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Monty Harper
@montyharper
Children's Songwriter | Writing MG Fantasy
Stillwater, oklahoma
Songwriter, performer, middle grade writer, dad, science nerd, humanist, algebra instructor, learning to code for iOS.
37 Posts
if isEmpty(nest) { code } Oddballs Singing a Round
Once again, it's time for a #SundayShare . I've been sharing songs from my first album, Jungle Junk!, from way back in 1992. This track probably best captures my own self-image as well as the playfulness I brought to my home studio recordings at the time. It was recorded on four-t Seeking Feedback for iOS App Ideas
I'm taking an iOS app development class on Udacity. For our final project we get to create any app we want. The first step is to ask for feedback on our ideas. So here are three of my top app ideas. If you have a moment, please let me know what you think - Would any of these be u The Kid Who Ate a Bug
Oh, yeah, time for a #SundayShare ! My Post friend @taratrudel shared how she became a musical improv director - she may be the bravest person I know! That inspired me to choose this song. I'm back to picking out the good ones from my first album from way Technical Hamburger
Well, I have embarked upon a new journey! I'm enrolled in the iOS Developer microdegree program on Udacity! To celebrate the start of my tech career path, my #SundayShare is a song from one of my elementary school residencies in 2012. This is called "Technical Hamburger." It was Coursera Vs. Udacity
I'm thinking about taking an online course in iOS Development this summer to put myself on a new career path at the age of something something. (Don't worry, not giving up music or writing.) Coursera offers a free program, but Udacity seems to offer more help, although I'm not su Beatles, 1967 Play It On Your Nose!
Time again for a #SundayShare ! I've been sharing my favorite tracks from my own CDs, starting with Jungle Junk from 1992. Going back to hear these early songs reminds me how playful, joyful, and spontaneous the creative process can and should be! (This was before my livelihood ev The Cold Soapy Bathwater of Queryland
Got my first rejection from an agent for Reuben Alexander, Master of the Mind . That was quick! Kindly written form rejection. First of many, I'm sure. I won't post about them all, but this is a milestone. Now I'm fully re-immersed in that cold soapy bathwater of queryland. Brrrr. Whoosh!
There it went - my first query for Reuben Alexander, Master of the Mind! I feel a bit sick to my stomach. Until now I could just believe this thing I've been working on every day for two years would become a real live published novel someday. Soon I will have to face the reality, Sunday Share on a Special Sunday
As you probably know, today is a very special day - it's my daughter's birthday! Happy Birthday, Evalyn! Her birthday happened to fall on another special day this year - #SundayShare day, and since I'm posting songs from my first CD, Jungle Junk! the fates have decreed that you wi A Meditation on the Difference Between Poetry and Song Lyrics with Help From a Little Star
My daughter recently asked me to speak to her English-major peers, specifically any poets who might like to dabble in songwriting, about the difference between poetry and song lyrics. Unsure where to start, I asked our trendy expert on all things for a little inspiration. ChatGPT Jungle Junk
This is the song that started it all! I converted a poem, just to have something to record while I experimented with two cassette recorders, bouncing parts from one to the other, adding a new layers with a signal splitter and a microphone. This was in the mid-eighties; I was in m Done!?
Welp, I suppose I've finished my WIP. Middle Grade contemporary fantasy, 50K words. Five drafts. Worked on it for two years and one month. I feel very much at loose ends. I'm supposed to celebrate, right? How do you all celebrate when you finish big project? #amwriting #MG #Middle Alphie and Farfal in "Growth Mindset."
(Reposting this because I forgot to give it some hashtags...) Alright, Post Friends, please be kind. At the age of something something beginning with a five, this is the first cartoon I've ever drawn and dared to share with anyone in public. I am not an artist by any stretch, so t Alphie and Farfal in "Growth Mindset."
Alright, Post Friends, please be kind. At the age of something something beginning with a five, this is the first cartoon I've ever drawn and dared to share with anyone in public. I am not an artist by any stretch, so this is me going way out on the twiggiest, wispiest, leafiest Did you know nothing rhymes with hamster? What a sad revelation for us writers of verse. What a fantastic profile of a fantastic person. I'm in tears, reading it. The Great Green Squishy Mean Bibliovore
This song came to mind for #SundayShare because I performed it today in a live online concert for my fan club. The recording is a live version from my Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD. It's a great song live because of the call and response section. I've been using it in my sh An Invitation
Online family concert Sunday Feb 26 3:00 PM Central As a children’s songwriter who writes about dinosaurs, I’ve often felt I should have a song about Tyrannosaurus Rex, the greatest meat-eater of all time. Though I did try once or twice over the years, I never could get one going
