleasant and with deus ex machina magic stuff that can do whatever the plot demands at the time. Didn't bother past the end of book 1.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 18 November 2024 00:27 (one week ago) link
ie it was mostly the opposite of fun
i would send someone to joe abercrombie instead, easier read if nothing else
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Monday, 18 November 2024 00:32 (one week ago) link
ty all
― brimstead, Monday, 18 November 2024 16:19 (one week ago) link