I can sympathize

I don't know if any of my readers (i.e., Drew and Amy and the lurking Matt) read the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, but I'm going to assume you do because you should. So long as you don't mind that no one's guaranteed a happy ending — if you, in fact, rather relish the novelty of knowing that any character can be killed off at any time, and probably will be before the end — then it's really quite an enjoyable series. Unfortunately, the interval between novels has jumped from two years to five, and he's already had to increase the planned number of novels to seven. To force himself to finish the latest, he apparently decided not to attend any conferences until the manuscript was done, which meant skipping last year's worldcon. On my side, I've wasted a significant amount of time doubting the planned ending of a measly little 3,000 word story, tweaking what I've got to fit the new plan of the day, only to finally realize I need to just finish it. It's not a damn seven novel series or anything.