At its heart, Jesus Jackson is the story of a 14 year-old atheist, learning how to handle the grief he feels after his brother’s death, without having any specific religious faith to guide him. As someone who gave up on religion at a young age, this basic situation–coping with pain and hardship in the absence of faith–is…
Becoming an author was something I always hoped would happen, but I never dreamt of being a fiction writer. Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate at the University of Delaware, I discovered that works of philosophy didn’t have to be strictly boring dissertations, like something Kant or Wittgenstein might write. It was acceptable…
The funny thing about Dragon Fire is that it didn’t start out as a book on its own. It started out as a subplot in another manuscript. After writing Call, the first book in a planned four book series, and thinking it was market-ready, I began to query it. And no one was interested. All…
Name: U.L. Harper Name of Book: In Blackness Guest Post for The Story Behind the Book: Purchase the book at Amazon I had the general story idea for In Blackness for quite a while. There were numerous pieces that added up but it never really worked, but then one day something clicked and…
Up until this book I have mainly worked on short romance stores, a quick 5/10 minute read. While these have been read an enjoyed at my site. I wanted to write something with a little more depth and substance. So deciding to write a novel I had to almost teach myself to write all over…
The Story Behind the Book 