In which Larry Correia indisputably proves himself not just to be The Mountain That Writes, but The Mountain That Writes at pulp speed:
I’ll save you the time of counting. Larry is outproducing George R. R. Martin thirteen books to one.
The days of authors being picked out of the slush pile or the old short fiction market by the Big Five publishers to become household names while writing one book per year, or whenever they feel like it, are over. The future of genre fiction looks much like the pulp past: enterprising authors toiling in the word mines to bring their readers a steady stream of pure entertainment.
Aspiring authors who were counting on tradpub to make them the next George R. R. Martin, James Patterson, J.K. Rowling, or Stephen King should adjust their expectations accordingly.
GRRM could not be reached for comment.
NB: Several people have been commenting on how much fun they’ve had reading my new fantasy novella, including at least one guy who knows all about writing at pulp speed.
-Pulp author Jonathan Moeller