Literary Birthday – 24 September – David Drake

Happy Birthday, David Drake, born 24 September 1945.

Quotes

1. I work on a notebook computer outside, then edit the hardcopy and go through at least three drafts.
2. I do plots beginning to end, and I do very long plots, but there’s not a right way.
3. I think it’s necessary for a successful writer to be a reader.
4. The world is not obligated to care. (via)
5. Nothing’s boring if it’s in your soul.

David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. His best-known work is the Hammer’s Slammers series of military science fiction. He has written or co-written over 60 books; edited or co-edited about thirty; done plot outlines for another twenty-odd, the books themselves being written by another author.

Source for image: Karen Zimmerman/Source for quotes

 by Amanda Patterson

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