It took me 9 months (the same amount of time to make a baby) to write my book "This Is Your Quest "https://authorjoannereed.net/the-book/. 6 months of writing (90,000 words) - 1 month and a 1/2 of editing (third party editing) - 1 month and 1/2 to format (paper copy and kindle version) the book with my publisher and to design and create the book cover with a professional book cover designer. At the end of this process I was very pleased with the result and all the feeback I received were all very good. A year later it took me 5 months to work with 2 professional voice actresses to complete the narration/ audio version of the English version and French version of the book. I think that authors should operate with the mindest of being a marathon runner not a sprinter.