Book Length

When I started writing, lo those many eons ago, I struggled with story length. Writing something that was longer than 50 pages was nearly impossible for me to do. This was not because of a lack of want, nor was it a lack of creativity. I just managed to get everything done in 50 (book format) pages. More recently, two of my books managed to reach around 80-100 pages in book format. And my last two were more like 240 pages.

Oddly enough, all I really shoot for is about 150 pages - enough to titillate and arouse without being tedious or repetitive.

I am not sure why this has happened. All I know is that it is irritating, since it takes so damned long to write lengthy stories. Now, as I have started my next book, I worry it will end up a 400 tome. Yes, I enjoy writing - but really, it's just erotica. Does it have to take so damned long to complete a story?

Stupid writing!