This is the closest I could find to an explanation for her writers block for anyone else who is curious. Her mother was her first draft reader and sounding board and sadly passed away before the third book. I can imagine it’s associated with a lot of pain
thewertzone.blogspot.com/2014/07/mela...
I don't have it to hand, but she's been very forthright about it. The link quotes from the forward where it comes up.
Also it sounds like people have been horrid to her about it, which is depressing in and of itself.
I mean, I wanted it too, but not enough to be nasty.
And while I would love to see it, she has a tendency to brutally kill off favorite characters, with almost no buildup or warning. I don’t know if my heart can take that again.
She released a whole other series over the past decade, so I think she's recovering slowly — but I think she's never going back. She did state her intention to finish the trilogy eventually, but I'm not sure she really feels it as anything other than an obligation.
aidanmoher.com/blog/2014/07...
If book 5 had much in common with the TV series, which is possible seeing as he gave plot points to D&D, I wonder if he felt the need to scrap and rethink some of his ideas after seeing them brought to life and heavily criticised.
Yeah there were a lot of differences, I was more thinking of the overall thrust of the story and where things ended up going. Like Dani going suddenly mad and wiping out KL annoyed a lot of people and wasn’t given enough foundation in the show, but was probably a major future plot direction.
I'm dyslexic, and writing a (whatever we're calling these) can be a struggle. I have a thousand and one stories in my head, but can't get them onto the page. I will never rush anyone for slow writing.
