Kelli Stanley's Blog

• A New Day

  January 21, 2009

  • Like millions of people worldwide, I watched the Inauguration yesterday.Not in its entirety, though I recorded it on my cable box, but on a computer screen, with work colleagues. It's hard for me to comprehend the positive change I've witnessed in this country. Perhaps that's because I spend much of my time in the past, writing fiction set in an America where segregation was enforced and Billie ...
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• If they can take a man to the moon ...

  July 24, 2008

  • Remember when astronauts used to be cool?I mean, they still are. But when I was four, the moon landing happened, and even before that everything was compared to "rocket science." We can now insert "if they can clone a sheep ... " but I still prefer the moon landing. More optimistic, somehow, and easier on the sheep.So my point is this: if they can <insert science-fictiony ...
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• The DAY

  July 18, 2008

  • July 18th. The DAY.Today is the official release date of my debut novel ... and while no physical copies will be available until another week or so, and my launch party will be held on August 1st, I'm celebrating.  The DAY.I was in NYC for Thrillerfest last weekend ... and had such a grand and glorious time -- and felt such support and friendship from the writing community -- that celebrating ...
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