"People don't want to wait a year and a half for the next book in the series, they want instant gratification." "Being an author is like being a shark, you have to keep swimming or you die," he says. He spends many of those hours on a treadmill desk, clocking eight to 10 miles. He churns out 7,000 to 10,000 words a day and often works from eight in the morning until midnight. He wrote one of his best-selling books, the 229-page thriller "JET," in just 16 days. Blake, who self-publishes his books, has released 25 books in the last 30 months. Some novelists are obsessed by plot pacing and character development, others by a literary turn of phrase. "I have so many other books I want to read." Blake's frenetic publishing schedule leaves her little time to read other authors. In December, he released two new books: a hard-boiled noir detective novel starring a struggling Hollywood private investigator, and a thriller about an ex-Mossad agent on the run.Īuthor Craig Osso writes thrillers under the pen name Russell Blake. Blake has been publishing a new novel roughly every five weeks. In the past two years, she has torn through all 25 of his books. Blake's fast-paced mysteries and conspiracy thrillers. Kimn, a 46-year-old IT consultant who lives in Coram, N.Y., is addicted to Mr. Yoon Kimn wishes Russell Blake wouldn't write so much. With 25 Books in 30 Months, Self-Published Writer Plots Success Fast-Paced Best Seller: This Author Thrives on Volumes
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