Hi there. My name is Scott Duffy, and welcome to my book writing log. I have documented the process of writing my last two books on this site, and have started my third. This book will be called Visual Studio Team System In Action, and should be available in 2005.

I know of an author who, in the last ten years, has pumped out over 60 books. That averages six books a year!!! (Mind you, the general consensus is that his books aren't very good, and I can attest to that.) But still, he writes six books a year! I have one question -- how? How is it possible? I can't see how -- the math doesn't add up.

Six books a year is one new book every two months. For your average 600-page computer book, that's 10 pages a day of writing. And that doesn't include all of the other things involved in writing a book -- from research to writing the outline to making revisions and proofing.

The only thing I can imagine is that he has some help. Maybe his wife or teenage son does all the proofing and outlines/proposals. Maybe he is able to write 30 pages in a single day, and can spend the next two days doing the other things that need to be done (and rest his mind).

Anyways, I have to tip my hat to all of those prolific authors out there.
Scott