| Re: On writing for young adults....
Joel is right about the Imperial series - I am being given progressively tighter word targets for each book by the senior editor. This restriction on the Imperial books is a touch irksome. It has made the plot for the last book, and the tying up of the loose ends, a difficult thing to refine. The last thing I want is for it to feel rushed.
I hadn't really got around to discussing the dragon books here yet, but I suppose it is time to formalise the fact that I shall definitely be writing them. I'll start another thread shortly. There was a length issue with these books too - their initial suggestion was 40 000 words/book. I decided they were having a laugh! The agreed length/book is 70 000, which should still be long enough to hold on to a good proportion of my adult audience. |