Publication: How often?

Elsewhere on LJ a question came up. It's one that I've thought about a lot over the past years (unlike, say, http protocol, but I digress). How fast can one write? How fast should one write? The answer to this question is about as varied as the answer to the question "How do you write a novel?" as applied to novelists.

And, as LJ seems intent on not actually letting me post anything like a reply to any of the comments, I thought I'd answer with a couple of versions, which are all, oddly enough, mine.

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