Jan answers “This is ridiculous that fans have to wait...”

Susan asked this question about Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2):

This is ridiculous that fans have to wait an entire year to read the second book. I love Nora Roberts but frankly I think I will stop reading her books. This is not the first time I have experienced the long wait with her series. Is there a logical reason for this?

Jan Ridiculous?? Okay, turn it around and you come up with an idea to write, write the manuscript, edit it, re-write, publish and, by the way, be working …moreRidiculous?? Okay, turn it around and you come up with an idea to write, write the manuscript, edit it, re-write, publish and, by the way, be working on the next book so you can finish it before readers start complaining. A well conceived, well written and edited book takes time. If you want trash, grammatical and spelling errors, superficial character development, and illogical plots, you can find plenty of authors who pump out several books a year. I can read them in two days if I want to waste my money. My list of books read is over 60 pages (so I don't re-read) and in the middle of at least 17 series. It has been several years on three series which will likely never finish as one author died and her co-authors have written a few more/no conclusion, another heartbreaker of a series the author is older/hasn't published in years, the last by Jim Morrison's wife seems to have lost interest. All great reads over ten books in each series, may never, ever be concluded. We take the writers for granted in our desire to devour their next books. Find another series to read in the meantime, or several, there are a lot of really good ones out there. Try David Weber, Sara Maas, Holly Black, Victoria Aveyard, Kim Harrison, Sara Roethle, or John Gwynne - a four-book series each book 600 to 800 pages, depending on if you want light or totally engrossing reading. I discovered them all by accident and so glad I did.(less)

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