Clinton D. Harding - Fantasy Author

Author of young adult fantasy and science fiction

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Musings | Reading Relatability

August 21, 2015 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Often on my site, in blog posts, I’ve talked about my rocky beginnings as a reader. By rocky I mean that when I was in grade school I didn’t want to read and would avoid reading at all cost. I preferred comic books and watching movies. This type of media consumption probably informed my writing […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: It, Reading, Stephen King, YA

Musings | You are what you eat… er… read?

July 15, 2014 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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[Tries crawling out of a infinite, information murky black hole.] [The links have me by the ankle, pulling me deeper.] [Click us. Click. US. Say the links.] [One heavy booted kick to the Interest’s face…] [The internet spits me back out, offended by my bitter taste.] So… while fending off the tempting allure of links and […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Brandon Sanderson, Firefight, Half a King, Joe Abercrombie, Reading, Reckoners, YA, Young adult

Musings | Skipping to the Last Page

June 7, 2013 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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Ever have the itch to skip to the last page of a book, the final chapter, just to see how the story ends? You may have felt the itch 50 pages in to a 300 page book, just as the hook wraps around and yanks you into the story. Or maybe the day is Thursday, […]

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Argo, Reading, Reveals, Spense, Spoliers, Thrills, Writing

Musings | Setting the Mood

April 21, 2013 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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I hate silence when writing. When I write I need noise. Nonsensical background noise is best. Classical music. A little techno. Film scores even. You can say I create a unique soundtrack for the novels I’m working through. The rhythm and beats of the songs help the story to flow from my fingertips, almost like I’m in a trance. […]

Filed Under: Musings, The Craft Tagged With: Reading, Soundtracks, Writing

Boys and Reading: I relate

January 25, 2012 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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As a kid and teen, I hated reading. I am not ashamed of this fact, it’s truth. Today I read anything I can get my hands on, mostly fantasy of a sort. However, when I was younger I couldn’t find stories that compelled me to read. When I got older (read high school age) I […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Boys fiction, Inspiration, Reading

Young and adult readers want the same things

November 2, 2011 By Clinton Leave a Comment

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I liked what Maile Meloy had to say about writing for young adults and kids. Her article was posted on the Wall Street Journal’s website (click here to read). And she’s correct! In short,what I take away from the novel is simple. Adults and kids are similar when it comes to reading, the same things […]

Filed Under: Articles, The Craft Tagged With: Reading, Young adult

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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