Why I'm okay with being a "slow" Author

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Some time ago, I came across an article by a well-known indie author who said that to succeed as an indie author, you'd have to write fast. How fast? Six to eight novels a year. The common advice used to be four. Now the number has doubled! Crazy!

I can and have written fast. I once wrote 7,000 words a day. I have "won" every Nanowrimo I've participated in. But my imagination refuses to be hurried.

It takes time for my brain to come up with ideas and to patch up plot h...