In the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope was very productive. His rule was seven pages a day. If he finished one novel, he started the next one. Contemporary p

In the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope was very productive. His rule was seven pages a day. If he finished one novel, he started the next one. Contemporary publishing, with book tours and other publicity, can't really absorb more than a book a year or so from a single author. And the book tours, etc, take up a lot of a writer's time.