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The Ongoing Process of Editing is Not My Favorite Thing — But A Good Thing
There is editing to be done — and that means doing it.
As I’ve been working on Savagespace, I’ve been finishing one book, then moving on to the next (without editing).
Originally, Savagespace was going to be 6 novels (around 200 pages each). However, as I look at the work I’ve done — and compare it to similar genre books I’ve been reading and their total page count — I’ve come to a realization.
I’m barely hitting 200 pages per book (the finished books have been coming in at around 45,000–49,000 words). That’s going to make any cutting required — when I start editing — feel extra challenging. That, in part, is because of this question:
Is a novel less than 200 pages long really a novel?
The sci-fi novels I’ve been reading are coming in around 320–450 pages. Hence, it doesn’t appear at all unreasonable for me to take my planned 6-book series — of barely 200-page novels — and turn it into a 3-book series of 400-page novels.
It’s not unreasonable. I can always create a subdivide if there is a significant time jump between books (which, in the instance of Savagespace, I don’t believe is the case).
