In the late 1970s the view in the publishing world was that an author should never produce more than one book a year. The thinking was that publishing more than one book a year would dilute the brand name of the author.
However, this was a bit of a problem for Stephen King, who was writing books at a rate of two per year. Instead of slowing down, King decided to publish his additional works under the pen name of Richard Bachman.
Over the next few years, every book King published sold millions, while Richard Bachman remained relatively unknown.
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Historians think humans first started writing things down about 5 – 6,000 years ago. Up until that point, the collective knowledge tower was stored only in a network of people’s memories and accessed only through livestream word-of-mouth communication.
- Tim Urban, Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
You Will Never Regret Good Work Once It is Done.
Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
- James Clear, What I Do When I Feel Like Giving Up