"Why does it take so long for a Colonial Gothic book to come out?" The answer is always the same: research. No matter the book, research is required. As you can imagine the larger the book, the longer the research takes. The perfect example of this is Colonial Gothic's Atlas. This book has been in the works for two years. The reason for this is simple: I needed reserach time. The research for The Atlas took close to a year and a half. Yet, the research never stopped, even whi