On April 11, 2026 WDCA Fox5 will air an interview I did for the program “This Writer’s Life,” hosted by my friend Alex Kuehn. Alex is the author of the children’s book, Libby The Lunchbuddy, and she was kind enough to invite me onto the show. The interview is about Continue reading “this writer’s life” tv interview
On March 17, I was the featured speaker at the annual Young Authors contest award ceremony, held by the Eastern Shore Literacy Association. The awards recognize the best poets and short-story writers in grades 1-12. I helped hand out the awards, and then afterwards, I signed books for any who Continue reading my speech to the ESLA young authors
This is my public notice that I do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to create my books, and I never will. Writing. I wrote every word in every book that I have ever published, and that will not change going forward. I will never use AI to create or draft Continue reading no ai in my books. not now. not ever.
On September 23, 2014, I published my second novel, Lost Dogs. It has become my most popular book by far, selling thousands of copies, having over a million Kindle pages read, and earning hundreds of ratings. Not bad for a quirky and challenging post-apocalypse book by a no-name, indie author Continue reading “lost dogs” at 10
Follow this link to a podcast I was the guest on, where I discussed creating the characters from Lost Dogs and Stray Cats. The Writing & Editing podcast is hosted by writer/editor Jennia D’Lima, and it runs about 20 minutes. You can listen on Apple, Spotify, and a number of Continue reading creating the characters from “lost dogs” and “stray cats”
…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…
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
“What I’m about to say next may strike some of you as vile, base, heresy.” That’s what I told a jam-packed room this past Saturday, March 7, at the 23rd annual Bay To Ocean Writers Conference held at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, MD. I was there presenting my course Continue reading killing it at bto 2020
Lately, I’ve done a few talks for high school students who are writers, or are interested in becoming one. In addition to disabusing them of the idea that becoming an author is a fast and easy ticket to fame and fortune, I’ve shared with them a lot of tips and Continue reading doing “5 to 10” for writing (part 2)
Lately, I’ve done a few talks for high school students who are writers, or are interested in becoming one. In addition to disabusing them of the idea that becoming an author is a fast and easy ticket to fame and fortune, I’ve shared with them a lot of tips and Continue reading doing “5 to 10” for writing (part 1)
