Talk:Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1/@comment-43323609-20190825033439/@comment-36836718-20190825071617

Some ambitious books take this long. The writers of Open Heart and The Elementalists stated that they first pitched their ideas in 2016. It took a long time to get the idea approved, then comes the brainstorming and planning of characters and actual plot. Then the actual writing. At some point, they can commission the artwork for the new character models, possible new backgrounds, special effects (if needed), and the covers. Some books also get new music which has to be composed and recorded. Getting the artwork back also takes some time. Then they have to put everything together and make sure that players can actually play it, the test players check for obvious bugs.

I definitely don't think that all books require the same length, but you should count at least 1/2 - 1 year for one book. Some say that the actual writing alone takes 3 months but I don't know where this figure comes from...