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Holy word count, Batman! I was looking today, because I just posted chapter 50 of my main story, Billion Dollar Harem, and I just can’t believe how far this story has come! It blows my mind to think I’ve written an entire novel… of smut lol! At chapter 50, I’m at 711 pages and at over 375,000 words… of smut… lol! Its so strange to think when I started this story… holy crap 4 years ago now, that it would be this freaking huge! I want to give a huge shoutout to anyone and everyone who has given my little harem fic a read and especially to those who have reached out to tell me they liked it or to offer up some comment or criticism of its very immaterial material... Thank you!
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Average word count for an SFF novel is 100-115 k, so you’ve written a trilogy.
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If you are interested you can check https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/statistical-analysis-wheel-time/ for some detailed statistical analysis of Wheel of Time. The only fault in the analysis would IMHO be the incorrect comparison with the Malazan books. Just comparing the main Malazan books without Esslemonts spinoff that is needed to get the full story is a bit unfair if you hunting for the longest fantasy series.
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That was a truly interesting read, Thundercloud. My favorite part was about the view points by gender. Since my story has significantly more female characters than male it would be no surprise at all to see women dominate the word count in Billion Dollar Harem. It does make me wonder though just how much of the story takes place from Alex’s (my main OC), POV. He is clearly one of the story’s main protagonists / antagonists I guess… lol. But he is the one introducing things into the lives of his harem that they must deal with. Yet, I feel much of the story is from a female perspective… Anyway, its interesting to think about, and makes me want to go and reread the Wheel of Time series...