A J Hartley
One of the best known and genuinely useful mantras for authors is “write what you know.” If your story takes place in the mythical realm of Havnn’rth, however, and follows a blood-drinking warrior queen who is part wombat, this can prove tricky. But all is not lost. We can simply turn the mantra around and [...]
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     | Under the heading of “Careful What You Wish For . . .”: Fifteen years ago I was at a professional crossroads. I’d recently completed my doctorate in history and had job applications pending at a number of colleges and universities. I had also started work on the novel that would become Children of Amarid. Within a [...] When I was in high school, I wrote a short story about a catlike alien soldier whose ship crash-landed on a planet under the control of her enemies. She reported her position, but her people ordered her to make her way to a less dangerous spot for retrieval. Along the way, she found a wounded [...] ‘Tis the season to cast about desperately for gifts for those we love, right? Well, I thought that perhaps this would be a good time to suggest a few gifts for the writer on your holiday shopping list. Or, if you’re the writer on other people’s shopping lists, then perhaps this would be a good [...] I was the guest of a book club earlier this week. They were very excited to meet “a real author”, so for the first little while, the conversation was all about how amazing it was that I’d written a whole book, and what a good story it was. Which is lovely, of course – everyone [...] I’m starting a new book soon – soon being a time-issue that is relevant to a rewrite (Gwen’s Rapid Descent) that will take a month, the rewrite of my (Faith’s) Skinwalker, that will take a few weeks, and a short story rewrite that will take a day or so. But I [...] | This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our Many companies provide barcode readers that you can install on your mobile, and all of the following are compatible with this format: | ||
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