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2023-12-12 -Obits-

David Drake Obituary, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer Has Died

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Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 David Drake's "Lord of the Isles" books were an interesting example of what being a professional writer really entails. This is all from some commentary by David Drake on Baen's Bar the quirky collection of discussion groups hosted by Baen...

In the 90's there was this fad of writing huge, absolute 'door stoppers' fantasy epics. Drake's editors and agents started bugging him to 'expand his offerings' by penning those -- he's a professional writer so write! David Drake confessed that he was much more comfortable writing shorter works so he 'cheated' by writing three novellas centered around three different main characters all happening at the same time ...and then separated the novella chapters and rearranged them to build the 'door stopper' final version.

Genius, or at least the work of a craftsman!

Posted by magpie 2023-12-12 01:01|| 2023-12-12 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 He will be missed!

Posted by Spats B. Hayes8168 2023-12-12 11:57|| 2023-12-12 11:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Red Liners was one of my favorites.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-12 12:20|| 2023-12-12 12:20|| Front Page Top

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