Ever hear of Alan Moore? He's known for creating the comics "Watchmen" and "V Is For Vendetta". Well, he just wrote his second novel, entitled
"Jerusalem". You're either yawning about now, or you're psyched because
you love his comics. I have a fun reason for mentioning this guy.
"Jerusalem" runs to more than 1 million words.
Wow! We're talking doorstop here. Cinderblock. Lethal
weapon. To put it in perspective, The Bible is about 770,000 words long. "Varney
the Vampire" is about 667,000 pages. "Atlas Shrugged" comes in
at 645,000 words (I always knew Ayn Rand was long-winded.)."War and
Peace" is approximately 560,000 words long. Moore said this about
"Jerusalem" in 2011: "Any editor worth their salt would tell me
to cut two-thirds of this book but that's not going to happen. I doubt that Herman Melville had an editor – if he had, that editor would have told him to
get rid of all that boring stuff about whaling: 'Cut to the chase,
Herman'."
He doubts people will even be able to pick it up.
I've written one of those tomes. My erotic romance novel
"Don't Call Me Baby", and it's published by Naughty Nights Press. It's not nearly as long as 1 million words, but
coming in at 180,000 words, it's pretty hefty. That's nearly 400 pages. I don't
go as far as giving detailed descriptions of whaling, but I do give some very
detailed and erotic descriptions of sex. After all, this is a contemporary
romance novel. Here's my blurb:
It's 1983 in Maryland and Catherine Stone is sex on
wheels. She plays the field the way men have done for aeons. Not content to
strive for her MRS. degree like so many young women her age, she seduces men of
all stripes. Does she meet her match in a new man who introduces her to sexual
bliss she had never before experienced? When she tries multiple partners and
bondage for the first time as a submissive, she believes she's found the sexual
bliss she is looking for – and with a man who not only introduces her to the
fineries in life but also cares about her like no man ever has before. DON'T
CALL ME 'BABY' is a fast-paced, quick-witted, and sexy novel about a young
woman exploring her sexuality and the cultural morรฉs she collides with on a
daily basis.
Are you tired of paying good money for books you think are too short? "Don't
Call Me Baby" is coming out in print soon, so you'll have a chance to have
your own copy of a fun, sexy, and big book. Keep an eye on my Facebook page and
my web site for updates.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, the longest book in the world is
"Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus" by Georges and/or Madeleine de Scudery.
Published in the mid 1600s.
The book is 2,100,00 words long.
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Here's where to find me on the web:
Elizabeth Black - Facebook
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Elizabeth Black - Amazon Author Page
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