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A lot of responses about the abilities of prolific professional authors (add Lester Dent, the monthly writer of Doc Savage, to the list). Not many anecdotal responses. I've written over a dozen books, and I couldn't venture a wild guess as to how long it actually took me to write any of them. Generally, I go from start to finish within maybe 4 months.
But Bob, since everyone writes at a different pace, the thing to do is not to try to work out how long it takes/will take to write a book, but to figure out how much time you can devote to working on it each day, and just go.
It's like bird-watching: You can't predict when you'll see a particular bird; you can only get your gear together, go, and wait until you see it.
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