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Film Optioned!
"MoonWraith", the webcomic by Desirée Lee and myself, has been optioned as a movie. Check out the original webcomic at www.MoonWraith.com!
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
1st Annual Klamath Library ComicCon
Please show your support for the arts by attending the 1st Annual Klamath Library ComicCon! Admission is free to this all-ages event!
Desirée Lee and I will be appearing here—selling comic books and novels, and signing autographs. We'll also be giving a talk on story plotting.
The event is set to run from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Saturday, October 25th. It will be at the Klamath Library, located at 3625 Summers Lane, Klamath Falls, Oregon. For more information, please contact the library at (541) 273-3679.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Desirée Lee and I will be appearing here—selling comic books and novels, and signing autographs. We'll also be giving a talk on story plotting.
The event is set to run from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Saturday, October 25th. It will be at the Klamath Library, located at 3625 Summers Lane, Klamath Falls, Oregon. For more information, please contact the library at (541) 273-3679.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Press Release
Here it is, everyone - the official press release for the 1st Annual Klamath Library ComicCom. Desirée Lee and I are looking forward to being there!
South Suburban Library Hosts Klamath’s First Comic Con
Saturday, October 25th, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
3625 Summers Lane, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
The South Suburban branch library will host the first Klamath Falls Comic Con on Saturday, October 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. What is a Comic Con? For those who don’t know, a Comic Con is an event dedicated to creating awareness and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms. The South Suburban library Comic Con will showcase local businesses and talent; everything from videogames to web comics, and from computers to cartoons.
In addition to vendors, discussions and demonstrations, there will be costume and art contests, crafts, and photo booths. Attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite comic book, anime, manga, sci-fi, movie, video game or series character. Costume contest prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Villain, Best Team/Couple, Kids (0-10) male/female, Youth (11-18) male/female, Adult (18+) male/female. Costumes will be judged at 4:00 p.m. with prizes awarded to the winners. Any extremely risqué, overly gory or costumes deemed inappropriate by our staff will be asked to leave or change. All costumes must adhere to event costume rules and weapons MUST be peace bonded before entering the building. A peace bonded weapon is one tied to its sheath, holster, or container with a functional binding. It prevents another from taking a costume weapon without permission, and is a traditional and visible sign to others that the bearer is a responsible person. Bonding material will be available at the prop check station.
This Free public event is for all ages and only requires pre-registration for competing in the art contest; no other registration is required. Anyone interested in competing in the art contest may submit artwork along with a registration form through October 11th at the checkout desk at the South Suburban branch. Art larger than 24 x 36 or explicit subjects will not be accepted. Entries will be judged on creativity, style, and drawing ability.
Scott Harper and his wife Desiree Lee will host a panel discussion at 11:30 a.m. Their topics will include plot, writing process, and illustration software. Scott is the author of more than 30 published short stories and several novels. There has been talk, from several fronts, about turning his fourth novel, Predators or Prey?, the first book in his Wendy Markland series, into a live-action project.
Harper graduated from Marysville High School in 1993 and began screenwriting in 2007, after the publication of several short stories and novels, and has worked on projects for James Tucker Productions and 11th Dimension Films. He is currently involved with several projects, covering literature, film and comic books. His wife, Desiree Lee, coauthors several of their comic books and writes her own fantasy and paranormal novels.
Chris Purcell is a video game animator, graphic designer, and special effects artist who has worked on the likes of the Men in Black TV series, and the video games Zork: Grand Inquisitor, and The Simpsons. He will be giving a demonstration and discussion at 1:00 p.m.
From 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Don Pedro Colley, a Hollywood actor, will be speaking about filmmaking and his experience in the industry. Colley was born in Klamath Falls to Muriel and Pete Colley. Colley attended Klamath Union High School and was active in athletics, playing football, and especially enjoying track and field. He tried out for the 1960 Olympics in discus, placing 6th. Colley attended the University of Oregon, studying architecture, and became interested in acting by accident after joining some friends for a play rehearsal. He is probably best known for his roles as Gideon in the series Daniel Boone, as Ongaro in the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and as Sheriff Little in the TV series Dukes of Hazard.
Jim Snook, a local cartoonist, will be giving a demonstration at 3:30 p.m. Jim Snook has been an Outdoor Sports Cartoonist for the last 30+ years, marketing hunting, fishing, RV and golfing posters, books, calendars, and art prints worldwide. He is an avid photographer and oil painter as well, and when he's not creating he's usually outdoors soaking up inspiration. Snook was born in Concordia, Kansas. His folks made their living in agriculture, but out of desperation moved their family to Oregon in 1944. He attended and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1954 and married his high school sweetheart, Loretta, in 1955. Jim spent four years in the U.S. Air Force and then attended Southern Oregon University to earn his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. He worked as a cartoonist for a short time, and then taught Art for eight years at Eagle Point High School. Jim and Loretta now live in Rocky Point.
There will be food items available for purchase at Mia’s and Pia’s Pizzeria & Brew House across the parking lot from the library.
For more information, please contact Holly at the South Suburban Library: 541-273-3679.
South Suburban Library Hosts Klamath’s First Comic Con
Saturday, October 25th, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
3625 Summers Lane, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
The South Suburban branch library will host the first Klamath Falls Comic Con on Saturday, October 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. What is a Comic Con? For those who don’t know, a Comic Con is an event dedicated to creating awareness and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms. The South Suburban library Comic Con will showcase local businesses and talent; everything from videogames to web comics, and from computers to cartoons.
In addition to vendors, discussions and demonstrations, there will be costume and art contests, crafts, and photo booths. Attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite comic book, anime, manga, sci-fi, movie, video game or series character. Costume contest prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Best Villain, Best Team/Couple, Kids (0-10) male/female, Youth (11-18) male/female, Adult (18+) male/female. Costumes will be judged at 4:00 p.m. with prizes awarded to the winners. Any extremely risqué, overly gory or costumes deemed inappropriate by our staff will be asked to leave or change. All costumes must adhere to event costume rules and weapons MUST be peace bonded before entering the building. A peace bonded weapon is one tied to its sheath, holster, or container with a functional binding. It prevents another from taking a costume weapon without permission, and is a traditional and visible sign to others that the bearer is a responsible person. Bonding material will be available at the prop check station.
This Free public event is for all ages and only requires pre-registration for competing in the art contest; no other registration is required. Anyone interested in competing in the art contest may submit artwork along with a registration form through October 11th at the checkout desk at the South Suburban branch. Art larger than 24 x 36 or explicit subjects will not be accepted. Entries will be judged on creativity, style, and drawing ability.
Scott Harper and his wife Desiree Lee will host a panel discussion at 11:30 a.m. Their topics will include plot, writing process, and illustration software. Scott is the author of more than 30 published short stories and several novels. There has been talk, from several fronts, about turning his fourth novel, Predators or Prey?, the first book in his Wendy Markland series, into a live-action project.
Harper graduated from Marysville High School in 1993 and began screenwriting in 2007, after the publication of several short stories and novels, and has worked on projects for James Tucker Productions and 11th Dimension Films. He is currently involved with several projects, covering literature, film and comic books. His wife, Desiree Lee, coauthors several of their comic books and writes her own fantasy and paranormal novels.
Chris Purcell is a video game animator, graphic designer, and special effects artist who has worked on the likes of the Men in Black TV series, and the video games Zork: Grand Inquisitor, and The Simpsons. He will be giving a demonstration and discussion at 1:00 p.m.
From 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Don Pedro Colley, a Hollywood actor, will be speaking about filmmaking and his experience in the industry. Colley was born in Klamath Falls to Muriel and Pete Colley. Colley attended Klamath Union High School and was active in athletics, playing football, and especially enjoying track and field. He tried out for the 1960 Olympics in discus, placing 6th. Colley attended the University of Oregon, studying architecture, and became interested in acting by accident after joining some friends for a play rehearsal. He is probably best known for his roles as Gideon in the series Daniel Boone, as Ongaro in the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and as Sheriff Little in the TV series Dukes of Hazard.
Jim Snook, a local cartoonist, will be giving a demonstration at 3:30 p.m. Jim Snook has been an Outdoor Sports Cartoonist for the last 30+ years, marketing hunting, fishing, RV and golfing posters, books, calendars, and art prints worldwide. He is an avid photographer and oil painter as well, and when he's not creating he's usually outdoors soaking up inspiration. Snook was born in Concordia, Kansas. His folks made their living in agriculture, but out of desperation moved their family to Oregon in 1944. He attended and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1954 and married his high school sweetheart, Loretta, in 1955. Jim spent four years in the U.S. Air Force and then attended Southern Oregon University to earn his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. He worked as a cartoonist for a short time, and then taught Art for eight years at Eagle Point High School. Jim and Loretta now live in Rocky Point.
There will be food items available for purchase at Mia’s and Pia’s Pizzeria & Brew House across the parking lot from the library.
For more information, please contact Holly at the South Suburban Library: 541-273-3679.
Researcher Reviews Requested
Please forgive the alliteration of the title of this post. I just couldn’t help myself.
A few times here before I’ve made mention of the new book that my wife Desirée Lee, and myself are working on. The project I’m referring to is the still as yet untitled sasquatch novel. As a progress report, I’d like to let you all know that we’re over 58,000 words into the current draft. Anyway, we would like to include reviews of the book by sasquatch field researchers, and/or groups. Either whole reviews, or small snippets from those reviews.
If you are a sasquatch researcher, if you’d be willing to read a digital copy of the book’s manuscript before it’s published, and if you’d be willing to give us permission to use any or all of your review in the book (or on the book cover), and allow the publisher to use said material for promo purposes, then we want to hear from you. Please get in touch with me me via the “Contact” page on my website. The more responses we get to this, the better. So, please share this around as much as you can. The more visible this post becomes, the more potential sasquatch researchers that are likely to see it.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
A few times here before I’ve made mention of the new book that my wife Desirée Lee, and myself are working on. The project I’m referring to is the still as yet untitled sasquatch novel. As a progress report, I’d like to let you all know that we’re over 58,000 words into the current draft. Anyway, we would like to include reviews of the book by sasquatch field researchers, and/or groups. Either whole reviews, or small snippets from those reviews.
If you are a sasquatch researcher, if you’d be willing to read a digital copy of the book’s manuscript before it’s published, and if you’d be willing to give us permission to use any or all of your review in the book (or on the book cover), and allow the publisher to use said material for promo purposes, then we want to hear from you. Please get in touch with me me via the “Contact” page on my website. The more responses we get to this, the better. So, please share this around as much as you can. The more visible this post becomes, the more potential sasquatch researchers that are likely to see it.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
"MoonWraith" on Patreon
The webcomic “MoonWraith” (www.MoonWraith.com) by Desirée Lee and myself now has a page on Patreon. Please give it a look: https://www.patreon.com/MoonWraith
For those of you not familiar with Patreon, it’s basically a crowd-funding site to help artists make a bit of money from their endeavors. “MoonWraith” is a free webcomic. Desirée Lee and I don’t see a penny of return for all the time and effort we put into writing it, or creating the artwork for the series. As such, we take time away from paying work to create something free for our fans. “MoonWraith” is currently being looked at – again – by a producer. This one is looking at it as a possible TV series. Several people have been interested in turning “MoonWraith” into a series, or movie. Thus far, though, no one has put the resources into doing so. Until that happens, “MoonWraith” is bringing us no money. Even if such a film or show happens, as long as the producer and/or network allows the webcomic to continue, we plan to do so.
Fans who help support the “MoonWraith” webcomic via the new Patreon page will be helping us to put food on our table, and clothes on our daughter, and still allow us to devote the time to bringing you fresh “MoonWraith” content each and every Monday.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
For those of you not familiar with Patreon, it’s basically a crowd-funding site to help artists make a bit of money from their endeavors. “MoonWraith” is a free webcomic. Desirée Lee and I don’t see a penny of return for all the time and effort we put into writing it, or creating the artwork for the series. As such, we take time away from paying work to create something free for our fans. “MoonWraith” is currently being looked at – again – by a producer. This one is looking at it as a possible TV series. Several people have been interested in turning “MoonWraith” into a series, or movie. Thus far, though, no one has put the resources into doing so. Until that happens, “MoonWraith” is bringing us no money. Even if such a film or show happens, as long as the producer and/or network allows the webcomic to continue, we plan to do so.
Fans who help support the “MoonWraith” webcomic via the new Patreon page will be helping us to put food on our table, and clothes on our daughter, and still allow us to devote the time to bringing you fresh “MoonWraith” content each and every Monday.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Sasquatch Novel Update
The sasquatch novel that Desirée Lee and I have been working so hard on is nearly finished. We’re a bit over 60,000 words into it. This draft should wrap up quickly. We’re still looking for the right title for the book. Nothing we’ve come up with yet fits it, and sounds less than cheesy. So, we continue tossing title ideas around. We’re also doing a lot of back and forth discussion on what the book’s cover ought to look like.
In the meantime, we’re still looking for sasquatch researchers to read the book, and review it before it’s released. I talked about that in more detail in a recent post.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
In the meantime, we’re still looking for sasquatch researchers to read the book, and review it before it’s released. I talked about that in more detail in a recent post.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
"Quintana Roo, Yucatan" News
Some great news arrived earlier today in my e-mail regarding my award-winning, bestselling book "Quintana Roo, Yucatan": http://www.amazon.com/Quintana-Roo-Yu...
The book jumped from 1,276,913 all the way up to 195,205 on Amazon's ranking over the past few days! Thank you, everyone!
Here's the books listing here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
The book jumped from 1,276,913 all the way up to 195,205 on Amazon's ranking over the past few days! Thank you, everyone!
Here's the books listing here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Short Preview – “Hidden Tribe”
One of the books that Desirée Lee and I are currently co-authoring is our sasquatch novel, “Hidden Tribe“. Final edits are back now. We're trying to allow a bit more time for some advance reviews to come in before the book goes to print, though. The following is a short preview – the opening five paragraphs – of the book.
Iktomi crouched low to the ground, his massive bulk hidden behind the wide trunk of a broken pine tree, and clusters of ferns. He remained motionless, rendering himself all but invisible, listening.
The dual sounds of the deer’s racing hooves in the clutter of vegetation, and its pounding heart, told Iktomi the exact location of the prey. Mingled with the noises of the deer’s panic were the footfalls of Toylona, as she gave chase through the dense forest.
At precisely the right moment, Iktomi leapt from cover, relieving his mate, and taking over the pursuit. He bristled his hair from head to foot, adding perceived size to his already considerable largeness. The deer bleated its terror and dismay, angling away from Iktomi as he lunged.
Exhausted though it may have been, the deer sprang forward, charging away, struggling to increase the distance between them. Iktomi refused to allow the prey to escape. The healthy young buck would feed Iktomi, Toylona, and their offspring for two or three days. He gave chase, using his long, powerful legs to their maximum advantage.
When the deer’s zigzag path took it around several trees which forced Iktomi to slow his pursuit, he inhaled deeply. Lungs filled with air, Iktomi jumped clear of the trees, bellowing. His chest vibrated with the combined force of the roar, and the infrasound underlay.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Iktomi crouched low to the ground, his massive bulk hidden behind the wide trunk of a broken pine tree, and clusters of ferns. He remained motionless, rendering himself all but invisible, listening.
The dual sounds of the deer’s racing hooves in the clutter of vegetation, and its pounding heart, told Iktomi the exact location of the prey. Mingled with the noises of the deer’s panic were the footfalls of Toylona, as she gave chase through the dense forest.
At precisely the right moment, Iktomi leapt from cover, relieving his mate, and taking over the pursuit. He bristled his hair from head to foot, adding perceived size to his already considerable largeness. The deer bleated its terror and dismay, angling away from Iktomi as he lunged.
Exhausted though it may have been, the deer sprang forward, charging away, struggling to increase the distance between them. Iktomi refused to allow the prey to escape. The healthy young buck would feed Iktomi, Toylona, and their offspring for two or three days. He gave chase, using his long, powerful legs to their maximum advantage.
When the deer’s zigzag path took it around several trees which forced Iktomi to slow his pursuit, he inhaled deeply. Lungs filled with air, Iktomi jumped clear of the trees, bellowing. His chest vibrated with the combined force of the roar, and the infrasound underlay.
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
1st Bigtruth Article
In part because of the new book my wife and I have coming out soon - that being our sasquatch novel "Hidden Tribe" - I'm been asked to write a series of articles for a sasquatch blog called Bigtruth. The series is being called "Harper's History", as the series focuses on historical encounters, rather than modern-day one. The name of the series is the idea of the blog's owner.
Thus far, I've written three of them. Find the first one here: http://bigtruthblog.blogspot.com/2016...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Thus far, I've written three of them. Find the first one here: http://bigtruthblog.blogspot.com/2016...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
2nd Bigtruth Article
In part because of the new book my wife and I have coming out soon - that being our sasquatch novel "Hidden Tribe" - I'm been asked to write a series of articles for a sasquatch blog called Bigtruth. The series is being called "Harper's History", as the series focuses on historical encounters, rather than modern-day one. The name of the series is the idea of the blog's owner.
Thus far, I've written three of them. Find the second one here: http://bigtruthblog.blogspot.com/2016...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
Thus far, I've written three of them. Find the second one here: http://bigtruthblog.blogspot.com/2016...
Scott Harper
www.scottharper.net
