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Linnea Hartsuyker

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I am a full time writer of historical fiction with an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU and a BS in Material Science and Engineering from Cornell University. I live and work in New Hampshire.

I am also an avid knitter, Crossfitter, traveler, and cook, and a reader of all genres of fiction and non-fiction.

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Linnea Hartsuyker This is going to be the most cliche-ridden advice, but...writers write. If you write, you're not an aspiring writer, you are a writer. My advice is to…moreThis is going to be the most cliche-ridden advice, but...writers write. If you write, you're not an aspiring writer, you are a writer. My advice is to find a reason to write that does not depend on outside validation. Write because you want to read the story you're writing. Write because you want to explore an idea, a world, a character. Learn to do it better, and learn from other people's input, but even doing that is a good way to make sure that what you write will be a story you want to read.

Another of my favorite pieces of writing advice is that everything you write is necessary to get to the words after that. Write 1000 words, a story, a novel, and feel like it fails on some level? That's okay--without writing those words, you could never have written the words you wrote next.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Linnea Hartsuyker When I was in my teens, my family began researching our ancestry and history, and traced our lineage back to King Harald Fairhair, the first king of N…moreWhen I was in my teens, my family began researching our ancestry and history, and traced our lineage back to King Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway in the 9th century. I always wanted more information about him and his era than what history books and the Icelandic sagas gave me. That desire grew into The Half-Drowned King and its sequels.(less)

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Average rating: 3.89 · 8,330 ratings · 1,201 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Half-Drowned King (The Half-Drowned King, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 5,238 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Sea Queen (The Half-Drowned King #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,894 ratings — published 2018 — 23 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 Golden Wolf (The Half-Drowned King, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published 2019 — 24 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 Golden Wolf Saga: The Half-Drowned King; The Sea Queen; The Golden Wolf 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings	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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The Golden Wolf Cover reveal! (And some end-of-year news)

I have turned in The Golden Wolf for copy editing, and I can also now reveal the US cover, by Patrick Arrasmith. It is coming out in hardcover, digital, and audiobook, on August 13, 2019.

Sequels don’t often make year-end best-of lists, which makes me extra happy to see The Sea Queen appear on Book and Film Globe’s.

I’ve been continuing to blog at Amazing Stories, and recently wrote a

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2666, Part 2: The Part About Amalfitano

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)

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Linnea Hartsuyker answered Carol's question: I loved The Half-Drowned King series. Will you be publishing another book in the near future? I am working on something else, in revisions from my agent right now! Similar time period, totally different part of the world. Thanks for asking!
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“Anger is a pilot who always steers his ship onto rocks. It is a poor guide.”
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“Only death is certain, and even then draugrs walk.”
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“Follow any story too long and it ends in death.”
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