Title : A.J. Hartley, author of FIREBRAND, on being bolder in what he is doing
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A.J. Hartley, author of FIREBRAND, on being bolder in what he is doing
We are thrilled to be joined by A.J. Hartley to learn more about the second book in the Steeplejack series, FIREBRAND.
A.J., how long did you work on FIREBRAND?
All told, I worked on it for about a year, but I'd been thinking about it for longer, since I knew that what had begun as a single book was going to be a series before STEEPLEJACK came out. I tend to do the first draft fairly quickly--in a couple of months--once I have a sense of the story I want to tell, because I get excited about it and have to get it out. In fact, I think, I NEED that excitement to write the book, and some of it is about not knowing precisely where the story is going. I work from a very general outline but I leave a lot open to discover as I go, so I never know exactly how a book will end (or how I'll get to that ending) when I first start drafting. It keeps the process edgy and compelling for me, because I feel a little but more like a reader being surprised by the twists and turns of the story. That also means I need plenty of editing time to make sure it all makes sense and to polish up the sentence-level writing once the first draft is done.
All told, I worked on it for about a year, but I'd been thinking about it for longer, since I knew that what had begun as a single book was going to be a series before STEEPLEJACK came out. I tend to do the first draft fairly quickly--in a couple of months--once I have a sense of the story I want to tell, because I get excited about it and have to get it out. In fact, I think, I NEED that excitement to write the book, and some of it is about not knowing precisely where the story is going. I work from a very general outline but I leave a lot open to discover as I go, so I never know exactly how a book will end (or how I'll get to that ending) when I first start drafting. It keeps the process edgy and compelling for me, because I feel a little but more like a reader being surprised by the twists and turns of the story. That also means I need plenty of editing time to make sure it all makes sense and to polish up the sentence-level writing once the first draft is done.
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