Papa’s Planet Updates

New West gave Papa’s Planet some great PR today on its Books page. Here it is: Regular New West contributor and Colorado-based travel writer David Frey has been off on a dream trip for several weeks, following in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway through Europe.  Frey is documenting it all on his blog, Papa’s Planet,...
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Here’s the text of my presentation on Papa’s Planet yesterday. Enjoy. My name is David Frey, and I’m a freelance writer working on a book  tentatively called Papa’s Planet: An Ernest Exploration of the Places Hemingway Lived and Loved. I’ve been in Europe for the past three weeks doing something I imagine many of you...
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OK, I officially declare the first chapter done! And since I have nothign else to say and the publishers haven’t started calling yet, I’ll add a quote, lest I forget it: “Very few people ever really are alive and those that are never die, no matter if they are gone.”
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Wow! I woke up to great news this morning. I was just accepted to speak at the Hemingway Society’s conference in Lausanne, Switzerland this summer, June 25-July 3. The theme, “Hemingway’s Extreme Geographies,” seemed like a perfect fit, so I was really excited about the idea of presenting there. Thanks again for your submission....
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I made my second Hemingway pitch yesterday.
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