May 17, 2007
Rick Kaempfer just released an
amazingly entertaining satirical novel:
$everance. It is the first book I've managed to finish
in two years (due to my preoccupation with my crazy toddler) and I
laughed out loud many times while reading it - yeah, it's
that funny! If you
work in the radio business you'll love the inside view of the
industry and if you're not in the media you will certainly learn a
lot of eye-opening trade secrets. He also co-wrote an earlier
book (with John Swanson), The Radio Producers
Handbook. Both books cover a subject matter he knows all
too well: broadcasting.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Rick was a nationally recognized radio producer in Chicago for Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (1987-1991) and John Records Landecker (1993-2003). I first met him at WLUP when he produced The Morning Loop Guys (2005). He has also hosted his own radio show, wrote and hosted national radio specials, and currently co-owns an advertising agency in Chicago. Rick has some amazing blogs (links are below) that I read regularly and highly recommend, plus he is also a contributing editor at Shore Magazine and a humor writer for The Beachwood Reporter. Rick literally writes something new for public consumption every day. I don't know how he does it all while raising three boys!
Before becoming a full-time writer, Rick was a nationally recognized radio producer in Chicago for Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (1987-1991) and John Records Landecker (1993-2003). I first met him at WLUP when he produced The Morning Loop Guys (2005). He has also hosted his own radio show, wrote and hosted national radio specials, and currently co-owns an advertising agency in Chicago. Rick has some amazing blogs (links are below) that I read regularly and highly recommend, plus he is also a contributing editor at Shore Magazine and a humor writer for The Beachwood Reporter. Rick literally writes something new for public consumption every day. I don't know how he does it all while raising three boys!