David Ivanov
Minstrel
So is it just me, or is every new break-out fantasy writer expected to launch with a trilogy or at least three titles in the same series? It's getting very hard these days to be able to buy a single stand-alone novel in the fantasy genre -- kind of feels like I'm marrying every new author for the duration of three volumes at least. I understand publishers figure they need multibook deals to turn a profit on new talent, but is it even feasible anymore to accomplish that with separate unrelated novels?