Hi all,

Dark Castle Lords Publications has given me a release date for my latest novel, “Predators or Prey?”. The book is due out Thursday, July 10, 2008. The URL for DCL’s site is http://www.thedarkcastlelords.com/.

Scott Harper

Hi all,

I just wanted to share a bit of good news. My 20^th short story has just been accepted for publication!

Scott Harper

Hi all,

I just had an e-mail from my publisher regarding a warning against a new virus. This was the first I’ve heard of this. My publisher didn’t even seem to know just how much validity should be attributed to this. But, I wanted to bring it to everyone’s attention just in case. Below is the relevant portion of the e-mail I received:

for this virus!

I checked snopes.com, this morning, and it is for real!!

Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY

AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next several weeks. Do not

open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,'

regardless of who sent it to you.

It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns'

the whole hard disc (C drive) of your computer. This virus

will be received from someone who has your e-mail address

in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to

send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive

this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent

to you by a friend, do not open it.! This includes all cards,

too. Shut down your computer immediately.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been

classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there

is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply

destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where your vital

information is kept.

Scott Harper

Hi all,

Things are progressing for “Predators or Prey?” again. I have the edits back from the editor. Dark Castle Lords Publishing ( http://www.thedarkcastlelords.com/ ) now has “Predators or Prey?” listed on their “Coming Soon” page. They’re saying July. No particular date has been set, but it looks as if “Predators or Prey?” will be out next month!

There’s a lot of support for this project. I want to thank everyone for that. And, I hope everyone truly enjoys the novel when they read it!

Scott Harper

Hi all,

I just wanted to let everyone who may be waiting on a reply to an e-mail know that I’ll get back to you soon as I can. I’ve caught some kind of bizarre summer cold.

To let those of you lucky enough to live someplace other than Florida know what I’m going through… Though it’s only mid-May, we’re already having daytime highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. And it’s very humid. So, I sit here at home with the air conditioner running, dressed in jean shorts and a tank top, still uncomfortably warm, forcing myself to drink hot tea to help fight the cold. My time is mostly being spent camped out on the couch, watching baseball ( go Cubs! ), consuming mass quantities of cold medication, hot tea and Fiery Habanero Doritos, and going through tissue by the metric ton. I’ve come to firmly believe that Puffs Plus with Vicks are the absolute pinnacle of tissue evolution. And, yes, the Fiery Habanero Doritos are medicinal - they’re great on a sore throat.

So, if you’ve e-mailed me and I’ve not yet replied, it’s not that I don’t appreciate the time and effort you took to write - I do, very much. And I will get back to you soon as I’m feeling better.

Scott Harper

I just wanted to let everyone know that “Predators or Prey?” now has a cover. Still no word on the release date, but we’re a step closer now.

Scott Harper

Hi all,

I just wanted to take a few moments to say thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hi to me at Yancy Street Comics during the Free Comic Book Day event today. A couple of months ago I did the two-day signing at USA Flea Market. I said afterwards that was the best signing I’d ever done and was the one I had the most fun at. Today was right up there with it. Thank you Yancy Street gang for having me back for another great event!

I had the pleasure of meeting some great people involved of the creation of some great comic books today. Wil Quintana, Billy Tan, Austin Janowsky, Jim Fern and Bob Layton - thank you all very much for your time and kindness today. It was a true pleasure to meet each of you and I sincerely hope to bump into you all again in the future.

Also today, I had the pleasure of having my photo taken with Batman, Sue Richards, an Ewok and a very small Supergirl. I was stunned to find that all were members of the same family. I had never even suspected any such connection… Seriously, thank you. All of you.

And, as always, to those of you who bought copies of my work, thank you for the support. It’s always greatly appreciated. I hope you all enjoy the books!

Scott Harper