In the next few weeks, I’ll be able to give you a definite launch date for the audio book version of DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal, A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best. My friend (and yours, too, I’ll bet!) Rod Janpol is an audio tech in addition to being[…]
Below is the link to pre-order your #StarkaneConvention tickets and seats. Great prices! $75 or $125 for all three days, inclusive (not counting hotel rooms and meals, of course)!!! Finally, a Trek convention that most Star Trek fans can actually afford! I love it! And the proceeds go to a non-profit organization that is helping[…]
This Valentine’s Day, Meet #DeForestKelley, a Real Sweetheart One of the appellations applied most often to DeForest Kelley was “sweet”. It fits. So does sassy, sensitive, compassionate, funny, composed, elegant, and gentlemanly. What fans resonated to when meeting him was his genuine niceness. Even when he was joking or being completely honest, he was[…]
I’m close to hyperventilating here. If I could reach the ceiling, I’d dance on it. Read this and find out why! http://1701news.com/node/998/deforest-kelleys-personal-life-spotlighted-memoir.html Maybe it takes a writer to truly “get” a writer. John K. Kirk certainly “gets” the trajectory of my book. His is an eloquent recounting of its elements and essence.[…]
If not for a question I couldn’t answer back in 2000, “DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal, A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best” probably would never have been written. When DeForest Kelley’s biographer Terry Lee Rioux asked me, “How did you go from being a fan–on the outermost reaches[…]
“What led DeForest Kelley to respond to one of Kris’s comments, “In this town, nothing would surprise me…” I know you’ve become accustomed, these past few Tuesdays, to reading an excerpt from the upcoming book to get the answer to these teaser questions, but this time, I can’t do that. The answer[…]
5 Reasons You Should Be Talking About DeForest Kelley Again Reason #5: Millions of today’s #StarTrek fans weren’t alive when #DeForestKelley became the first Dr. McCoy and may not know a thing about him or why his memory is so clear and dear to you. (My 12 year old grandniece had no clue until[…]
Today I spoke again with Eli Struck to see if he could give me a quote to do a 325-page hardbound version of the book with full color images inside so I can honor the fans and friends who pre-ordered (in 2013) special edition hardbound versions. He checked with his suppliers and found that[…]
Link to DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal Book Launch Event Jan 8 2016 YES! I received confirmation yesterday from CBS Home Entertainment letting me know that I can use the DeForest Kelley cover that German artist Olivia Vieweg created for me earlier this year. I am over the moon! Because Olivia’s[…]
Okay, I have an actual update for the enhanced edition of DeForest Kelley A Harvest of Memories, My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor (the old title). There will be at least two versions: an 8.5″ x 11″edition and an audio book (MP3 based). I’m bringing the title in house because[…]