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R.P. Lauer would say that he is not a writer. Instead he would say that he simply had an idea one day and ran with it. That is his story and he will stick to it. So what exactly is he then? R.P. Lauer is first and foremost a husband and a father; anything else would be secondary. At the top of the secondary list would be a web coder, having spent more than a decade hand coding sites in Notepad. His love of coding stems primarily with programming and problem-solving due to the logic involved. Otherwise, his interests are too varied and nonspecific to be of any use listing.

His debut novel may end up his only full publication; it was always intended to be a one-and-done story. And he has stated that as it took over forty years to come up with ...more

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What's the worst book you've ever read?

R.P. Lauer First, I apologize for not getting to this sooner; I never got notified and rarely go into the author dashboard. Anyway, that is a tough question for …moreFirst, I apologize for not getting to this sooner; I never got notified and rarely go into the author dashboard. Anyway, that is a tough question for a few reasons.

1) I don't really want to be negative, especially declaring a piece of art as 'the worst' (if you know what I mean).

2) I usually don't finish a book if I'm not enjoying it, and I also don't like to judge anything I didn't finish; for all I know, those books all got much better so I'd have viewed them differently. I know I've had a few movies like that where it starts out slow and boring, but something in the later half, maybe even the ending itself, will make up for any early shortcomings. With books I'm maybe not as patient as I should be.

That all being said, there is one 'book' that I did finish that was, in my opinion, just terrible. It's not really a 'book' though it is sold as such; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I know that that is just a stageplay, but it IS being sold as a book, and it IS refered to as the 8th Harry Potter story.

And it is, in my opinion, terrible; from start to finish. And even if it had been written as a book, polished as a traditional book tends to get, I don't think the basic premise alone could have ever been saved. The concept itself was bad (again, in my opinion). That 'book' was a complete chore to get through.

I wouldn't have even bothered if my wife hadn't tricked me. She read it first and said it was good, only to laugh at me upon my reaction upon finishing. Her justification was that if she had to go through that, I did too, and I never would have started it if she had told me how bad it was.

(Sorry to any fans of that, I just absolutely hated it through and through.)(less)

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Kate Fromings Thanks so much for your answer!

It's interesting that you chose a HP franchise book as, although not the 'worst book' I did struggle with all the HP bo ...more
Jun 06, 2021 04:29AM · flag

R.P. Lauer I personally love the HP books. But, I had already seen (and loved) all of the movies before I read anything from that series. So that probably altere ...more
Jun 06, 2021 07:27AM · flag

Kate Fromings I read the books in order when they first came out, and I like the concept, I just couldn't get into the writing or the world building. I am probably ...more
Jun 06, 2021 07:38AM · flag

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Blog: Emails, Newsletters, and Updates... Oh My!

Emails, Newsletters, and Updates... Oh My! posted by RPLauer on January 4, 2026:

Blog: Emails, Newsletters, and Updates... Oh My!

Before I get into the meat of this post, I shall go ahead and address a possible elephant. I realize that I have been completely silent on my own websites for almost two full years, and my social media presence has been almost equally lacking during the same time-frame. This is not quite the time or place for me to get Read more of this blog post »

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