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David Hartness

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Born

in Ellensburg, The United States

Website

http://www.davidhartness.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Ebooks, Fiction

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, Michael Crichton and John Grisham

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DAVID HARTNESS is an award winning author and freelance writer. An avid traveler, inspired by many cultures, David enjoys using this subject in his blog "A Small Perspective."

Raised on Vashon, a small island in Puget Sound, Washington, David learned the values of life and hard work to pursue his ambitions. This led him to travel internationally, serving a small school in Ebukolo, Kenya. While in Kenya, he lived in a mud hut with no running water or electricity. Mr. Hartness had ambitions to make lasting change while in Kenya but ended up learning more from the experience than he gave back.

He later served in the U.S. Peace Corps as an education volunteer stationed in Namaacha, Mozambique. Upon leaving service, David continued his education ...more

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Hello David, Why did you choose Historical Fiction? And how do you go about researching the historical context before writing a novel? I've always had great respect for HF writers, who have to put so much work in even before starting writing...

David Hartness Hi Adriano,

That is a great question and thanks for asking. Amani's River is based on the Mozambican civil war. In this case, I did a lot of interviews…moreHi Adriano,

That is a great question and thanks for asking. Amani's River is based on the Mozambican civil war. In this case, I did a lot of interviews to collect the data. I lived in Mozambique for three years, and therefore I met many people who participated in the civil war and it was through their stories that I created my fictional account about the war. There was also some books that are available which discussed the war, but for the most part, I relied heavily on the people who lived through some of these atrocities. In addition, there are a few articles from newspapers that are posted online which helped find specific dates. In fact I learned about the climax battle through reading a newspaper written the day after the massacre took place.

I think that it would be hard to write a historical fiction novel without first visiting the sites. This helps paint the picture, and visualize what it would have been like. That is perhaps the first step before even starting the research.

I hope that answer helps.

Regards,

David(less)

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How do you get inspired to write?

David Hartness Great stories, that I feel haven't been told inspire my writing. I am not happy unless I have touched someone through my writing.…moreGreat stories, that I feel haven't been told inspire my writing. I am not happy unless I have touched someone through my writing.(less)

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So I was sitting on the couch with my son today, and he said something kind of funny, yet very insightful. This won’t be a long post, but I wanted to share it with everyone, because it made me think.

Son: Dad, why do we call everyone that isn’t white, people of color.

Me: I don’t know, why do you ask.

Son: shouldn’t it be the opposite.

(I thought for a second before I responded) Me: I don’t know, why