Not again!

Yes, another rewrite of Faerylander.

My friend Martha read the current version, and had invaluable suggestions.  But it got me thinking.  I do like this streamlined version.  I consolidated chapters, tried to make the story flow better.  But in doing so, I think I may have left out too many of the attractive elements that I wanted to do in the first place.

But, now that it has been streamlined, I'm realizing I can layer a lot of the material back in.

It will be my magnum opus.  It will be a fairly long book by the time I'm finished.  The longest book I've ever done.

This is probably what most people have in mind when they talk about writing a book.  Endless rewrites -- throwing valuable stuff out, adding things that don't work, trying different versions, and always, always trying to polish the writing.

But I've decided that -- in the end -- this book probably just doesn't work.  That nobody will probably ever read it.

Therefore, I think I kind of want to go back and do it the way I want to do it.  Have fun with it.  Just put in all the elements I liked back in. 

Why not?