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Reading - and loving THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN! Am curious, why did you choose to change your name for this book since I see here that you also write as Ada Harper? (This is just curiosity, am happy to read you under any name, more power to your pen-names!) And very much looking forward to burning through everything else you've written. --A Character From Your Unfinished (but dreamed) Novel
A.J. Hackwith
Hi Ashok!
A little backstory: I wrote THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN first, then wrote two romances as Ada Harper while I was despairing of ever getting LIBRARY published. (Romance is good for despair, it is known.)
I chose to use two pen names just to help out readers: while I might include plenty of romance as a sub-plot in my fantasy books as A. J. Hackwith, Ada Harper is reserved purely for romance-centric books (and usually with a higher heat level with sex scenes).
A little backstory: I wrote THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN first, then wrote two romances as Ada Harper while I was despairing of ever getting LIBRARY published. (Romance is good for despair, it is known.)
I chose to use two pen names just to help out readers: while I might include plenty of romance as a sub-plot in my fantasy books as A. J. Hackwith, Ada Harper is reserved purely for romance-centric books (and usually with a higher heat level with sex scenes).
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