AJ Hartley
@authorajhartley
New York Times Bestselling novelist, Shakespeare professor, fan of Japanese rock music, collaborator with Blink-182's Tom DeLonge, hobbyist, creator, annoyed author site: www.ajhartley.net YouTube Channel:
I'm in Stratford in part to celebrate the launch of the new Arden 4 series, which began with my JULIUS CAESAR, here seen in some pretty elite scholarly company.
ANYONE can nominate their favorite books, movies etc. for the #DragonAward but only for the next 2 days. I'm eligible in the sci-fi category, with #TomDelonge for TIME Rider, and in the Young Adult (YA) category for HIDEKI SMITH AND THE OMUKADE. Go to: applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...
Stunned and saddened by the death of #AnthonyHead, a nuanced and gifted actor and part of many shows that have meant a lot to me at various times. Though I will always love his nurturing, intelligent and goofy Giles in Buffy, he had a talent for villains in Doctor Who, Merlin, and Ted Lasso. RIP.
Some of you may recall the days of the Attic Horror when the internet was gripped by the weirdness of whatever was living in my loft. Today I found this in the yard. What say you? Seems to be half the lower mandible of something predatory. ID ideas?
So Nicole Kurtz and I have been scheming and the folks who show up for our k-Pop vs. J-pop panel on Friday afternoon at ConCarolinas are in for a treat! :)
A discussion of my new Arden edition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
It's release day for my edition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar! And guess what just hit #1 on Amazon's English literature category!
A gift from my publisher. The book is out tomorrow. The oaerback is only $12! #ajhartleyauthor #juliuscaesar #shakespeare #arden
And that's a wrap. Clocking in at 101,333 words, I have a first draft of the 3rd Hideki Smith book, my 29th novel. Will update when I have a title, cover art and release date, but those won't be for a while.
Loading the car with boxes for Jordancon in Atlanta. If you are going to be there and know you are going to want a particular book or books, let me know so I'm sure I have enough stock to sign. Thanks and see you there.
This weekend I'm the keynote speaker at the College English Association annual meeting in Charlotte. Apart from my talk, I'll be signing books so, if you are there, come by the Falstaff Books table. (And yes, that's an old picture someone pulled from the web).
"Alison" wants to use the "buzz" around Valentine's Day to sell my novel IMPERVIOUS because, yeah, stories about school shootings are packed with romantic fun... 🙁
Subject to addition/modification, this is where you can see me this year.
Anyone here familiar with wet suits? I'm curious about how they feel to wear, how they insulate you in cold water, how they limit your movement etc. My characters are in very cold water in a tight space. Any and all observations welcome.
I’m a #chocolate fiend and tough to impress, but this stuff is fantastic. Seriously. Who knew chocolate and #popcorn would work so well together. #traderjoes
Thanks, YouTube AI analyst, that's super helpful and certainly doesn't fill me with a sense of dread and anxiety.
New levels of AI scam laziness. And people wonder why I want to burn it all down...
The final day of our fundraiser. Note that though the site (maddeningly) says we reached our goal, we are actually at less than a quarter of our target. The platform "upgraded" a week ago and our project information got reset in the process. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Signing copies of TIME RIDER back stage at the Blink-182 show in Raleigh with Tom DeLonge. Preorder now, releases Oct 7.