tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600123697195031152012-02-12T17:11:19.488-05:00John HarperJohn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831510825149032220noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460012369719503115.post-11459822603280848802012-02-06T16:28:00.000-05:002012-02-06T18:57:47.034-05:00Some Words From Kurt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Vonnegut is one of my heroes. Whenever I need to be inspired or reminded what it is a writer does, I turn to him (along with Serling, Steinbeck, and Bradbury. There are others, but let's not wander).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I think this's good advice to those of us who write.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/nmVcIhnvSx8/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nmVcIhnvSx8&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nmVcIhnvSx8&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />Random personal side notes:<br /><br />When I'm cooking up a character, the first thing I ask myself is "what do they love?" ... everything they do will revolve around that. It's true for all of us.<br /><br />Also: if anyone else could have written it, tear it up. Sure, there're a finite number of plots and all that, but do something different with it. Put a spin on it. Stand out. Make it memorable.<br /><br />And last: there's no such thing as too much bacon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1460012369719503115-1145982260328084880?l=johnharperbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831510825149032220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460012369719503115.post-18021940854117847022012-01-27T22:38:00.000-05:002012-01-27T22:38:23.124-05:002012Man. I *so* neglect this site. Let's see if I can get better at keeping up, eh?<br /><br />Well, it's been decided: I'm going indie. "Harvest" will be released later this year along with a <i>free </i>offering of five short works. One of them will be a Leland Northcroft story that takes place right before the start of Harvest. Details soon.<br /><br />Dates for releases will be coming soon. It's all pretty exciting. :D<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1460012369719503115-1802194085411784702?l=johnharperbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831510825149032220noreply@blogger.com0