I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a chance of being salable in my early 20s, then didn't write much fiction at all because I was in grad school.
A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow. - Harry Turtledove
A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.
- Harry Turtledove
People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose. - Harry Turtledove
People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.
I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly - Harry Turtledove
I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly
I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish. - Harry Turtledove
I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap old fish.
I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always, but I try. Then I clean up i… - Harry Turtledove
I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always, but I try. Then I clean up i…
You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not have to be w… - Harry Turtledove
You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not have to be w…
Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen. - Harry Turtledove
Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.
Many things are possible. Few things are certain. - Harry Turtledove
Many things are possible. Few things are certain.
...Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray...Black and white make things easier, but only if… - Harry Turtledove
...Do you see things in black and white, or are there shades of gray for you?" "I hope there's gray...Black and white make things easier, but only if…
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