by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
James “I’m The King Of The World” Cameron is working on a number of sequels to Avatar all at once at the moment. I’ve begun to think about him more and more of late as it grows more and more possible that I am going to actually write six novels all at once in quick succession. The novels are all set in the same universe with essentially the same characters with a macro story that takes place over the course of 25 years.
So, in a sense, it’s one big story cut up into six novels that span from early 1995 to early 2020.
Now, while this is obviously a huge project — which is what I wanted when I started all of this — it’s not impossible. Stieg Larsson wrote three novels and then sold them at about my age (just as he dropped dead of a heart attack, alas.) And, really, the key issues at this point are selling the first novel and how long post-production would be.
I’m nervous that I could write all six novels pretty quickly but because of the needs of post production I won’t live to see them all come out. Ugh!
But I have to get this first novel finished and published. I continue to have high hopes, as the song goes, but I have a limited time on this earth. It’s not like I’m 25 and can just chug away for a decade writing novels that are good…but not good enough to get published.
I kind of have to stick the landing…or else.
