Clinton D. Harding - Fantasy Author

Author of young adult fantasy and science fiction

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Musings | Storm of F*cks

June 29, 2017 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Shit. Fuck. What was I going to write abou– Oh yeah! Cursing! No. I don’t have tourettes. I understand that in day’s society–and generations before–cursing has been frowned upon by lofty intellectuals. Somewhere there’s a saying that goes swearing is the idiot’s fallback when he/she doesn’t have anything intelligent to say. Or something like that. You […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Cursing, Language, World Building

Musing | Origin Stories

June 21, 2017 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Origin stories are a staple of the fantasy and science fiction genres, comic books especially. Wide-eyed farm boy gets whisked away on an adventure, comes into his powers, saves the world/galaxy. Baby is sent off into space/down river from a dying world/planet, grows up, inherits powers, learns how to be a hero. Young man goes […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Coming of age, It, Musing, Origin, Star Wars, Superheroes, Young adult

Musings | Inside My Head… Scary

February 3, 2017 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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I live inside my head. Before I ever decided I wanted to create stuff I was already living inside my own head, fed by imagination and escapism. Walking down the street. Sitting watching a movie or TV. Reading a book. Taking a shower. Driving to the store to pick up milk. My mind is always […]

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Musings | Where do I buy a Time Turner?!

April 9, 2016 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Imagine a child’s bedroom. The floor unseen. Toys scattered about. You know carpet covers the floor. At one point you’d seen the carpet. Except, all you see now is a cocktail party of Barbies, plastic bodies tossed haphazardly, their clothes strewn about, a pink convertible in pieces, doll houses wrecked, all as if a hurricane had come through […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Harry Potter, Musing, Time Management, Time Turner, Twins, Writing

Musings | You don’t always need to tie your shoe la-… er… loose ends up

March 2, 2016 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Ever get to the end of a good book, your ready to take a breath after finally reaching the happy–or maybe just satisfying or unexpected–ending but then… You feel a nagging knot between your shoulder blades. Something is up. That one plot point. The character who mysteriously vanished midway through the story, who would’ve had all […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Aborted Arc, Autumn Republic, Brian McClellan, Heroes, Loose Ends, Powder Mage

Musing | Failed Roll, Shit Happens

February 8, 2016 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Anyone who plays a campaign with me knows I can’t roll if my character’s life depended on it. I’m the guy in the party who makes everything worse despite his good intentions. And everyone at the table knows my luck. Nope. Those are Clint’s dice. Not touching those. Case in point. One Sunday about a month […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Dice, Failed Roll, RPG, Storytelling

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Free Short Stories from Clint

Merit Badges – a short story from the Our Monsters series

Three high school teens in the woods on a Friday night… some beers… skaters with a grudge… what could go wrong? Add in a couple of genetically created … Read More...

That Little Girl

A dark short story about one man’s oversight concerning his death.  Since dying was just not part of his daily routine, the man just went on with his … Read More...

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Clinton's Bookshelf: Currently-Reading

Kinslayer
Kinslayer
by Jay Kristoff
Knife of Dreams
Knife of Dreams
by Robert Jordan

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What have I recently read?

Clinton's Bookshelf: Recently Read

Steelheart
5 of 5 stars
Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson
The King's Blood
5 of 5 stars
The King's Blood
by Daniel Abraham
The Last Stormdancer
5 of 5 stars
The Last Stormdancer
by Jay Kristoff
All Our Yesterdays
5 of 5 stars
All Our Yesterdays
by Cristin Terrill
The Fall of Five
4 of 5 stars
The Fall of Five
by Pittacus Lore

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