METAPHORS AND WHORES

and my first new song since childbirth

This and more in this week’s edition of HarperTheFox news.

BUTT FIRST!

SORE THUMBS AND CAMPER BUMS

In 2026, I’m packing my whole family into a camper trailer for life on the road— working from the road, promoting our movie on the road, and adventuring as a family.

One of the big jobs between now and then is to transition as many of our house-in-the-burbs systems as possible to be life-in-a-tiny-box-on-the-road-ready, so the switchover is as smooth as possible.

So, this last week since I gave birth to my beautiful new son, I’ve been working on my own little project. I am putting to the test the theory that all of my basic work can be done from my phone. Cuz, you know, a desktop computer and huge monitor would take a LOT of real estate in a tiny camper trailer.

So, as my little boy has been sleeping and I am awake with nothing else to do, I’ve been working. And boy, are my thumbs exhausted. Writing and working exclusively from this little rectangle is strange to me, but the skill is essential, so onward we go!

AND NOW!

BIRTHING A NEW WAY TO MAKE MOVIES

Let me share something about myself with you that is very odd. During my 50-hour labor and delivery, I was actually thinking quite a bit about work.

Not the mundane daily stuff— I wasn’t fussing about message replies or income tracking. I was thinking about destiny, adventure, and labor as a metaphor.

I LOVE my work. I love entertaining , and having Max (husband) as my creative partner is an unbelievable blessing.

But we are trying to do something kind of nuts. With our animated action comedy COPS VS WHORES, made by a 3-person team on a shoestring budget, we are trying to upend the entire business model of the traditional film industry. We are building our own promotion machine and are likely to face enormous obstacles.

So, that’s why I was thinking about work during my labor. For those 50 unmedicated hours, I knew that I just HAD to keep pushing forward, and get it done. Quitting was not an option. And, to go very dark here for a moment– quitting was not an option, even though a happy and healthy baby at the end of it was not a guarantee. All that work could have ended with the death of one or both of us. But the work still had to get done.

When we pile into our camper and drive to Austin to promote this movie, there is no guarantee that we will succeed. But we are going to do the hard work it takes to bring our beautiful and twisted and hilarious project to the world, no matter how hard it is or how long it takes.

AND NOW:

SONG OF THE WEEK: We Will Bone for Christmas

As we roll on towards Christmas, enjoy my newest song! This is the first thing I’ve written and recorded since I gave birth on December 4th. It popped into my head, the baby was napping, and I felt inspired– so here we go!

That’s all for now– unless you are a paid subscriber. More on what they get to see in a moment.

I will write again next week with songs, stories, and updates on this big huge adventure.

Below the fold, paid subscribers are going to get to watch an early version of a release that will likely not come out for several weeks– me absolutely RUINING Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World” with heinous degeneracy.

See you down below!

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