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Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ...

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ...
Message-ID <rHEvE1.yFn@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2022-08-30 04:34 +0000
References <tejbm3$18gco$1@dont-email.me>
Organization Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.

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In article <tejbm3$18gco$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> From David Weber's Facebook:
> 
>https://www.facebook.com/david.weber.5621/posts/pfbid02FjnvX56nzzcej5PLiPn6n4fy6KHygEm2LVihw38KXcGyYLAD1sDCSaQpLPoXWKuDl
>
>I'm 70 this October. I sold the first novel thirty-three years ago. 
>Since then, I have published (or have currently turned in, awaiting 
>production) 74 solo and collaborative novels, which works out to roughly 
>2.24 per year. That doesn't count the anthologies, of course.
>I lost roughly 2 years to the concussion, and about a year and a half to 
>the Covid, so let's call it 30 years, not 33, which brings the 
>production up to 2.5 per year. And let's assume that I write for another 
>ten years, which (at the moment, and barring any anticipated encounters 
>with mortality) seems entirely plausible. 

(Hal Heydt)
Not in the same league in terms of either popularity or volume,
but Dorothy was still writing at 80, including her final piece 6
days before she died.  (There are several 3-ring binders in the
house with either WIPs or finished but unsold works.)

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David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 16:39 -0500
  Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2022-08-30 04:34 +0000
    Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 23:57 -0500
      Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-30 13:14 +0000
        Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 12:07 -0500
  Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 15:19 -0500
    Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-05 14:24 -0700
      Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ... Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-08-05 17:49 -0500

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