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Progress Report

Progress Report: 7/12/11

Big news first: Ed Kemmick’s The Big Sky, By and By is now available for the Kindle. And for the Nook! As for the rest of it: Had a very successful day Saturday at the Sidney Sunrise Festival of the Arts. As Kemmick himself notes, perhaps the most welcome development was the 70-degree day, with … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 7/5/11

Not a lot to say … I’m off to Sidney, Montana, this weekend for the Sunrise Festival of the Arts. The last time I was there for the festival, two years ago, I met a ton of nice folks and sold a lot of books. Hoping for more of the same. I’ve started a new … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 6/28/11

Confession time: I have nothing to report. The short-story collection that has taken up the bulk of my time for the past year is finished and delivered to my editor. Ed Kemmick’s book is mostly out the door. I’ve done a couple of library gigs — Ronan (Montana) on June 16th and Columbus (Montana) a … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 6/21/11

This will be blessedly short. It’s 2:05 a.m. as I begin it, and I’m exhausted: Really Cool News, At Least To Me, Part 1: A poem of mine has been published by The Montucky Review, a new literary journal. It’s called Eastward Ho, and I wrote it about five years ago. Sometime back, I posted … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 6/14/2011

It’s been a light week. And, dammit, I deserved it. A few things: Finally, the Ed Kemmick book, The Big Sky, By and By, is for sale in advance of its official July 26 release date. If you’d like a signed copy, please jet over to Ed’s site and make a totally safe PayPal transaction. … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 6/7/11

I’ll be quick (there’s an Anthony Weiner joke in there somewhere, but I’m not making it): I’m close — so, so close — to finishing the last short story for a collection I’ve been working on for the past year. In fact, my plan is to move immediately from typing up this post to working … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 5/31/11

Still coming out of my post-New York coma, so I’ll be (relatively) brief … Copies of the Ed Kemmick book, The Big Sky, By and By, have been bundled up for reviewers and will go out this week. Release date is July 26. I’m plug, plug, plugging away at the new novel project. This is … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 5/24/11

This is where I am right now. I’d say I’m progressing nicely. XOXOXOXOX, Craiggers

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Progress Report: 5/17/11

Here we go: Ed Kemmick‘s book, The Big Sky, By and By, has been approved for print, and the first wave of review copies should be landing at the doorstep any day now. Those will be distributed around the state, and by mid-June, we’ll be taking advance orders for signed copies. The official release date … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 5/10/11

Things are moving on, if incrementally, on several fronts … THE BIG SKY, BY AND BY Awaiting a proof copy of Ed Kemmick’s collection before doing the initial run. In the meantime, I’ve been pulling together the fact sheet (take a look) that will go out to booksellers and reviewers. By the end of the … Continue reading »

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