A.L. Harper

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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. " -- Plato.

Archive for the 'Fiction' Category

How to be Well Read - Winnie the Pooh

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I’ve been there. I know what it’s like to try to become well read. Where do you begin? It all seems so daunting, almost overwhelming, not to mention that you almost feel like you need to be well read, or at the very least highly educated, before you can even attempt to read classic literature. […]

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You may not have heard of Tom Rob Smith yet but you will, and soon, as he is the next big thing in crime/political thriller novelists. Think Sue Grafton having drinks and a laugh with Ian Rankin at a party thrown by John Grisham and that should go some way to help you understand […]

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Book Review: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Imagine living in a place where even suggesting there has been a crime is a crime. A crime against the state punishable by, at best, being sent away for a life of hard labour in a deserted frozen wilderness, and at worst, execution without a fair trial. Where your neighbours can turn on […]

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A Short Story

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Sometimes I am inspired to write. It can be overwhelming. Like being taken by an uncontrollable beast, and it is an exhilarating feeling. It can even wake me up in the middle of the night. And I know I must write now!
My goal is to write stories that make you to […]

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Recently I was trying to write a VERY short story for a class I am taking. I couldn’t come up with anything. So I typed “Story Ideas” into Google and after sifting through what seemed like hundreds of web pages I found David Freidman’s websitewith some very interesting story ideas. The page said free […]

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