We Hate to say it...

...we mean we really hate to say it.

But World War 1990: The Final Storm could really work as two different books.

Right now it's big and clunky, like a Star Wars prequel. 

[We enjoy you being this tough on yourself-Ed]

We've spent the last week de-clunking the book. 

A big, long, sprawling book is not necessarily a bad thing.

Right now we're at 80,000 words with one big section about a land battle and another big section about a sea battle, the previously mentioned Battle of the Three Seas.

We have to write a few sections to clear some things up. That alone ought to get us to 85,000, 90,000 if we stretch, 100,000 if we throw in that amphibious assault we had planned.

We know what you guys are thinking, 'Amphibious assault? Cool!'

From there you're just 10,000 words away from our preferred book length.

Of course,breaking up The Final Storm would double our publishing costs.

[Come on! You've ruthlessly driven down publishing costs-Ed]

Cut them by more than half, actually.

[Well, bully for you-Ed]

Man, we hate to say it...