Mark Prado

Mark Prado asked David Estes:

Hi David, I'm from Philippines how many days,months did you spend your time in writing your book? :)

David Estes Hi Mark, great to hear from you and thanks for the question! I've written and published more than 30 books now and each one is very different. My shorter books, 300-400 pages, usually take a month or less to write and then another few weeks to edit. My longer books, like those in my new Fatemarked series, are between 600 and 800 pages and take closer to two months to write and another few weeks to edit. To write so many books, I have a very strict writing routine. I write every day, typically producing 3,000 to 5,000 words per day.

Thanks again for the question and happy reading!

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MobileTyphoon

MobileTyphoon asked David Estes:

Hello, I read your Fatemarked series back in 2021 and recently read it again. After completing it a second time, I continued on to your Kingfall series. These are two of my favorite series of all time! Recently learned that you're writing another series in the same world. Absolutely looking forward to it! Will it also be thousands of pages long? Thanks.

Anna

Anna asked David Estes:

I am legally blind and listen to my books do you have any Audible? Or are on auto audiobook

A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked David Estes:

What are you currently working on? I'd love another epic fantasy series. Another question, what is your trick to writing five books with an average of 600 pages each in a year?

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