This note about author Paul S. Kemp was on the inside back cover of The Erevis Cale Trilogy, one of Andy’s fantasy books:
PAUL S. KEMP is a graduate of the University
of Michigan-Dearborn and the University of Michigan Law
school. He practices corporate law in a suburb of Detroit.There, chained to his desk, he remains a hapless slave to the
unforgiving Capitalist Machine. When he manages to steal
a few private moments out of the eyeshot of his merciless
bureaucratic captors, he types a few meager words on an old
Vic 2.0 computer—the writing is his sole release from a life
otherwise filled with unending toil.Before he was locked in his office, never again to see the
sun, Paul was known to enjoy the company of a lovely
redhead he vaguely remembers as his wife, Jennifer, and that of
his twin sons. He also enjoyed Yankee baseball, University
of Michigan football, a well-poured Guiness, a fine cigar,
and any decent sci-fi or fantasy flick, but that was all before
his life became a living hell of memos, legal briefs, and utterly
pointless emails.He lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan with his family, a spastic
but great dog, and far, far too many cats.
It sounds like a good reason to write, and an even better reason to not become a lawyer.
Well how depressing was that! Ditto on your closing comment… 🙂
I thought it was too funny not to share. It does make me glad I never became a lawyer.
Fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the “spastic but great dog” bit.
I especially liked the “and far, far too many cats”
As I understand it, successful writing is hard work, but to publish as much as this man has and work as a corporate lawyer has got to be grilling… and, on top of that, he blogs, too.
I wonder if he makes enough to give up being a lawyer — or if he’s a confirmed workaholic. Thanks for telling me about his blog. It’s a gem.
oh my.
a cry of desolation it would seem.
but then why continue? driven? selfish? ego? habit? only he knows.
perhaps he needs to read . . . everything that remains . . .
before it’s too late.
thanks monk.
I assumed he was exaggerating for the sake of effect, and that he had a good time writing it. Who knows?
“There, chained to his desk, he remains a hapless slave to the unforgiving Capitalist Machine. ” He didn’t write that or he’d have said “I am a hapless slave…”
He likes doing his lawyer work & the money. If it were so terrible he’d quit. Also he enjoys writing.
I would be surprised if he hadn’t written it. Describing himself in the third person gives the piece a bit more punch. I’m sure he has options and likes the choices he’s making.