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A J Hartley

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Writing -- Using Plot Points for Character Development

Today, we’re going to talk about developing characters.  I decided on this for the most important reason of all — you wonderful readers put character development as the Number One area you wanted more information on.  Isn’t that cool?  You ask, you receive.

For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume you already have [...]

How Do I Write a Novel?

A guy the AKA (Gwen Hunter) knows, a lawyer who did some work for us back in the 1990s, asked me/us to read his book opening. Actually it was 16 pages of concept thrown onto the pages, single spaced, a lot for shock value. It read like a short story that needed a lot of [...]

Writing -- When Things Go Wrong

I’m sitting in the waiting room at my mechanic’s, waiting to find out just what’s wrong with my car and how much it’ll cost me.  Thing is — nobody knows anything just yet.  Writing can be the same way.  Sometimes things break down and nobody knows why.

In all my years in this crazy business, I’ve [...]

Writing THE END. Be BOLD!

I’ve been working with some writers who have become friends. It’s really cool to have writers in my life: people who know the business and have been publishing books for years, people who are just getting into the professional side of the business, people who hope to get there some day. They all enrich my [...]

Rewrites: The Magical Solution

It all came down to one paragraph.

For the last 4 weeks, I’ve been on rewrites for my next book, Mercy Blade. It has been a rough, tough rewrite, because the plots (two of them) were equally important, interwoven, complex, and based on things that happened in 1912. And, the book needs to be intense enough [...]

Accurate, Schmaccurate; As Long As It’s Right

“The clock hath stricken three…”

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, scene I

A.J.’s Friday post, and the discussion that followed has had me thinking about research, historical accuracy, and artistic license all weekend long.  So I decided to share some thoughts, in the hope of generating more conversation and perhaps more understanding.

Let me begin [...]