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need to check a book out from library about Albuquerque, for Summer Challenge Reading, need suggestion of a book covering A,NM. Also will visit this town in July, be stopping Amarillo, for lunch, you have any suggesting for book? I am 15 years old & love to travel.

Arley L. Dial You might try the book 'Albuquerque Remembered' by Howard Bryan. It is a well written and informative history on Albuquerque, and touches on many topics over the course of that city's long life. Hope you enjoy the read and the trip!

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Arley L. Dial Living in my own head and feeling like I'm accomplishing something (whether I am or not is still in question) at the same time. Also the fame. Definitely the fame.

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Which of all your characters is the most like you?

Arley L. Dial Each of my characters is a little bit of me of course. Some of them are who I would like to be, and others are probably closer to who I actually am. It's hard to say who is the most like me, but I would probably say Almer from the beginning of Plews. He has no solid idea about what he is supposed to be doing, and he takes opportunities as they come just because he doesn't have a better idea. I'm not sure if the line is Almer's but "I guess I had better do something, even if it's wrong," sums up the idea nicely.

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How do you get inspired to write?

Arley L. Dial Jack London said "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club". As a writer of historical fiction, I spend a lot of time reading history books, and journals written during my favored time period. Quite often, I find some little tidbit that acts as a seed from which a story will grow. For instance, John Colter was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Just before they returned to St. Louis after two years in the wilderness, Colter elected to return to the Rockies with a couple of trappers. Wondering why he would do such a thing became the novel 'Plews'.

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What are you currently working on?

Arley L. Dial A western about a gambler in a boom town in the 1890's. It is lighter than my last two books, but that is why I chose the project. My last novel Nagodzaa, was such a tragedy that I thought I would take a break and write something a little more fun. So far, no one has died.

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