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Kenny Kemp
author profile
gender
male
place of birth
San Diego, United States
website
genre
Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences
Spielberg, Hitchcock, Conrad, McMurtry, Turow, King, Anne Tyler, Silverberg, Bradbury, Potok
about this author
I am a restless soul who has always had the desire to hear and tell a good story. I majored in film production in college, got sidetracked by law school and a few years practicing law, returned to graduate film school, worked in Hollywood for several years as a screenwriter and filmmaker, stumbled into writing novels, and got unbelievably lucky when my memoir Dad Was a Carpenter won the international self-published book award in 1999, resulting in a three-book deal with publishing giant HarperCollins. I continue to self-publish because I love the hands-on nature of it. I speak to writers' groups and book clubs as I travel around the U.S. promoting my books. When I'm not writing,...more
books by Kenny Kemp
combine editionsavg rating: 3.97 | 29 ratings | 11 distinct works
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I HATED HEAVEN (Paperback) by Kenny Kemp (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.86 — 14 ratings — published 1998 |
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DAD WAS A CARPENTER: A Father, a Son, and the Blueprints for a Meaningful Life (Hardcover) by Kenny Kemp (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2001 |
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THE WELCOMING DOOR: Parables of the Carpenter (Hardcover) by Kenny Kemp (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published 2002 |
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CITY ON A HILL: Parables of the Carpenter (Kemp, Kenny. Parables of the Carpenter Series, Bk. 2.) by Kenny Kemp (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2004 |
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DAD WAS A CARPENTER: Blueprints for a Meaningful Life (Hardcover) by Kenny Kemp (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1999 |
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Kenny's writing
LIGHTLAND (coming 2008) (Mystery & Thrillers)
15 chapters
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updated 05/07/2008 06:32PM
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A supernatural thriller set in the near future featuring a deadly worldwide virus, the cloning of a man dead for 6000 years, and the dawning realization by the scientists that they have interfered with the journey of his soul.
Outline: "Characters & Viewpoint" (Reference)
1 chapters
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updated 01/25/2008 07:37AM
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An outline of Orson Scott Card's indispensible book "Characters & Viewpoint"
Common Sense with Kenny Kemp (Nonfiction)
4 chapters
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updated 01/06/2008 06:22AM
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A blog which covers religion, politics, the arts, and literature.
The Absurdity of English (Humor)
1 chapters
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updated 10/14/2007 12:03PM
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I got this via anonymous e-mail. Wish'd I'd written it!
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Kenny
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Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations (Hardcover) by John R. Bolton bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Kenny said "yes" to attending the event: "Lightland" Pub Date. date: September 01, 2008 03:42PM location: Now available at http://www.amazon.com, United States description: Finally, after four long years, my supernatural thriller LIGHTLAND is now available online at Amazon.com or my website kennykemp.com. Be one of the first five people to review the book on Amazon and receive a FREE gift. Just drop me a line informing me of the fact. | |
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Lightland: A Supernatural Thriller
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Kenny wrote LIGHTLAND (coming 2008): Bio-Curtain.
"He awoke with a start, startled by gunfire. Black, sweating men with blood-red eyes came out of the "
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Kenny wrote LIGHTLAND (coming 2008): Out of Africa.
"Al McFadden shut the Marauder tailgate. “Everybody ready?” he asked, looking around at the men. "
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"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." — Howard Aiken | |
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"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." — E.L. Doctorow | |
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"When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate." — John Steinbeck | |
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"Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it." — Michael Crichton | |
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Kenny wrote LIGHTLAND (coming 2008): Outbreak.
"Cate emerged from the CDU and leaned against the wall. Sweat poured down her face, even though the R"
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Kenny's favorite quotes
"Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It
is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the
seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it."
— Michael Crichton
is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the
seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it."
— Michael Crichton
"When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate."
— John Steinbeck
— John Steinbeck
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."
— E.L. Doctorow
— E.L. Doctorow
"It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart."
— William Faulkner
— William Faulkner
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
— Howard Aiken
— Howard Aiken
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