Harper Kingsley blog

October 1, 2013 0 comments

What’s Up, Buttercup

I’m trying to watch this show, but my dad won’t stop talking. Asking questions is all right, but he makes these dumb comments.

I think he needs his own Twitter. That or I should set him up with a blog. He has thoughts and opinions he would really like to share.

Heroes & Villains is a finalist for the 2013 Rainbow Awards. How cool is that?

There’s so many great books listed this year. It’s thrilling to see my book up there with all of them. They look so bright and hopeful all on one page.

All this quippage during action scenes, I think that would be totally distracting. There you are focusing on your job, and someone feels the need to make with the funnies.

This is serious time, boss. STFU.

Then again, it’s kind of reached the point of ridiculous with having a brand new girl go out in the field with no training. They are supposed to be a highly trained government agency. WTF? I question putting the safety of the world in their hands until they at least go through Basic.

It’s an interesting show and I look forward to watching more episodes, but I wish the script was a little better. I’m hoping the show gets better.

They’re playing up the sexy — sexy people, sexy technology — I wish there was a bit more plot to this porn.

What I’ve been writing on –

ParaShift: My mm sci-fi mpreg story. The elements introduce
themselves. I just took the concept of a post-apocalyptic society that’s been struck by a sterility plague, added a touch of A/B/O, and ran with it.

Tuesday Night: My mm au superhero story. I’ve introduced Henry David and things are chugging along. I promise not to go all hate-style on Carrie. That’s not an angle I want to play.

The Panic Pure: My mm suspense thriller. I posted Chapter Eighteen on FictionPress if you’re following that. I’ve gotta clean it up before posting it on Kimichee but I’ll start catching everything up.

= posted from my kindle =

September 23, 2013 0 comments

Heroes & Villains, ParaShift, birthday wish

I have largely been without Internet for most of this month. I’m back now, but it will be sporadic at best and I apologize. I hope that I will be able to make posts through my kindle and email, but it’s been giving me a hard time lately and some posts haven’t gone through.

Anyways, I have several things to share, so brace yourself:

Heroes & Villains was reviewed by Joyfully Jay and got 4-stars and a really nice write up. I was scared to look at first — I’m such a wuss — but it was a really nice review. I’m still grinning.

Check out the review HERE.

In case you didn’t know, Heroes & Villains is my mm superhero novel.

Heroes & Villains
by Harper Kingsley
mm superhero
publisher: Less Than Three Press
isbn: 9781620042328
word count: 130k

Darkstar x Blue Ice.

Series so far:
Heroes & Villains
The Wedding
Allies & Enemies (upcoming)
Psychotic
All That Remains (upcoming)

In the same universe:
Pulse of the City
The Dark Hearts (upcoming)
Savior Unknown (upcoming)

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I’ve added some to ParaShift, if you’re following that. Chapter Fourteen will be coming up shortly, and we’re already 39,000 words in.

For the official version, Park is becoming an ever more interesting character. Seriously, this dude should be named B.A. Park, because he’s just that bad ass. He’s also more thoughtful than I first envisioned him to be. He’s turning into a real romantic lead.
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I would like to wish the lovely L.J. LaBarthe a happy birthday.

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September 10, 2013 4 comments

Allies & Enemies, by Harper Kingsley. Chapter 4 [superhero, mm]

Title: Allies & Enemies
Author: Harper Kingsley
World: Heroes & Villains
Genre: mm superhero
Summary: Vereint and Warrick are still adapting to having a teenaged girl in their lives.

CHAPTER FOUR

Life settled into a routine they could all live with. The whole having a kid thing no longer seemed like such an emotional ball kick and Melissa really began to seem like a member of their family.

It was hard keeping Warrick’s identity as Blue Ice away from her, but it wasn’t like they hadn’t been practicing liars before. Vereint’s supervillain past seemed more like dirty laundry than Warrick’s predilection to go out and save the world.

Melissa spent most of her weekdays at the expensive prep school they’d gotten her into. Burstow Academy was the same place Warrick had gone to as a kid, so she received a legacy benefit, and even though her last name was Kim, it was well understood that she was a member of the Tobias family. Special treatment abounded.

There had been a few rough spots, like when Vereint got called in because Melissa had been “acting out.” He’d shown up nervous, expecting to hear that his kid had killed someone or leveled a large chunk of the school. Instead he’d had to bite his lip hard to keep from calling the teacher a “Nominal bitch” to her face and flinging her desk at her. He still had a few anger issues he hadn’t managed to tame.

Some jerk had called Melissa a chink whore. So naturally she’d kicking him on the shin and cursed at him in Korean. By the time Vereint got there, the kid had already been sent home with an ice pack and Melissa had nearly been suspended for physical assault. He’d had a long talk with her about how physically attacking someone was not the correct response, especially when she was at school, and she seemed to really understand. Especially when he pointed out that his being called into school was not a good thing.

Vereint was proud of his level of control. Nobody died and he got Melissa’s suspension revoked. But that teacher had been added to his List.

Other than a few minor issues, Melissa settled into school with the kind of easy grace other kids envied. It seemed natural that she would become popular and join after school activities such as Cheer Squad, gymnastics, and drama club. She was so full of energy that she was constantly looking for something to do with it.

Life was good.

September 6, 2013 3 comments

Allies & Enemies, by Harper Kingsley. Chapter 3 [superhero mm]

Truly, Vereint is desperate to fit into normal life. I think that’s what I like about him. Sure, he messes up, but he tries hard. He just can’t help it that sometimes he forgets how breakable other people are.

Title: Allies & Enemies – Chapter Three
Author: Harper Kingsley
World: Heroes & Villains
Genre: mm superhero novel
Rating: mature
A/N: Sequel to Heroes & Villains.
Summary: Chapter One & Two HERE (opens in another window.) Chapter Three has Vereint panicking over his parents wanting to meet Melissa. Yet Warrick can’t be found.

CHAPTER THREE

Life with Melissa wasn’t all roses and happiness. She was a grieving girl, and once the shocked placidness wore off, she was a bit of a spitfire. There were definite traces of a brat in there.

There were a couple of times where Vereint had to remind himself that he wasn’t a supervillain anymore. There were a couple of times where Warrick had to remind him rather forcibly as well, though those little scuffles usually ended in fabulous makeup sex, so he didn’t mind that as much. Still, having a kid around was a whole different world for them. It added depth to their relationship or something.

Vereint’s mom, Sandra, barely gave him any warning before she was in a car with Patrick and Hank, promising a long visit. She was desperate to see her new granddaughter and she wasn’t going to let anything get in her way, Vereint included. Not that he would ever try to block her from anything–he wasn’t that stupid.

His mother was a force of nature wrapped up in a human skin.

Instead, he made sure the apartment was immaculate. He liked hearing Melissa’s soft giggles as he raced around at human speed washing dishes, folding laundry, vacuuming, and preparing a feast for their guests.

“You could help me, you know,” he said, giving her a sideways glance. She was curled up on the couch, her little feet wearing brightly colored striped socks.

She shrugged. “I could. But you seem to be having a lot of fun.”

He switched off the vacuum cleaner and put his hands on his hips. “That’s it, little lady. Get your hiney off the couch and go make sure your room is clean. My mom’s going to want to see it first thing to make sure you’re not living in squalor.”

There was a visible shifting behind her eyes, as though she was contemplating telling him to go shove it. Finally, she threw her feet off the couch and stood up, padding quietly toward her room.

“I’ll be in with fresh sheets in about ten minutes,” he called after her. “I don’t want to see a single toy on the floor.”

“Gotcha!” she called back.

Vereint stood there for a long moment. His life really had become something very different and strange, yet it was a good kind of strange. Warm and quietly happy.

He shook his head and switched the vacuum cleaner on, going back to making sure all the lines in the carpet bent the same way. He paused midway through to light the scented candles on the coffee table and on both end tables, sniffing contentedly as he worked.

He glanced at the decorative sun-faced clock on the wall and had to wonder where Warrick was and when he was going to be home. Warrick had promised that he would be here when the Georges appeared.