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David Drazul

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Before I started writing, I was a reader. I came to Goodreads as a reader, but since then, I've become a writer as well. But the way Goodreads handles these things, you're kind of one or the other. If I had to do it all over again, I think I would've formed two separate accounts. But since it's too late for that, engage with me as a fellow reader or as a writer.

Anyway, here's my "new and even more improved" bio:

David's cave is snuggled amongst the southern New England forest that covers the foothills of the Berkshires. If you hear strange metallic melodies, you might spot him feeding the birds, growing strange plants, or brewing fermented concoctions as he waits for the stars to fall from the sky.

I enjoy writing and wish I did it more. But
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David Drazul Ha! I love this question. As a kid, I spent a lot of time camping out at the beach at Smith Point County Park. While my friends and I were obsessing o…moreHa! I love this question. As a kid, I spent a lot of time camping out at the beach at Smith Point County Park. While my friends and I were obsessing over the hermit crabs that inhabited a small cove that faced Moriches Bay, we'd occasionally spot horseshoe crabs crawling along the bottom. They were strangely sleek and mysterious; they didn't look anything like the other crabs.

Once I got older, I learned that horseshoe crabs have been around for over 450 million years and are closer in relation to spiders and scorpions than crabs. In fact, they may be related to the amazing trilobites, one of history's most prolific species but which ultimately perished in the Permian extinction 250 mya.

The more I read about them, the more I learned how alien these guys are to almost everything around. They fascinate me. They've survived four extinctions and continue to put up with the indignities of being dinner, bait, and involuntary blood donors.

After my family moved away from New York, I didn't see one again until I was an adult with kids of my own. My wife and I like to rent houses near Cape Cod Bay. Its shallow waters are perfect for little kids: small waves and lots of beach to play on at low tide. It's also good for horseshoe crabs.

Seeing them after all those years stirred something within me. As I related what I'd learned to my kids, I felt connected with these stoic creatures. I watched over them until the tide came in, making sure the gulls kept their distance and passersby didn't abuse them. When the tide finally came in and loosened the sand around them, I watched as they dug themselves out and silently crawled back to the depths of the sea.

Whether they're my spirit animal or my paternal instincts were imprinted upon the object of a wonderful childhood memory, I don't know. Either way, when I spotted that picture I knew it had to be my avatar.(less)
David Drazul Why my great-grandparents changed their surname upon immigrating to this country.
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Draft2Digital Adding Fees

If you're an author who uses Draft2Digital for publishing your work, then you already know what I'm about to post. For the rest of you, read on.

Draft2Digital sent out an email this week informing its clients that they're going to add user fees to their platform. The first is account activation fees. Due to "automated content farms" overwhelming them with "slop," (in other words, AI-written books) Read more of this blog post »
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Children of Memory
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David and 1 other person liked Charles Stross's blog post: Bizarre Blanets and Weird Worlds
"Hi. Sorry about the silence: I've been busy redrafting the current-newest novel in progress (it's back with my agent), and now I just flipped over to rewrite the much-rewritten novel before that (which ran into a brick wall in late 2025 for struct..." Read more of this blog post »
David is 25% done with Children of Memory: All of this bleak interstellar colonization "nothing ever goes as planned" stuff (in this and other series), while realistic, is making me feel nostalgic for grand galactic empire stories.
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The Infinite and the Divine by Robert  Rath
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My son got me this book. It's part of the multitude of Warhammer 40,000 novels that were inspired by the games of the same name. If you're unfamiliar with Warhammer 40K, it started out as a tabletop miniatures wargame set in a dystopian science fanta ...more
The Infinite and the Divine by Robert  Rath
"I picked this book up because I was sold on the idea of "a funny book about immortal super-powerful beings and their petty squabbling and scheming against one another". Unfortunately the book struggled to give me what I wanted on either front and I e" Read more of this review »
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"I’ve gone down quite a rabbit hole with AI lately. And this book, and any number of videos with Cory are well worth becoming familiar with. I hadn’t realised that there was quite a large and sceptical community out there on AI and much of the hype we" Read more of this review »
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Nataliya describes the way this novel begins so well that I'm just going to quote her:
This starts more like if “Moby Dick” had a literary baby with “Groundhog Day” while cheating on Jules Verne...

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William Kenower
“Forget about criticism and praise, forget about markets and agents and editors. You will remember all of that in time. But for now, forget it. No one is looking over your shoulder, no one is reading what you have written, and no one has an opinion about it. Right now you are alone, and it is time to write.”
― William Kenower, Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence

Arthur C. Clarke
“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“An assumption exists that long sentences are bad, but it is usually the case that bad sentences are long.”
― Brooks Landon, Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read

Emily Devenport
“Education is the biggest threat to authoritarianism.”
― Emily Devenport, Medusa Uploaded

John Scalzi
“Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.”
― John Scalzi

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David Thanks carol.!


carol. "We'll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea"
--This is a beautiful image.


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