Next we talked about Lord of Chaos and its creation. It took a long time to compile, in fact TOO much time. It was “supposed” to be done by April 1994 at the latest. However, it wasn’t even close to being done. Somewhere past the deadline, they lost a chapter [I believe it was Dumai’s Wells, which might explain why it’s so choppy]. They flew RJ up to New York and he wrote the final parts in a hotel for about two weeks. He finished on August 28, 1994. Tor had to do MAJOR overtime to check and edit it for its Oct. 12 release date. Mrs. Jordan also added that Lord of Chaos was their most difficult one composed ever. It was a real marker as to how fast they could produce a novel at this point in the series. After his book signing tour he’s going straight to his word processor and type through Thanksgiving and probably Xmas, ‘cause he hasn’t even started yet. RJ made an arrangement with a manager (I think) from Tor for a March deadline. If book seven wasn’t completed by that time, then the fall release would be cancelled, meaning that book seven will not be released to as late as Fall 1996 possibly. This manager seems to have forgotten this arrangement and wanted to have it released by fall 1995, under pressure from Tor publishing and the parent St. Martin’s it appears.
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