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  • Re: "10 of the Fastest Active Writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy"

    From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Tue Feb 3 21:55:59 2026
    On 2/3/2026 7:00 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    Actually, the secret of modern high-output writers is to write outlines
    and farm the hard work of filling them out to ghost writers.

    That worked for Victor Appleton and Franklin W. Dixon but I don't think that is how Elron did it. The books Elron wrote after his death were appreciably improved from his earlier work.
    --scott

    Yes, from what I understand the monkeys were a significant step up. ;)

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 4 12:03:41 2026
    On 2/3/2026 2:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2026 11:52 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10lrp2l$15tsn$1@dont-email.me>,
    ÿ Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    "10 of the Fastest Active Writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
    ÿÿÿÿ https://theportalist.com/fastest-active-sff-writers

    "Meet the authors who never keep you waiting"

    That link doesn't work.

    Huh, it disappeared.

    #1 was Brandon Sanderson.

    #2 was Nora Roberts.

    #10 was Seanan Lynn McGuire.

    Lynn


    I hope they didn't skip Lionel Fanthorpe (250 books and counting).

    pt

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 4 16:11:17 2026
    On 2/4/2026 11:03 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 2:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2026 11:52 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10lrp2l$15tsn$1@dont-email.me>,
    ÿ Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    "10 of the Fastest Active Writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
    ÿÿÿÿ https://theportalist.com/fastest-active-sff-writers

    "Meet the authors who never keep you waiting"

    That link doesn't work.

    Huh, it disappeared.

    #1 was Brandon Sanderson.

    #2 was Nora Roberts.

    #10 was Seanan Lynn McGuire.

    Lynn


    I hope they didn't skip Lionel Fanthorpe (250 books and counting).

    pt

    They did skip Michael Anderle who has written over 200 Indie POD SF/F
    books in the last 11 years. "Death Becomes Her (Kurtherian Gambit)" by Michael Anderle. I am on book #3.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1642020184

    Lynn


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  • From Tony Nance@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 4 19:11:21 2026
    On 2/4/26 5:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/4/2026 11:03 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 2:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2026 11:52 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10lrp2l$15tsn$1@dont-email.me>,
    ÿ Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    "10 of the Fastest Active Writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
    ÿÿÿÿ https://theportalist.com/fastest-active-sff-writers

    "Meet the authors who never keep you waiting"

    That link doesn't work.

    Huh, it disappeared.

    #1 was Brandon Sanderson.

    #2 was Nora Roberts.

    #10 was Seanan Lynn McGuire.

    Lynn


    I hope they didn't skip Lionel Fanthorpe (250 books and counting).

    pt

    They did skip Michael Anderle who has written over 200 Indie POD SF/F
    books in the last 11 years.ÿ "Death Becomes Her (Kurtherian Gambit)" by Michael Anderle.ÿ I am on book #3.
    ÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1642020184

    Lynn


    If I'm counting correctly, SFF's Glynn Stewart has written 87 novels
    since his 2014 debut.

    Tony

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  • From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 5 03:11:15 2026
    In article <10m0n7a$2p8gk$1@dont-email.me>,
    Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/4/26 5:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/4/2026 11:03 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 2:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2026 11:52 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10lrp2l$15tsn$1@dont-email.me>,
    ÿ Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    "10 of the Fastest Active Writers in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
    ÿÿÿÿ https://theportalist.com/fastest-active-sff-writers

    "Meet the authors who never keep you waiting"

    That link doesn't work.

    Huh, it disappeared.

    #1 was Brandon Sanderson.

    #2 was Nora Roberts.

    #10 was Seanan Lynn McGuire.

    Lynn


    I hope they didn't skip Lionel Fanthorpe (250 books and counting).

    pt

    They did skip Michael Anderle who has written over 200 Indie POD SF/F
    books in the last 11 years.ÿ "Death Becomes Her (Kurtherian Gambit)" by
    Michael Anderle.ÿ I am on book #3.
    ÿÿ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1642020184

    Lynn


    If I'm counting correctly, SFF's Glynn Stewart has written 87 novels
    since his 2014 debut.

    He's local to me. Maybe very local. Not sure what part of Kitchener
    he's from. I have not tried his books because what if I didn't like
    them and we later conversed? :wq


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