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fiction (13)
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Kenny Kempauthor profile |
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| place of birth | San Diego, United States | |||||||||||||||
| website | http://www.kennykemp.com | |||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy | |||||||||||||||
| influences | Spielberg, Hitchcock, Conrad, McMurtry, Turow, King, Anne Tyler, Silverberg, Bradbury, Potok | |||||||||||||||
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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, I l...more |
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books by Kenny Kempcombine editionsavg rating: 3.96 | 25 ratings | 10 distinct works
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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
description:
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
description:
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
description:
I got this via anonymous e-mail. Wish'd I'd written it!
Kenny is currently reading
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Kenny
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Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting (Paperback) by Jimmy Webb bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Kenny's recent updates (rss)
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Kenny said "yes" to attending the event: Pub Date: LIGHTLAND. date: August 15, 2008 05:05PM location: Salt Lake City, UT, United States description: LIGHTLAND coming off the press on 8/15, to be available in stores shortly thereafter and on Amazon.com and my website immediately. Discounted and autographed copies will be available to my friends on GoodReads! | |
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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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Conflict in the Quorum: Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith (Hardcover) by Gary James Bergera bookshelves: religion |
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Kenny wrote LIGHTLAND (coming 2008): The Find.
"Chris didn’t remember much of the rest of the ride to Sopa Lodge; his left eye was aching, the blo"
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Kenny's favorite quotes
"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
"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
"It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart."
— William Faulkner
— William Faulkner
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."
— Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
— Edgar Lawrence Doctorow
"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
Kenny's groups (recent posts)
LIGHTLAND: Advance Readers' Club
— 6 members
— last activity 01/30/2008 03:39PM
Synopsis:
The deadly virus Cobalt rages across the earth, threatening to extinguish all life. In Tanzania, Cobalt ground-zero, an ancient mummy is u...more
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