Our Bloody Pearl took 12 weeks of work from the first word to the final draft.
Iron From Fire has taken over 17 months, and it’s still not finished yet.
Not all books are equal because some books will be longer and harder to perfect than others — but all books have equal worth because all books (or should I say, books of all kinds), are worth the world to someone.
So don’t feel bad if you have to put more hours into your story than other people. If you crank out a few books but get stuck rewriting another over and over. If you feel like an earlier story was better than what you’re writing now.
Don’t give up.