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… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
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 in the rewrites. — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.~Victor Radcliff” — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers on both,… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I learned by reading an awful lot and by writing a half a million words of stuff nobody would do anything with except wrap… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“They were having a good time, an adventure. That was January’s dominant impression of his companions in the 509th; despite all the bitching and… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.” — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“You know what Forrest had the nerve to do?” “Son of a bitch has the nerve to do damn near anything. That's what makes… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“He said, “You misunderstand. We did not kill the nuggies and the other folk hereabouts. They see us, and then they commonly die.” “Of… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
