Liu Cixin, the author of the trilogy, Remembrance of Earth's Past (aka Three-Body Problem,) had written 4 novels and over 20 short fiction works, before they had their first major international hit.
It's a solid reminder for me to write my stories. 'Get them out of the way,' so I can work on the next big thing and get it out there.
What? How the heck does that make any sense? Also, how would you even track that with high accuracy?