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Originally Posted by Katsunami
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.
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There are definitely authors who seem to have "help." Patterson is one that is often batted around. However, J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts writes several books a year and no one has ever suggested she has help. Originally publishers put her J.D. Robb books out without telling anyone they were written by Nora Roberts. Then when they took off, suddenly it was okay to tie the two together.
I don't write fast. I know authors who do. I'm GLAD some writers can write fast.
