Comments on: Meeting a Legend: L.E. Modesitt Jr. http://www.atfmb.com/2009/09/30/meeting-a-legend-l-e-modesitt-jr/ Patrick Hester's Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: atfmb http://www.atfmb.com/2009/09/30/meeting-a-legend-l-e-modesitt-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-159 atfmb Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:18:05 +0000 http://www.atfmb.com/?p=1508#comment-159 I think he was writing before the kids left the house, but he joked that they're growing up and leaving gave him more time to devote to writing. Think about it - you have kids, right? You have to find that sweet spot between taking care of your family and writing, right? And, yeah - he does. I was joking when I said it felt like he published 2 books a year, but it turns out, he does. Insane. ~P I think he was writing before the kids left the house, but he joked that they're growing up and leaving gave him more time to devote to writing. Think about it – you have kids, right? You have to find that sweet spot between taking care of your family and writing, right?

And, yeah – he does. I was joking when I said it felt like he published 2 books a year, but it turns out, he does. Insane.

~P

]]> By: Clifton Hill http://www.atfmb.com/2009/09/30/meeting-a-legend-l-e-modesitt-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Clifton Hill Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:07:49 +0000 http://www.atfmb.com/?p=1508#comment-153 Great piece, thanks for sharing. Wish I was there. So did he mean that he didn't start writing until the last of their kids had left the house for the world? Or for school each morning? Either way seems like he'd have to be 70 to manage to write all those books with 6 kids (which he doesn't look). 25,000 a week, that's crazy, the man must have some incredible focus. Great piece, thanks for sharing. Wish I was there.

So did he mean that he didn’t start writing until the last of their kids had left the house for the world? Or for school each morning? Either way seems like he’d have to be 70 to manage to write all those books with 6 kids (which he doesn’t look). 25,000 a week, that’s crazy, the man must have some incredible focus.

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