Tag Archives: Eric Flint
Newsletter #127
DrakeNews 127: August 2, 2022 Dear People, A problem with getting old is that you’re increasingly likely to die. If you don’t die, you’re likely to lose old friends. I’ve just lost two, most recently Eric Flint, whom I met … Continue reading
Newsletter #79
NEWSLETTER 79: March 4, 2014 Dear People, I’m beavering away at Air and Darkness, the final Book of the Elements for Tor. I’m in the middle of chapter four. Things are falling into place bit by bit, as they do. … Continue reading
The General Series (Raj Whitehall)
Various writers–Steve Stirling, Eric Flint, and Tony Daniel–developed the novels from Dave’s outlines. The General series began with The Forge in 1991 and has now reached ten volumes. Using the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius as my matrix, I … Continue reading
Newsletter #74
NEWSLETTER 74: April 15, 2013 Dear People, This is a trifle early, but Jo (my wife) and I are going off to Italy at the end of the month for two weeks with a couple we’ve known for about 40 … Continue reading
Transgalactic
Transgalactic is a collection of works by A E van Vogt. Eric Flint negotiated with the van Vogt estate, and I wrote the short introduction and chatted with Eric about the contents. It contains the original versions of what as … Continue reading
Novel Plot Outlines
Updated February 2014 Dave wrote detailed plot outlines (5,000-15,000 words) plots for other writers to develop into novels. As Dave says, “They did the real work of developing the outline into a novel. I don’t consider my involvement to be … Continue reading
Con*Stellation, Hunstville AL, September 2009
Belisarius Series
Eric Flint wrote these books from Dave’s plot outlines: An Oblique Approach. 1998, Baen. In the Heart of Darkness. 1998, Baen. Destiny’s Shield. 1999, Baen. Fortune’s Stroke. 2000, Baen. The Tide of Victory. . 2001, Baen. The Dance of Time. 2006, Baen.
Newsletter #51
Dear People, I intended to start this newsletter by saying that I’d completed the plot of the next RCN space opera and am at work on it. Those things are true (we’ll get back to them), but in my mind … Continue reading