Maybe it's wrong, but I've always wondered about the quality of authors that can write faster than I can read. I've mentioned R.A. Salvatore a few times. He is one of the best Forgotten Realms writers ever, especially when looking at his earliest Drizzt books. However, after he got "settled" as a great author, he's writing like mad; sometimes up to 5-6 books a year, and not only Drizzt novels, but in completely different universes too. That can't be good.
IMHO, it's impossible, for anyone, even experienced authors, to write a 300 page book every 8-10 weeks, and make them all good and interesting reads. I've always suspected that there is more than one person writing under the name R.A. Salvatore, just because it's an established name.
Now his son Geno is also writing "since a short time" according to Salvatore, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's ever revealed that he has been writing books for 10 years already, under his father's name.
edit: I have most of Salvatore's books in paper, and/or eBooks, but I've only read the first 10 Drizzt books and Cleric Quintet up until now. I have all the rest just to keep the series complete, but they're on my TBR pile. I wonder how good they are...
Last edited by Katsunami; 06-15-2013 at 02:33 PM.
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