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NEWSLETTER #103: May 8, 2018 Dear People, This is slightly late because my webmaster (who does everything about the website except create original content) is off sharpening her genealogical skills. I mentioned in the March newsletter (102) that Though Hell … Continue reading →

DRAKE’S NEWSLETTER #102: March 3, 2018 Dear People, I have finished my novel: The Storm, a sequel to The Spark. (Both titles come from Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, if you were wondering.) I worried about this one more than I do most, … Continue reading →

DRAKENEWS #101: January 2, 2018 Dear People, My plaque for the Hawkeye Distinguished Veteran Award came. I’m starting out with this because I’m extremely proud of it. Moving on: I don’t normally talk about my health because it’s normally fine, … Continue reading →

DRAKE’S NEWSLETTER 99: September 5, 2017 Dear People, I’ve almost roughed out the plot of the next novel. It will need to be polished and greatly expanded before I begin writing. The current working title is Storm and Courage, and … Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER #98: July 5, 2017 Dear People, I’m just back from Libertycon, so this newsletter is a hair late. The biggest news since #97 is that the novel I’ve been working on–THOUGH HELL SHOULD BAR THE WAY–has been edited into … Continue reading →

DRAKE’S NEWSLETTER 97: May 9, 2017 Dear People, I’ve finished the rough draft of THOUGH HELL SHOULD BAR THE WAY. The process didn’t kill me, but it sure ate my life for the past few months. Part of this is … Continue reading →

DRAKE NEWSLETTER 96: March 1, 2017 Dear People, Well, the big news is that I seem to have gotten up to normal production in my writing. Though Hell Should Bar the Way is above 70K in draft and is proceeding … Continue reading →

DRAKE NEWSLETTER 95: January 5, 2017 Dear People, I seem to be starting the new year with a notable lack of enthusiasm. This is my fault, not that of the world. There’s certainly enough bad with the world, but there … Continue reading →

DRAKE NEWSLETTER 94: November, 2016 Dear People, Usually my big news is what’s happening with my current work. This time the big news is what happened to my most recent work, the novel I completed for Tor. It will instead … Continue reading →

Newsletter #93.5 October 3, 2016 Dear People, All is well, but there won’t be a real newsletter till next month. The main reason for the delay is that my webmaster Karen, who does the work of getting it out, is … Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER 93: August 4, 2016 Dear People, I’m not exactly back to normal from our trip to Greece, but I’m getting there. Still no trip report, but that will come. I did do the absolute top priority, though: finish Reconquest, … Continue reading →

Drake Newsletter #91: 6 April, 2016 Dear People, You know, one of the things I’ve told myself for the past few years on New Year’s Eve is, “Well, nobody close to me died this year.” Then this January David Hartwell, … Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER #90: February 3, 2016 Dear People, I guess my big news is that I’ve completed the plot for the new Tor series (which is space opera in the same fashion that Northworld is space opera). (No, it isn’t anything … Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER #89 December 1, 2015 Dear People, Lots of news this time around. Most important to me is that I’ve started plotting the next novel, a completely different space opera for Tor. It’s early days yet, but the business is … Continue reading →