How does he do it?

How does an author publish a new novel seemingly monthly?

What’s with his co-authors?  How does that arrangement work?

Have you noticed that his novels seem to follow a cookie cutter style?  A preface.  The meat of the book.  An epilogue.  And each chapter is usually less than two pages long.  And each paragraph is double spaced.  And if the margins were any larger each line would contain at most three words.  Is this why is books are page turners?

I’d really like to know the answers to some of these questions.

Of course, it hasn’t stopped me from reading his books.

Now if only I could keep up.

• Starting With a Clean Slate Yep... you guessed it.  I couldn't keep it bottled up any longer.  It looks like we're starting all over again.  It's a "new" season. The National Hockey League playoffs began tonight (in case you rely on us to get your sports scores, after the first period the Rangers and Capitals......
• The Day the Internet Died It didn't last.  For a few hours though we were without the Internet.  Do you realize just how dependent we've become upon the Internet? We had a brownout here for about 90 minutes.  Power was finally restored; Cable was fine; VOIP was fine; but we couldn't access the Internet (we......
• The Cookie Crumbles Why is IT the way the cookie crumbles?  What's the cookies ever done to you?  Why do we want to make the cookie crumble?  What if it's a soft cookie that bends and doesn't break? Let me backtrack one question... why DO we want to make the cookie crumble?  Was......
• Up Another 200,000 Sadly I'm not referring to the stock market.  But, the Alexa rankings of Where's Our Squirrel and it's subsidiary websites (The NCAS Forum, The Squirrel Forum, and Long Island's Topsites List).  The Squirrel is now ranked at 684,154.  Considering how many websites there are in this world, and that we've......
• The Last Sunday This it it folks.  The last Sunday that college basketball will be played for the 2008-09 season.  Today the last two teams will win their games to advance to the Final Four.  I cared up until a few nights ago when Kansas blew a 13 point lead and for all......

• The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson and Martin Dugard In The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson and Martin Dugard discovered through masses of suggestions- X-rays, Carter's files, and myths related during the ages- to appear at their own account of King Tut's life and death. The result is an amazing true crime tale of intrigue, passion and treason,......
• Do "The Baby Steps" or "The Wealth Cycle" really work for everyone? Every major personal finance counselor has a financial plan that they suggest everyone follows. Dave Ramsey teaches his listeners to follow “The Baby Steps.” Loral Langemeier offers what she likes to call “The Wealth Cycle.” Everyone has their own plan that they think you should follow, even some personal finance......
• Better Than Barbie - Positive Dolls for Girls I previously posted the measurements of the average woman compared to Barbie's. This spurred comments regarding Barbie as a poor choice of dolls for young girls. That got me to thinking... Which dolls present positive images to girls - that are not all about ginormous ta-tas and itty bitty waists?......
• How to Find Antiques to Buy If you are trying to learn how to find antiques that you can buy and add to your collection or resell through other avenues such as online or through antiques auctions, the following guide should prove useful to you. Here is a brief guide on how to find antiques that......
• Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Swimsuit is James Patterson and Maxine Paetro's latest book. When a supermodel disappears in Hawaii, her parents travel to the island to investigate. So does Ben Hawkins, a journalist who is hoping to get an idea for his next book. All parties find more difficulty than they bargained for......

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