tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001384041910972273.post5102144892192354873..comments2023-10-31T14:43:20.941+00:00Comments on Books & Tales: Author Interview: Kaje HarperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001384041910972273.post-5575105016453334252012-03-05T15:23:40.416+00:002012-03-05T15:23:40.416+00:00Thanks to everyone for the kind comments, and for ...Thanks to everyone for the kind comments, and for coming by to read this. And rdafan, I don't think you could change my over-all style very much without explosives. But I'm a fairly new writer, still figuring this thing out. <br /><br />After my first book (Lies and Consequences, my self-pub) I got some comments about dialogue tags and descriptors, and after another story, about excess flashbacks, that helped me see where I could polish and improve. I'm never going to write without flashbacks, for example, but the comments made me look more closely at where and how I insert them, and use them to better effect. The readers in this genre are an articulate bunch, and there are things I can learn from seeing where my work resonates with readers and where it does not.<br /><br />Now as for the stories' content... there discontented readers are out of luck. The books write themselves in my head and there's no steering them otherwise. And I have no intention of trying. Fortunately most people seem to be happy with that. <br /><br />Thanks for all the encouragement.Kaje Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001384041910972273.post-13335164297197869002012-03-05T13:13:50.285+00:002012-03-05T13:13:50.285+00:00Great interview, Thanks! Kaje is also an auto-buy ...Great interview, Thanks! Kaje is also an auto-buy for me...I've been a fan since "Lies and Consequences" which was a free read and so much better than many previous books I had paid for!<br /><br />The only thing I would add is the part about "listening to readers about what they like and don't,", I do not want an author to change their style/story based on what readers want. I want the story as the author originally envisioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001384041910972273.post-66320374576291057132012-03-04T18:10:27.365+00:002012-03-04T18:10:27.365+00:00Since I have read "Like the Taste of Summer&q...Since I have read "Like the Taste of Summer", Kaje Harper became one of the authors I love to read from and about. I still don't have read all your books...but the ones I have read have always lived up to my expectations. <br />Thank you for this interview.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527058589563643237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001384041910972273.post-83154087162430815102012-03-03T16:52:40.038+00:002012-03-03T16:52:40.038+00:00Kaje Harper is a must buy author for me. Thanks K...Kaje Harper is a must buy author for me. Thanks Kaje for the interview--always a joy to hear more about you and your writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com