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Re: All About Processes

U.L. Harper — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:20:43 -0000

Yeah, I always think about traditional publishing. Because I retain my rights for anything I publish I look to double task. It's an entirely other process. Anybody can self-publish, but that is why the article is here. We're all figuring this out for ourselves. But like I said. Double tasking. Last thing. Nowadays it might be easier to attract a publisher if you have sales behind you.

Re: All About Processes

$12713134 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:02:33 -0000

Have you ever considered non self-publishing? I mean, no offense, but anyone can self-publish. Right?

Re: Shooting For Our Goals? Really?

U.L. Harper — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:49:22 -0000

I like the example you gave. I think I heard it before. Now, I do agree to end gun free zones, even I don't think they'll help in the long run. The example I'll cite is that robbery years ago, when dudes new they'd be doing combat. I'm thinking more of that will happen. Remember the arguments then? Should cops have automatic weapons? Lol!

Even with that I'm saying bring on the guns. Because like I was saying, safety is a feeling, not an actuality. Arm everybody. I'm cool with it.

Re: Shooting For Our Goals? Really?

Radioburning — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:32:41 -0000

I agree that the illusion of safety in society is false, and that it will never be the utopia that the gun grabbers think it will be without guns. But, nobody is saying guns will stop all violence either, just reduce the amount of it. I know you don't believe this is really possible, and I don't blame you because you never hear of this happening. But here's a little secret, it happened a week and a half before Sandy Hook, at that Oregon mall shooting. Dude was stocked up on ammo, in a crowded mall during Christmas...only two people killed. Why? Because a guy with a concealed weapons permit(CCW) pointed a gun at the shooter, didn't even fire at the shooter because he was afraid of missing and hitting someone in the background, shooter sees the CCW guy pointing a gun at him, turns his own gun on himself, ending what could have been much worse than Sandy Hook. True story...but you never heard it anywhere on the news. Dude with the CCW should be a household name right now, a Sully Sullenberger, "the angel of the mall" or some shit. Instead, we've got a 24 hour news cycle, full of pundits who don't know the difference between a "clip" and a "magazine", full-auto and semi-auto, and half of the mostly cosmetic features that make an "assault rifle", saying that a teacher with a gun locked in a drawer in their desk is morally inferior to an unarmed woman lunging at guy pointing a gun at them. No one is saying "arm everyone", just that "gun free zones" don't work.

Fun fact to know and tell: Since 1950, every single mass shooting, except for one, has happened in a "gun free zone".

Re: U.L. Harper Review: The Hunger Games

yvonnebrown2 — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:45:22 -0000

I loved all the hunger game series. When i started reading this, it finally clicked in my head what you said a couple years ago about female writers. How they are extremely descriptive and take forever to get to the point sometimes.

I think if the age range wasn't pre teen it would have been more gory, but i think the writer had to keep it pg.
I don't know if you read any of the other books but they are just as good in my opinion. You really see how katniss has changed in the last book

Re: Us Writers Who Stand Alone

U.L. Harper — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:32:02 -0000

I completely agree. I just wonder how much each book should stand alone. Thanks for stopping by.

Re: Us Writers Who Stand Alone

CL Parks — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:14:26 -0000

I love series, but I don't want to leave a book thinking "I have to wait a whole year to find out what happened?!" I want to know what other adventures the characters are going on, and follow them in their lives. But, I hate series that continue onto, like, twenty books...I get bored after about six of them, unless it's a REALLY great series!

Re: Us Writers Who Stand Alone

U.L. Harper — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:21:22 -0000

Makes perfect sense.

Re: Us Writers Who Stand Alone

Jason Ketcham — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:22:53 -0000

Well, as a reader, I wish my reading material could do both. It would make the waiting easier. As a writer, I want my works to stand by themselves. One series which really seemed great, yet failed in the third book; David Farland's, Runelords. I was very excited for the third and final installment, and then it ended abruptly in approximately a page or two. I wanted more, but was given less. And perhaps that's where being a writer is difficult. We invest our lives into a piece and then tire. At least I do. Does this make sense?

Re: The Truth About In Blackness (part 1 of 3)

CausesForChange — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:34:09 -0000

Interesting to hear your point of view on the story. Yes "your point of view" because like you said it's subjective and I probably got something different out of it.

Re: Down With Santa

U.L. Harper — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:28:34 -0000

Yeah, it's kind of weird. But apparently it's all part of tradition.

Re: Down With Santa

nikki broadwell — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:37:56 -0000

It's the kids sitting on some perverts lap that really gets to me...do they screen these guys?

Re: U.L. Harper Interview: Steve Montano

Steven Montano — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:25:17 -0000

Thanks for the interview, U.L.! By and by, in the time since we conducted this interview, TALES OF A BLOOD EARTH is now only available at Amazon. Just so no one gets confused when they click on that link. ;D http://www.amazon.com/Tales...

Re: U.L. Harper Interviews S.L. Pierce

Barbara Phinney — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:32:14 -0000

What a great interview. You asked Bob Mayer-ish questions, which are really tough. I like that you say that time will pass anyway. Good thought. Thanks!

Re: U.L. Harper Interviews S.L. Pierce

Jane Isaac — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:43:25 -0000

Great interview. Lovely to hear more about the S L Pierce. Loved Secrets!

Re: U.L. Harper: Content Without Words

U.L. Harper — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:38:46 -0000

Then I'm messed up. I guess I'll just have to add imagination to stuff. Oh well. At least it's a life worth living.

Re: U.L. Harper: Content Without Words

Tamara Clough — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:30:30 -0000

I think people have gotten kind of lazy when it comes to reading....people are afraid to step out of the box and choose a book for themselves....I've known a lot of people who have read a book just because someone else told them it's "really good"....but that's only someones interpretation of what good is...a book is only as good as your imagination and i believe if you have expectations it can let you down...

Re: Interview Ashley Farrand: The Art of Cover Design

Philip Tucker — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:50:15 -0000

Love the artwork. Very intense, and conveys a great sense of what the novel must be like. Kudos on working with a great artist!

Re: Interview Ashley Farrand: The Art of Cover Design

CausesForChange — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:43:47 -0000

Thanks, appreciate it.

Re: Interview Ashley Farrand: The Art of Cover Design

U.L. Harper — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:12:13 -0000

Thanks for stopping by, man

Re: Interview Ashley Farrand: The Art of Cover Design

Sophon Fame — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:04:35 -0000

love the art work!

Re: Goodreads Giveaway Scam? In Blackness

U.L. Harper — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:56:02 -0000

Yep. I was seriously upset at the time though. But, back to the drawing board

Re: Goodreads Giveaway Scam? In Blackness

Roy Pickering — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:57 -0000

Ahhh, the author's life. How glamorous it is.

Re: Review: Double Out and Back

U.L. Harper — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:01:12 -0000

You're right about the ebooks. I read them all the time, as well as paper bound books. Thanks for reading. I actually really like this review. Fun read, even if I say so myself.

Re: Review: Double Out and Back

Coral Russell — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:34:11 -0000

Nice! I think my hubby would agree. And it sounds like an interesting story. You're first eBook? Certainly won't be your last! o.~