Each January, it’s always good, as an author, to reflect on what and how one did in the year that just ended, as well as anticipate and plan for the year to come. Because some of that might interest my readers (and other authors), I’ll share my experiences and expectations Continue reading looking back, looking ahead: 2022 in review, and what’s next in 2023
I was so busy at the beginning of the summer finishing up and releasing Stray Cats, my latest book, that I overlooked the ten-year anniversary of issuing Dragontamer’s Daughters, my first published novel. That’s nothing new: of my four works, it’s the one that has always attracted the least attention. Continue reading “dragontamer’s” turns 10
This blog post is for authors and writers who want to know more about selling books in person, specifically at a very large event. Everyone else, go outside and play: it’s a nice day! I’ve written before about the success I’ve had in hand-selling books, mostly at small craft fairs Continue reading for authors: awesome con after-action report
…monsters and many things. Queen Anne’s County TV recently interviewed me about my books Lost Dogs, Dragontamer’s Daughters, This Wasted Land, and the forthcoming Stray Cats. Check it out! Kenton Kilgore writes killer SF/F for young adults and adults who are still young. In his latest novel, This Wasted Land, high-school senior Alyx is Continue reading talking ‘dogs’ and ‘dragons’ and…
On September 17, 1991, the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses released their groundbreaking albums Use Your Illusions I and II. They debuted, appropriately, at #2 and #1, respectively, on the Billboard charts, and have sold millions of copies. They were also a watershed moment for the band: GNR released Continue reading 30 years of “illusion”: a retrospective (part 1)
Hopefully, you’ve read my take on Guns N’ Roses’ album Use Your Illusion I, released on September 17, 1991. In this post, I’ll look at the simultaneously-released Use Your Illusion II. Though it was my favorite Guns record when it came out, I have to admit, upon coming back Continue reading 30 years of “illusion”: a retrospective (part 2)
**MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD** If you’ve read my novel Lost Dogs (and if you haven’t, you can find it here), then you know how the story ends. Months after unearthly beings (Aliens? Angels? Something else?) attack the world and wipe out mankind, the German Shepherd Buddy finally locates the bodies–what’s left Continue reading lost dogs: the alternate ending
Dog lovers love Lost Dogs, my 2014 post-apocalypse novel told from the point of view of a German Shepherd named Buddy. A question readers often ask me is how I came up with the story. One afternoon soon after I finished drafting Dragontamer’s Daughters (which would have been either late Continue reading how i came to find “lost dogs”
Happy new year! To start 2021 on a positive note, I’m sharing with you two things. The first is a word you might not have heard of: superversive. What does it mean? Urban Dictionary defines it as: “Nurturing; supportive, building up–opposite of subversive.” Like subversive, superversive can be a noun Continue reading “superversive”: a new word for the new year (and an interview with me)
There’s a new This Wasted Land, and it’s out today. Not a sequel, but a new edition, with a new cover, new (and revised) material, and–of course–new monsters. Why the upgrade? Because though TWL came out two years ago, and has had good sales and great reviews, I was only Continue reading getting “wasted” again
