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May.22.2013 - 9:54 am
Gatsby, a Teacher, and Me
"The Great Gatsby" is, hands down, my very favorite book. I have read it countless times, pouring over each words with almost childlike devotion, since I first opened its pages...
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May.20.2013 - 9:07 am
Qualifying
As I have may have mentioned, I am a huge motorsports fan. I love all types of racing, but especially F1 and IndyCar.  May just happens to hold the two greatest race for...
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May.16.2013 - 8:22 am
Best Parenting Advice I Ever Received
Being a mother is, without a doubt, the hardest job I have ever done.  I know to say this is a bit of a cliche, but it's true.  It is a twenty four hour a day job, in...
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May.15.2013 - 8:43 am
Oasis
I was recently party to a conversation in which I was asked what purpose writing served in my life. The other participant in the conversation pointed out, with unemotional,...
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Comments from A.J.

Apr.17.2013 - 9:19 am
In response to: Appreciating One Sentence or an Entire Page
Thank you! I'm glad that
Thank you! I'm glad that someone else struggles with those tendencies as well and it's not just me! You are exactly...
Apr.10.2013 - 9:50 am
In response to: Moments of a Writer's Life, #46
I love it! These are the
I love it! These are the things we never think abot when we start writing a novel. Promotions and marketing are such...
Mar.22.2013 - 7:50 am
In response to: Josef K. And The Fall From Grace of Age 30
I too thought, in my
I too thought, in my twenties, that thirty was old, practically retirement age. Now, however, like you, I look back at...
Mar.22.2013 - 7:46 am
In response to: Celebrate the Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox
You have marvelously captured the brilliance and hope of this day! My children have been delighted, eagerly watching...
Feb.18.2013 - 9:01 am
In response to: Why Can't We Write About The Good Times? (And Get Published)
Excellent point. I also
Excellent point. I also wonder why that is. I do understand the fascination with a good comeback story, or struggle...
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If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, either way you're right.”
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About A.J.

Hi! My name is A.J. Attard. and I am an American author who has just self-published my first novel, "A Convoluted Tale," and am busily working on my second as well. I have always had a great passion for writing and while I spent most of my life on horseback,...
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A.J. ’s Favorite Books

The Great Gatsby, War and Peace, The Likeness, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, The Dressage Chronicles