Kelley Phone Tag Volumes 1-6 Are COMPLETE!
Taaa daaa!!! All six volumes of Kelley Phone Tag: The Rest of the Story are underway at Amazon and will be available in the next couple days. The Kindle versions are available right now.
We got them all out in plenty of time for the 100th anniversary of DeForest Kelley’s birth which is coming up on January 20, 2020. It was quite the challenge, since the series contains close to a half a million words.
In case this is the first time you’re hearing about this series, I’ll reprint the back cover copy so you know how and why it came about:
You are here (I presume) because you’ve read my 2015 memoir “DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best” or its 2001 predecessor “DeForest Kelley A Harvest of Memories: My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor.”
I am here because so many of you wrote to tell me that you’re still hankering for every morsel of experience I enjoyed as a fan and friend of Carolyn and DeForest Kelley. I’m doing this for you now for three reasons:
1. I’m no longer a spring chicken and I want to help extend the Kelley legacy as far into the future as I possibly can
2.The 20th anniversary of De’s passing is this year (June 11, 2019)
3.The 100th anniversary of De’s birth will occur on January 20, 2020
Based on the 5-star reviews that flooded in after the publication of my Kelley memoir, I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. Nearly all of the readers of HARVEST said, “I feel like I’ve truly met and know De and Carolyn now.”
BULLS EYE!
That’s exactly what I was aiming for!
I succeeded so well, in fact, that I started getting my own fan mail from readers who loved De or were just discovering him for the first time. They asked me follow-up questions. They wanted to continue to inhabit my experiences with the Kelleys, including the mundane. True fans can never get enough of the Kelleys.
So, I’m doing everything I possibly can to be sure that my readers get everything I have to share with you before I’m shoveled off this mortal coil. I consider this my magnum opus. It has been quite the undertaking, when you consider the thousands of hours I spent typing these phone visits originally (immediately or shortly after each of the 1000-plus conversations occurred), the time I spent rifling through them and my journals for the 2001 version of my memoir of my life and times with the Kelleys, and this final “no holds barred” iteration. Whew!!!
So, to those who reached out and inquired, thank you. Although this has been a Herculean undertaking, by tackling the phone logs again I’ve been able to re-experience the magic. In fact, I feel as if I resurrected the Kelleys and spent additional time with them because I had forgotten so much of what was in the phone logs! So, in asking me to tell it all, you’ve blessed me as much as I hope these six volumes will bless you.
Kelley Phone Tag: The Rest of the Story is the perfect addition to other Kelley-related books that I highly recommend:
From Sawdust to Stardust (De’s Biography)
The Enduring Legacy of DeForest Kelley:
Actor, Healer, Friend
“He isn’t really dead, you know, as long as we remember him.”
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Hi there, I’ve read up to volume 4 of your series but I’m having trouble finding 5 and 6 on Amazon and Kindle. Do you what might have happened to them? I’m not sure if it’s just a problem with Amazon or not.
Hi,Lindsay! Here are direct links to Volumes 5 and 6 at Amazon. If you still have a problem, let me know! Thanks!
Kelley Phone Tag Volume Five
Paperback: https://amzn.to/2o6mdm3
Kindle: https://amzn.to/2P5xcr2
Kelley Phone Tag Volume Six
Paperback: https://amzn.to/2PfEt7A
Kindle: https://amzn.to/2J97fTI
Hi again, thank you for sending these links. I live in Canada. They work on the American site, but when I change it to the Canadian one they don’t appear.
Reach out to the Canada Amazon site. I have made them obtainable in Canada. There must be a glitch… Sorry for the headache!
I have reported the problem to Amazon here in the U.S. Hopefully they can correct it.
I contacted the Canadian customer service side and they mentioned it was removed for some reason. I’m not sure if there’s much else I can do but the customer service guy thought it might of been a licensing issue? This kind of stuff is beyond me so I don’t know if there’s much else I can do.
“I see! Yes, the books are available in the US website but not on the CA marketplace.
In this case, since marketplaces work separately due to different licenses and restrictions, some Kindle content and features are currently unavailable to Amazon.ca customers residing in Canada.
I will make sure to pass this to the appropriate team in our company, the Kindle specialists. Amazon Canada is growing tremendously and we are working hard to bring Canadian customers the best experience and a better service, we’ll keep it in mind for future development plans for sure. However, to be completely honest with you, I wouldn’t be able to confirm or provide any time frame. “
Lindsey, it’s all fixed now! The representative here in the US fixed it and I confirmed it. You should be free and clear to navigate now!
Thank you for taking the time to help go fix it! I can’t wait to read the rest. 🙂
Hello Kris,
Thanks for your up close and personal book It’s been a wonderful read. Was wondering if you have an audio book out with recorded conversations with Mr and Mrs Kelley. I’d love to hear Carolyn’s voice.
Thanks and regards,
Jan Fairclough
Hi, Jan. Thanks for your kind comments. Yes, there is an audio book version that contains more than fifteen minutes of voicemail messages (no back and forth conversations, as I didn’t record those; that would have been illegal)from the Kelleys (mostly) and a few other celebrities. You can only order it here at this website. Click on the BOOKS tab and select AUDIOBOOK for more information about the format…
Ahhh cheers Kris. That’s brilliant. Thanks an awful lot. Looking forward to getting it . Keep safe and well
Jan
ENJOY!!!