Kwei Quartey's Blog, page 21
April 2, 2010
LETTER FROM GHANA – Tale of Two Cities
For those of you who knew I was traveling to Ghana with a promise to blog my trip, you might have wondered what happened to me and if I ever made it. I admit, there has been a deafening silence from my end. Happy to say that I'm alive and well, if not a little frustrated. I've had Internet/computer hell since I got here, what with broadband cards not working with my machine, and then a glitch with the computer itself. I arrived in Accra (Ghana's capital) on Saturday evening, March 27. Since t...
March 13, 2010
Ghana, Here I Come
In exactly two weeks on March 25, 2010, I will once again visit Ghana, this time for almost 4 weeks. I will be researching my next novel CHILDREN OF THE STREET. The novel is actually completed and almost ready for submission to Random House. Why do I visit Ghana after writing the novel instead of before or during? Because it's only through writing the story that I know what questions need to be answered, what locations must be visited, and whom I need to see and consult. Will I be blogging...
February 18, 2010
Make it Easier
The contest for the length of the COTS trailer proved to be quite tough. Congratulations to the only two people, H.Kang and S. Hawkins, to get within 1 second of the correct answer. They are winners! I'd still like to get some more, though. We can do it another way: Find the trailer on Youtube. It gives the duration of the video directly underneath. However, that is still not the officially correct value. Subtract 2 seconds from the Youtube figure and you have your correct answer. First five ...
January 29, 2010
The Game is Afoot!
Lots of good entries so far. For clarification, to enter, click on http://www.kweiquartey.com and the new trailer should launch. If not, click on [PLAY:]. Time the length of the trailer and submit your answer through the Guestbook.
CORRECTION!
Sorry for the confusion folks, I made a mistake in my message(s). I should have said the correct length of the video to the nearest SECOND! If you have the ability to time it to a fraction of a second, that's fine too.
IT'S UP!
The Children of the Streets (COTS) trailer is running! Don't forget to enter the contest. The first five people to correctly state the length of the trailer to the nearest one minute win a free copy of the novel when it comes out in 2011. Good luck, all!
January 27, 2010
COTS TRAILER RELEASE
The CHILDREN OF THE STREET (COTS) trailer will be released on Friday January 29 at 12:01 PM, USA Eastern Standard Time (or 5:01 PM GMT). The first five people to correctly state (via the Guestbook) exactly how long the trailer runs to the nearest second will receive a gift copy of the novel when it's released in 2011. Don't worry, it's not as far away as it might seem.
I highly recommend that you listen to the trailer in full stereo or surround sound, earbuds or headphones for maximum impact a...
January 25, 2010
KWEI QUARTEY TO RELEASE NEW TRAILER
With input from Kwei Quartey, author of WIFE OF THE GODS, ace web designers Mel Croucher and Ricky Foyle at melcroucher.com are putting the finishing touches on the brand new trailer for the second Darko Dawson novel, CHILDREN OF THE STREET. With the video's contents under strict secrecy and security while it's being polished for release, Kwei Quartey states, "The only thing I can tell you at this point is that it will be visually and aurally spectacular."
January 10, 2010
Still Here!
Readers may have noticed I've been quiet lately. That's because I'm feverishly working on CHILDREN OF THE STREETS. Deadline coming up (February). I'm close to finishing, but I'll need time to do an edit before submission to Random House.
December 27, 2009
Liane Hansen Interviews Kwei Quartey
Interviewed by Liane Hansen on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday. See the article and hear the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121876203
