BTU Challenges (Part Thirty-Three)
The minute I mentioned BTU ending, I had way more people than I expected asking about a sequel. .....What....? Guys? At present, the document for BTU is nearing 400k words. As many have pointed out, that's either about as much or MORE than the last two books in the Harry Potter series. BTU is literally the size of about two or three novels. I've been writing BTU for almost a year now. Seriously, the AO3 anniversary is next month. Though it swelled WAY past what I had anticipated, I have told the story I wanted to tell. The fact that some of you expect more is honestly disheartening. Like, the thought of a sequel to this monster of a fic EXHAUSTS me. And I don't understand how you can expect there to be more to this story? I don't understand how you can possibly believe that there could be MORE to a 400k fic? I REALLY don't understand how you all expect me to give another year of my life to an all-consuming work I wrote for FREE, when many of you know I want to actually be a novelist? That I want to make this my career, but I cannot possibly do that with ANOTHER huge fic in my lap? I don't get it: haven't I written enough for you to be satisfied at this point? BTU isn't finished yet, but I PROMISE all the answers to your questions will be resolved before it ends. A sequel is unnecessary. All good things must come to an end...and BTU WILL END. If I can let it go, I certainly trust that you'll all live.
