How to Fast Write a Book and Make a Fortune 267 Ask writers you meet at Mark’s Megas, at Book Expo America, at various writers’ meetings and work- shops, or at the Maui Writers Conference, and you will 昀椀nd many talented writers with their works, looking for someone to partner with and market them and their book to greatness. Historically the publishing industry wants only one book from an author every two years. Here are two examples of major writers who wrote more than their publishers would accept and found ways to publish their body of work. Stephen King had to write under several best- selling pseudonyms. Nora Roberts told Mark that in longhand she can write 55,000 words a week that are nearly 昀氀awless and ready to publish and sell. Nora had to write many best- sellers under the pseudonym J. D. Robb to get her work out and be able to continue to write energetically. Another way to produce a book is to 昀椀nd books and material in the public domain and reauthor and recopy- right them. 吀栀is is a big business that is little- known. In the book business, work that was created (昀椀xed in tangible form for the 昀椀rst time) on or after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the author’s life plus an additional 70 years after the author’s