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Australia
Joined June 2018
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With spooky season hitting us, please consider indulging in my debut novel. Best described as buzzfeed unsolved + the haunting of hill house with a side of gay, TRESPASS AGAINST US is out in the world and waiting for you!
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The dynamic of my current project at its core honestly
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clown to clown communication is actually a writer saying "my new novel is 80 thousand words" and a reader replying "ok.....how many pages is that?"
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writers and readers trade in different currencies for measuring the length of a book actually
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Welcome to the world TRESPASS AGAINST US! It's been a long time coming, but my little book about found family, trauma, ghost chasing, and boys kissing other boys is finally out into the world thanks to @EpicReads. I hope it finds a home with all the kids who need it!
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Barnes & Noble are having another pre-order sale, just in time to snap up TRESPASS AGAINST US before it releases on the 16th! If you want to read an unsettling story of ghosts and trauma, this is the one for you! (link below!) @EpicReads @BNBuzz bit.ly/taubnpo
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(if you see this reposted it's because there was a minor oopsie with the dates but they're correct now so! 👀)
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Happy #Pride Month! If you're looking to support a debut #ownvoices queer author, please consider preordering TRESPASS AGAINST US! Featuring ghost chasers, gay crimes, and an (un)healthy amount of supernatural spooks. GR & Preorder link: leonkemp.com/books
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TRESPASS AGAINST US officially has two reviews from the folks at Kirkus and Publisher's weekly! 🥳If my "harrowing debut" about trauma and ghosts peaks your interest, it's currently up for review on NetGalley and open for preorder! kirkusreviews.com/book-revie… publishersweekly.com/9780063…
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TRESSPASS AGAINST US hits shelves in less than three months! If you like your spooky stories with a side helping of gay, ghosts and family, get a discount for on your #BNPreorder with the details and link provided! bit.ly/taubnpo
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finally finished my new novel after a truly mammoth push on the final stretch today. will spend the next week recovering mentally and emotionally and also sleeping maybe.
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don't let anybody police what you write your super romantic slow build first kiss scene to
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Had a dream my book accidentally got released four months early and none of the purchases counted towards my first week sales. Writer nightmares are really next level huh.
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happy national "hit your bad guy with a car" day to all who celebrate
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"leon, will you ever write a story that doesn't have even the faintest allusions to religious imagery and trauma?" I hear you ask. no. the answer is no. I spent five years in one as a queer child, and now everybody will reap the fallout of that.
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Never believed in love at first sight until I got to see my cover with art by @ysvyri. They perfectly encapsulated my novel and my boy Riley 😭
Authors! Please come flaunt your human-drawn covers. Quote this naming the artist of your cover and what you like about it!
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Listen, as an Australian if you EVER see those two in a headline assume not only are they the bad guys but whatever happened was ten times worse than what was reported
Americans in replies ‘Cancel him, he’s problematic, he’s Ezra Miller 2.0’ Australians in replies ‘Oh it was Kyle and Jackie O, his reaction was completely justified and understandable’
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The amount of research I've done for my current novel has probably convinced google I'm a filthy rich millionaire looking to blow my children's inheritance in Las Vegas and also I want to commit several murders while doing it in line with the moon cycle
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do you write 20k of a new project after your agent gives you the go ahead in less than a week or are you normal
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With B&N's current preorder sale, don't forget that my debut novel, TRESPASS AGAINST US, about a group of teenagers VS the haunted house that ruined their lives comes out this year from @harperteen and is available for preorder!
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There was one single out gay kid at my high school in the 2000s and I'm honestly amazed he stuck around to graduate the bullying was so bad - trust me, the 2000s was not a fun time
I just saw some kid on TikTok saying that they wish they were a teen in the early 2000s. And I feel like kids don't understand how pervasive, constant, & violent the homophobia was. Or the misogyny. The music was fun and we weren't constantly online, but don't idealize the past.
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Teaching myself how to better use Instagram and tiktok and no doubt becoming the most annoying person on both apps as I do it
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TRESPASS AGAINST US is officially due out in six months. With that in mind, I've provided those curious with a few key points (tl;dr, lots of ghosts, lots of fire, a sensible amount of kissing).
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