There is an old military term: ‘Mission creep’ when what started out as a straightforward operation keeps acquiring extra objectives. Literary series can see much the same process and my ‘Saltbury Chronicles’ series has followed a consistent pattern with each one a little longer than the last. I was getting a bit worried, as ‘Rachel’ approaches twice the length of the first in the series. It turns out that I am in good company, though. A certain J. K. Rowling had books almost three and a half times the length of the first in her Harry Potter series, and she didn’t do so bad. ‘Rachel’ just caught up with the ‘Half Blood Prince’ !
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 76,944 words
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 85,141 words
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 107,253 words
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – 190,637 words
Harry Potter and the Order f the Phoenix – 257,045 words
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 168,923 words
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – 198,227 words
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Jo Brodie 