Rothfuss V Ruocchio: How to Write a Hugh Jass Series

"The Name of the Wind" versus "Empire of Silence."

Can you call someone an author if they haven’t published anything in a hugely long time? Was Harper Lee still an author after so many decades of not writing anything new? At what point did she become “the lady who wrote that one book” instead of actively being an author?

It’s relevant in the case of Patrick Rothfuss, whose debut novel hit shelves in 2007…