H.J. Harley's Blog, page 11
December 20, 2012
Give away Q & A
What kind of research did you do about NY Submitted by Salome'
I had done extensive research throughout my younger years LOL Although some of the data is a bit shrouded and unclear. But I can tell you what bars and clubs have the cleanest bathrooms fo sho! :P Books/ stories you've read that has changed you in any kind of way. Submitted by Mandi
When I was about 12 I read a book by John Benton titled Renee'. That book scared the living shit out of me and when I was finished I knew without a doubt I'd A: Never become a prostitute and B: Never read anything by that man again. He has a whole series of books. I stuck to Paul Zindel's 'The Pigman' after that.
Your inspiration for the story Submitted by Star
My inspiration came from a combination of boredom and failure. Trust me...it makes sense in my head. More about the author. Submitted by Shelly
Come on now! Its so hard to talk about yourself! :P Welp, that wraps it up for some time now. You can enter everyday! When I get back from NJ after the Holidays I'll be back in full swing. I may even have a cover reveal *hmmmmmm* Lets just say I got a glimpse of what it looks like and LOVE IT! :P
I'll do my best to answer some Q's while I'm gone...but no promises. I'll be home for Christmas!! Happy Holidays everyone! Stay warm and be happy. I know I am!
I had done extensive research throughout my younger years LOL Although some of the data is a bit shrouded and unclear. But I can tell you what bars and clubs have the cleanest bathrooms fo sho! :P Books/ stories you've read that has changed you in any kind of way. Submitted by Mandi
When I was about 12 I read a book by John Benton titled Renee'. That book scared the living shit out of me and when I was finished I knew without a doubt I'd A: Never become a prostitute and B: Never read anything by that man again. He has a whole series of books. I stuck to Paul Zindel's 'The Pigman' after that.
Your inspiration for the story Submitted by StarMy inspiration came from a combination of boredom and failure. Trust me...it makes sense in my head. More about the author. Submitted by Shelly
Come on now! Its so hard to talk about yourself! :P Welp, that wraps it up for some time now. You can enter everyday! When I get back from NJ after the Holidays I'll be back in full swing. I may even have a cover reveal *hmmmmmm* Lets just say I got a glimpse of what it looks like and LOVE IT! :P
I'll do my best to answer some Q's while I'm gone...but no promises. I'll be home for Christmas!! Happy Holidays everyone! Stay warm and be happy. I know I am!
December 18, 2012
Stop. Comment time
Good luck with everything!!Thanks Don!!
"Winning stuff is fun."Sure is Dina!!! :P
GO H.J..GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI love my MIL Rebecca.
This cracks me up. This next comment is from an actual "Based on a true person." My cousin Kelly. Who in the book, is Jordie's sister.
(Discuss) How much you love me.Herbie loves you OOODLES AND OODLES and SCMOOODLES Kelly!
Just be your hysterical self.Kristin. All I want to be in life is GRUMPY CAT. **SCOFF SCOFF** LOL
Totally your life story or at least little stories :) Lots of fun stuff happens around you girl!Ooohh Jamie, my life's story is a whole different book LOL and as far as fun stuff happening?...Fun stuff only happens to me when my friends goes ape shit in competitive rampage on the Buzz Light Year ride in Disney. Especially when she targets a red headed 8 year old and makes me laugh so hard I cant breathe or control my bladder. I still think its terrible I blamed that wet seat on a child LMAO
That's it for tonight folks! Keep the comments and questions coming in!! Im having so much fun with this!
Based on a true person? Inspirations & Stuff
This question was submitted by Robyn through the contest app.
What were my inspirations that lead to character development?
Its pretty easy to be inspired when you know some pretty kick ass people, and that's exactly how they all came about. Like Rachel for instance. Rachel is Jordie's bestie. They've been through good, the bad, and the fugly with one another. A wedding, a birth and a death. Rachel is Jordie's go to gal. Who could blame Jordie? Rachel is smart, beautiful and fun fun fun. And Rachel was inspired by one of my long time friends Asia.
When you read about Rachel...just know she truly is the best friend Jordie could have ever had.
So, its safe to say, every character in 'Finding Jordie' has been "Based on a true person" LOL
What were my inspirations that lead to character development?
Its pretty easy to be inspired when you know some pretty kick ass people, and that's exactly how they all came about. Like Rachel for instance. Rachel is Jordie's bestie. They've been through good, the bad, and the fugly with one another. A wedding, a birth and a death. Rachel is Jordie's go to gal. Who could blame Jordie? Rachel is smart, beautiful and fun fun fun. And Rachel was inspired by one of my long time friends Asia.
When you read about Rachel...just know she truly is the best friend Jordie could have ever had.
So, its safe to say, every character in 'Finding Jordie' has been "Based on a true person" LOLHow do you deal with writer's block?
Not very well at all honestly. I tend to get frustrated and freak out generally. Poor Jenni and Salome’, those two are usually the ones who give me a good kick in the ass to calm down. I don’t know what I’d do without them. After they’d bitch slap me back into reality calm me down, I take some time to do other things and just clear my head. I remember I was just about finished with FJ and I hit the Holy Grail of writer’s block. I couldn’t tie anything together and nothing made sense to me. So, I decided to try and forget about it and do other things. Damn Skippy, a few days of not melting down and a few good **Head Desks** it all came to me at once. It was like three am,I popped my head up from my pillow, grabbed my phone and started typing away in my notes. Emailed it to myself and slept like a husband the rest of the night. LOL I don’t think my next tango with writers block was until I started my edits with Salome…going from present tense to past tense freaked me out. I essentially had to rewrite the entire book. I was overwhelmed and annoyed at myself for not sticking with the past tense to begin with. But eh, you live you learn right?So there ya have it Kim, I have stages to writer’s block. Denial, freak out, calm, abandon and Epiphany or something not even remotely close to an epiphany Just depends on who ya ask.
