Why the problem with 20 drafts? You'd rather he did one shitty one so you could dismiss it out of hand? It's called "revision," "editing," "polishing," and last but not least, "the writing process" - all things I assume you know of, as you are a published author. But then again, maybe I'm wrong. I've been wrong before...
> 20 drafts? Why not just do one good one? All I know is
> if some guy is invovled in anything professional he
> wouldn't be discussing it with Wacko and then coming on a
> forum to discuss it with a bunch of fanboys to prove his
> buddy wacko right...
>
> > Side note: For industry work, this guy is fast. Close to
> > 20 drafts of this translation in 16 months. He's no
> > slouch, I'll give him that.
> >
> > > Apparently Mr. Phantom Translator is about to sign up for
> > > the forum, and he's asked me to tell you all that those
> > > naysayers who doubted the material existed are going to
> > > eat their words. I know he's a really good writer, but I
> > > haven't seen it, so I can't vouch for it. All I know is
> > > he's being very mysterious about it, and we'll hear more
> > > soon.
> > >
> > > Look for the guy to appear swiftly. I'm sure you'll know
> > > very quickly who he is.
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