To tell the first big story arc set in Northern Arcadia – the romance of Pierre and Abigail and the struggle for Northern Arcadian independence – I’m guessing I’ll need around 750-1,000 pages. Collected in one volume, you’ve got yourself a daunting-looking novel. I’d prefer to split things up into slimmer chunks – a la the Amber series from Roger Zelazny.

Like Zelazny, I’m not going to be shy about using cliffhanger endings, either. Here’s hoping folks will forgive me at the (final) end.