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Tagged With: The Summer Son

Read it. Absorb it. Live it.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

I’ve been a professional novelist for nearly three years now. (Note that I said professional, in the sense that I get paid for my work. I’m still working on self-sustaining.) And if there’s anything I’ve learned in that time, other than the writing life seems to dole out pleasure and pain in equal measures, it’s … Continue reading »

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Wrapping up 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

And so 2011 ends, the third full year that I’ve been able, with varying degrees of credibility, to call myself an author. In the past 365 days … I’ve seen two books into the world. My novel The Summer Son released on January 25th, and my collection of short stories, Quantum Physics and the Art … Continue reading »

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Here comes ‘Quantum Physics’

Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin

Today–Tuesday, December 6th–is the official release date for my new book, a collection of short stories called Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. Truth be told, the book has been available in print and e-book form for a couple of weeks now, but a book needs a release date, and this is mine. It’s … Continue reading »

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Awards and other jazz

Posted on October 17, 2011 by admin

Lots of great literary news from the weekend. I’ll start with something not great but okay nonetheless: The Summer Son, which was up for the Utah Book Award in fiction, didn’t win. Congratulations to Gerald Elias, who took home the prize for Danse Macabre. Here in Billings, the High Plains Book Awards were handed out … Continue reading »

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Off to Missoula and other adventures

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin

I told you I’d be back. A few quick things … The Montana Festival of the Book is this weekend in Missoula. Actually, it starts today, and in a cool collaboration, it’s being held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Western Literature Association, which means Missoula will be crawling with even more literary … Continue reading »

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Monday media musings

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

Vacation’s over. Also, how ’bout them Cowboys? Wait … don’t answer that. Did I ever mention that the wondrous R.J. Keller and golden-voiced Todd Keisling teamed up to create a book trailer for Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure? Well, they did. Check it out: Pass it on to your friends. Also worth noting: … Continue reading »

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Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 8

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

We continue today with the story behind the story on the eighth piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. SHE’S GONE Backstory: Long after I wrote about Ross Newbry as an adult, I came back to him, this time as an adolescent. … Continue reading »

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Publishing: pleasure and pain

Posted on August 11, 2011 by admin

Welcome to Day 4 of Honesty Week. Look, I don’t know how I feel about self-publishing. Back when I first did it, in those yonder days of early 2009, it was in the most rudimentary way possible. I uploaded my book to CreateSpace. I used one of that service’s horrible pre-fab templates for my cover. … Continue reading »

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Grab Bag: An Honor for ‘The Summer Son’

Posted on July 21, 2011 by admin

I’m pleased to be able to say that my second novel, The Summer Son, has been selected as a finalist for the Utah Book Award in fiction. It joins two other novels — Sarah/Sara by Jacob Paul and Danse Macabre by Gerald Elias — as a finalist for the award, which will be presented October … Continue reading »

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Progress Report: 7/19/11

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin

Welcome, again, to the land of incremental progress: The official release date of Ed Kemmick’s book, The Big Sky, By and By, is a week from today, and I now have books in hand to ensure that select bookstores around the state receive copies. I’m happy to say that pre-sales have been very brisk indeed, … Continue reading »

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