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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
The big ones won't take new authors in the the most popular genres (Romance, Thriller, Detective in broad terms) because they can get all they want from the established names, some of which are actually "factories" of ghost writers (the Patterson brand titles)... |
I've never read Patterson. I know he has tons of books that are 'co-authored'. But does anyone know if any of the books published with only his name on the cover been ghost written? That's where things get sleazy to me.
The plight of ghost authors make me respect Stephen King even more. Love him or hate him, he's actually
written his books. And his collaborations with Peter Straub aren't the 'popular author hands less popular author an outline' books you usually see. How many times has he said he was going to retire? I don't think he could stop writing if he wanted to.