Below is a link to a post on the Black Gate site that argues for the latter (well that, and taking shots at Martin that may or may not be well-deserved, depending upon who you ask). I'll post my response in a moment.
Do authors age like fine wine or like that rat that died behind the fridge three days ago?
- 28/01/2012 08:11:28 PM
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That article got off on the wrong foot and never really managed to get it back.
- 28/01/2012 11:09:08 PM
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Yes, and I could have listed quite a few "genre" writers as well for counter-evidence
- 29/01/2012 01:43:28 AM
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Indeed.
- 29/01/2012 11:35:09 AM
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Too many targets to risk losing focus on any single one of them 
- 29/01/2012 01:38:16 PM
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- 29/01/2012 01:38:16 PM
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Re: Too many targets to risk losing focus on any single one of them
- 29/01/2012 01:46:37 PM
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- 29/01/2012 01:46:37 PM
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Fridge, mostly. *NM*
- 29/01/2012 01:01:10 AM
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Hm, that's interesting. I've been thinking about this off and on for a while now.
- 29/01/2012 08:33:36 PM
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