This question is interesting. For example, I write 5 novels (or rather 4):
Jiang's magic coin - was the first novel, a story about magic, magic, coin, meteorite, the Tang empire, Han Chinese and Persians, inhabitants of Small-An. Wrote no more than 20 chapters. There are many ideas, but it is difficult to make them into chapters. While temporary hiatus, but yesterday I wrote 1 chapter, thoughts appeared on 2 more chapters.
Magic Farmer Dara - 2nd Paradise Edition - continuation of the history of the first novel through 15 centuries, 21 century, the era of information technology. Agriculture, agribusiness, magic. Magical abilities from foreign microbes that increase the power of human instinct! They let him revive the cars (the idea is not new, Midas from coassics and the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky about the little men who live in electrical appliances). In the 21st century, to write a 100 percent original story so that it does not repeat somewhere with other novels, you need to try very hard.
About cunning merchants - an attempt was to share information about the history of development, flowering, extinction and the second wind of the Silk Road. For example, if it were not for the People's Republic of China, we would still not have access to new technologies, androids, the Internet, and curious devices. Thanks to China, we all have it. China, as our neighbor, holds the aggressive desires of other regional states. The Second Silk Road, now in our country there are many Chinese, even in our house there are 5 families from China, workers and engineers of the Huawei company. This was the case in Small Ahn, from the 4th century BC. and until the beginning of 1937, when the Iron Curtain descended on the country. After 70 years, it is gone.
About treasure hunters is a spin-off of the Magic Farmer Dara. Treasures, treasures, fast money! Moreover, treasures can be found both in the city, and in the mountains and deserts and steppes, there would be a desire, techniques, permission and tools.
The fifth novel, no, rather, it's just thinking out loud about writing, about problems, questions, solutions, new ideas.
So, logically, I need to write 4 chapters per week for each novel, it turns out 15 chapters. In Reality, it is not possible to write 15 chapters (from 250 words to 1,500 words in one chapter). A maximum of 9 chapters, and usually 6-7 chapters.
Then it turns out that you need to update all 5 novels at once? And after a week or update not 3 chapters of each novel but 1-2 chapters, how do you get it?
And how then to read new novels? Or do not read them yet? In order not to waste time reading other novels and instead write your own? But then you will not get new ideas, because by reading we gain for ourselves new thoughts that make our world richer and more diverse.