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Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American novelist, best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.

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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.

Except, Fish, Half, Reading, Words, Writing

You can write better about a place you've seen for yourself. You don't have to have been there - I've sure written about places I've never seen - but it does help.

Doe, Help, Helping, Seen, Writing, Written

A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.

Damage, Horse, Horsefly, Real

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.

20S, Fiction, Salable, School, Write, Writing

. . . 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 you don't want to think.

Black And White, Shades, Things, Think, Thinking, Want

People you don't like are pigheaded. Your friends are stubborn, or hold to their purpose.

People, Purpose, Stubborn, Hold, Friends

People were as they were, not not as he wished them to be.

People, Wished

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.

Fiction, Happens, History, Plausible

I'm a social caterpillar. I am not a social butterfly

Butterfly, Caterpillar, Caterpillars, Social

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 wise. It only needs to be popular.

Clever, Doe, Join, Popular, Straha, Wise

Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers on both, big-time. So hold on to your hats, folks. You’re in for quite a ride.

Development, Enemy, Plausible, Stories, Story, Surrounded

Many things are possible. Few things are certain.

Certain, Possible, Things

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.

Certain, Clean, Day, Done, Each Day, Trying

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