I've been writing my first of a trilogy for 3 years, Yes I said 3 years.
It's a hobby and I would have no problem keeping my story all to myself, forever, mine mine mine.
My inspiration came from a bunch of conspiracy theories I've been pretty much fed my whole life from my paranoid ganja smoking father.
I read somewhere J.K Rowling took 7 years to finish the first Harry Potter book 1990-97. John Boyne however wrote 'The boy in Striped Pajama's' in less than 3 days.
How long have you been writing yours and what was your inspiration.
Joseph Heller took ten years to write Catch-22. What matters is that you are still enjoying it - you're doing this for pleasure after all.
Three weeks now and I'm already flagging.
Stephen King wrote Carrie, his forth (?) book but the one that hooked him an agent, in two weeks, and then threw it in the bin. His wife fished it out and sent it to seven (?) book agents, one said yes and that was that. Before then he'd been living on the breadline for years as a struggling teacher.
My inspiration is legend of King Arthur and the stories of the knights of the round table.
I have spent nearly 4 years writing a chivalric novel. I believe it's in good shape but I still have work to do.
It's about a noble knight whose ambition is the cleanse his beloved homeland of his enemies and win the hand of the women he loves.