Volume I : Part 1 ???

Greetings once more,

Volume I : part 1? Seems like an odd title.

I would like to take a moment to explain why I have split The Dead Sagas Volume I into separate parts.
In the end it all came down to page limits while publishing. I couldn’t fit the entire Volume I into one book so I had to separate the parts.
Now fortunately the separate parts do stand alone as single novels rather well. Once I realised it was too long, it also allowed me to concentrate on the editing of the 1st part and brought release forward. The second book is currently now being edited and re-drafted and is due for release as soon as possible.
I am hoping the second book will contain the final, parts 2 and 3, in a single book, which will be a longer book but hopefully will fit within my page limit. And, at some point, I hope to find a publisher willing to publish the entire thing in its entirety in one Volume as an Omnibus as initially intended.

Now, story arc wise Volume I, follows the same general story line through all its parts, but has distinct separate sections which make up the 3 parts.
Volume II however is a different story arc, it still involves characters and events continuing from the first Volume but mostly tells an entirely different side to The Dead Sagas.
So for this reason and as the different Sagas in the story itself are all written in volumes by the scribes of Arnar, I am eager to keep the theme of The Dead Sagas : Volume I/Volume II etc. as the main title. But that leaves me with the separate parts named “Part 1/Part2” which when put together as it currently stands leaves quite a cumbersome title e.g.
The Dead Sagas Volume I : Part I

Now, this is how the scribes of Arnar would have written the title in the Great Histories but in reality it is a cumbersome title.
So, to correct the odd and somewhat plain title, I can also announce here that I am considering including a subtitle in the next editions of the The Dead Sagas Volume I.
These may change but at the moment:
Part 1 may become subtitled – Part 1 : A ritual of Bone
Part 2 may be subtitled – Part 2 : A ritual of flesh
Part 3 – as yet undecided.

These plans are still in development and may not be implemented
But I hope this blog post has explained why I chose to separate Volume I and why I have named it as I have

Thanks for Reading
Lee Conley