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A.J. MacKenzie Being able to do what you love and are passionate about. Being able to create, to tell stories, to bring people, places, entire worlds into life. Bein…moreBeing able to do what you love and are passionate about. Being able to create, to tell stories, to bring people, places, entire worlds into life. Being your own boss. Creating a different world and getting to know it in depth and detail. Having an excuse to just sit and think, without someone telling you to get back to work. And for non-fiction writers moving into fiction, like ourselves, the greatest joy of all is being able to just make things up (whilst of course being historically accurate) , and not have to provide footnotes! (less)

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A.J. MacKenzie Write. Write a lot, often. Write something every day if you can, even if it is only a few dozen words. It doesn’t matter what it is; you can describe …moreWrite. Write a lot, often. Write something every day if you can, even if it is only a few dozen words. It doesn’t matter what it is; you can describe a scene you see, or an imaginary conversation, or anything at all that comes into your head. Writing is like a muscle; the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. Also, listen to your writing. Play it aloud in your head, or read it aloud if you can, and listen to the cadence and rhythm. If something sounds wrong to you, then it probably is wrong. Rhythm is so important in writing.(less)

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Average rating: 4.19 · 4,001 ratings · 271 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Body on the Doorstep (Hardcastle & Chaytor Mysteries, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in the Ice (Hardcastle & Chaytor Mysteries, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Flight of Arrows (The Hundred Years' War #1) 4.23 avg rating — 529 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Clash of Lions (The Hundred Years' War #2) 4.41 avg rating — 418 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in the Boat (Hardcastle & Chaytor Mysteries, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 380 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Treason We Perish 4.13 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fallen Sword (The Hundred Years' War #3) 4.41 avg rating — 304 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballad of John MacLea (War of 1812 #1) 4.12 avg rating — 219 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invasion (War of 1812 #3) 4.26 avg rating — 188 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunt for the North Star (War of 1812 #2) 4.08 avg rating — 191 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hardcastle & Chaytor Mysteries (3 books)
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The Hundred Years' War (3 books)
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War of 1812 (3 books)
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The Simon Merrivale Mysteries (1 book)
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“Everyone doubts,’ she said. ‘Only fools and fanatics have certainty, and we should admit neither group to our company.”
― A.J. MacKenzie, The Body in the Boat

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“That is because you don’t see enough dead people, Hardcastle. If you saw more corpses you would realise that, while life is ridiculous, death is more ridiculous still. Be”
― A.J. MacKenzie, The Body on the Doorstep

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