Mindy Klasky offers some tips about how to support authors whose work you enjoy.  I gather from Mindy’s  post that this is an issue of some discussion in the blogosphere at the moment.

As far as I’m concerned, the most valuable form of support is word-of-mouth, whether that occurs online or in person.  And I suspect word-of-mouth carries the most weight when it takes the form of a simple recommendation:  “You really should read this!”… Read the rest

Blog updates have been few and far between and are likely to continue that way for a bit.  I’ve got a ton of work on my plate and, since time spent blogging is not time spent writing, the blog necessarily suffers.  Sorry about that.

I frequently provide bite sized updates via Twitter and Facebook, however, so if you want to keep up with happenings in Kempland, that’s a great place to catch me between blog … Read the rest

First, I am continuing The Erevis Cale Trilogy Omnibus e-signing and plan to keep it going for as  long as Amazon offers the Omnibus at the current discount (that way I can keep a rotating stock in my library).  If you’re  interested and have a shipping address anywhere in the US, simply Paypal me $20 and I will send you a signed copy of the Omnibus.  If you’d like a particular dedication, just  let me … Read the rest

In the post below, I asked you to respond with some information about your purchase of The Erevis Cale novels.  Specifically, I wondered whether you purchased them in print, ebook format, or some combination of the two.  My thanks to all who responded.  The response was almost entirely uniform among the 100 odd respondents — print purchases only.

Of course, The Erevis Cale novels have been available in ebook format for only a few … Read the rest

Ebook versions of The Erevis Cale novels are selling well, it seems.  This causes me to wonder about some things.  So, in my never ending but invariably futile effort to understand the market for my novels by generalizing from anecdotes, I’d like to ask the following question.  I’d be grateful if  you could take a moment (either here or on LJ, where this will be mirrored) to respond with one of the numbers below in … Read the rest

So, you liked Crosscurrent, and maybe you’re looking forward to Deceived and Riptide,  and you ask yourself:  Self, should I read other stuff that Kemp’s written?  It’s not Star Wars, true, but couldn’t it still be pretty good?  Seems to have to gotten decent reviews.  I don’t know, self, I do loves me some blasters and lightsabers and Jedi and Sith.  Kemp’s  other stories don’t have any of that, do they?  So … Read the rest

Yet another teaser from the WIP of Riptide.  For some reason, planning to post these(and ultimately posting them) keeps me fully engaged with the book.  I  hope you’ll indulge me.

They’d all felt it, even the children, as the cloakshape fighter carrying them had blazed through the white hot aftermath of the starship’s explosion. Between the surface of the frozen moon and the safety of outer space had hung a cloud of smoke, flaming debris, … Read the rest

I know that Ephemera, my collection of dark short stories, is now available via Drivethruhorror, and I’m reliably informed that it’s available on the iBookstore (through I cannot confirm, as I am a hapless non-owner of the Ipad).   FYI.… Read the rest

Well, many of you have purchased and read The Erevis Cale Trilogy Omnibus.  My sincere thanks for that.

When Phil Athans and I were discussing the two short stories we’d include as additional content in the Omnibus, we kicked around the idea of including Another Name for Dawn, which is Cale’s origin story, originally published in Dragon #277.  In the end, we decided not to go with the origin story (because it  felt … Read the rest

I’ve been quiet because the move to the new house and writing deadlines have been occupying all of my time.  Sorry about that.  I’m hoping to get back up to speed soon.

As penance for my silence, let me at least offer the first scene from One Thousand and One Words,  a short story that draws heavily on Lovecraft’s Mythos.  It is part of my e-book short story collection, Ephemera (which is now also … Read the rest