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Evan S. Porter

Hey, I'm Evan! I'm the author of the novels "A Last Time for Everything" and "Dad Camp," which is currently in development as a feature film at Netflix.

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5 things leading up to "A Last Time for Everything"—out July 21st

Hey! I've been a little quiet around here, I know. I'm slightly more active over on my Instagram , which you should definitely follow. But since we're a little over two months out from the release of my new novel A Last Time for Everything,

4 things from writing my second book

I finally did the thing. I typed the words "THE END" on my next book and shipped it off in an email to officially make the novel someone else's problem for a while. Wheeeee! I can't possibly explain the relief. Writing this draft has

5 things that happened during my debut pub month

Hey, did you know that my debut novel Dad Camp is NOW FREAKING AVAILABLE?! I know, I had been doing a pretty good job of documenting everything leading up to pub day, but I've been quiet for a while now — at least on the blog. (Reminder to

4 things that happened 1 month before my debut pub date

Even though the title of this post says One Month, at the time of writing, we're actually LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY FROM DAD CAMP. I love how my intros to these updates are just me getting more and more hyped over how close we're getting.

6 things that happened 2 months from my debut pub date

Tired: "My book comes out this summer." Wired: "My book comes out NEXT MONTH." (I can officially say that starting tomorrow.) We're currently 42 days away, or right around 6 weeks, from Dad Camp hitting shelves. It's all getting very tangible and

4 things that happened 3 months from my debut pub date

74 days. That's it! As of this writing, we are well under 3 months until my novel Dad Camp hits shelves. This is officially crunch time. You know it's crunch time because I just walked in to my local library branch and awkwardly introduced myself. I&

4 things that happened 4 months from my debut pub date

Land ho! I just got off a week-long Disney Cruise with my family. That photo above is us at our stop in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, which kicked ass. (That yummy looking orange drink is the original Painkiller, invented in the BVI at the very beach bar we visited

7 things that happened 5 months out from my debut pub date

Hey! Wake up! We're getting closer to DAD CAMP finally hitting shelves! As of this writing, we're just a few months out from my publication date of June 11, 2024. I thought as we count down the months, it might be cool and of interest to

13 things from 2023 - Timeline of first year after debut book deal!

Happy New Year everyone. Want to hear something cool? Now that it's officially 2024, I can say that my debut novel comes out THIS YEAR. In about 5 months, as a matter of fact. June 11. Mark your calendars. There are a lot of exciting things still to

2 things from November 2023

Hey! Happy Turkey Day to all who celebrated. Hope you all had a nice time with your families, a nice time off from work, etc. Thought I would pop in with a short update. November was a super quiet month, nothing too much happened, so this'll be a

4 things from October 2023

I feel like every time I do one of these monthly updates I say something like, "Woah, is it [insert month] already?!" Time just seems go to go faster and faster. That's kind of scary, but when it comes to the book, incredibly exciting! As of

My debut novel DAD CAMP is available for pre-order + COVER REVEAL!

Hi there! Just popping in to let you know that my debut novel Dad Camp is officially available for pre-order! Visit the book listing on Penguin Random House and you'll see lots of links — you can pre-order from many different retailers including Amazon, Target, B&

3 things from September 2023

Are we here already?! September? Are you kidding me? I feel like I just barely wrapped my head around everything that happened in August, and it's already time for another update. Luckily, some pretty cool stuff happened with Dad Camp last month — but we're still

3 things from August 2023

I was looking for a cover image for this blog post and my instinct was to look for "Fall," because August, you know? Unfortunately it's still 117 degrees here in Atlanta every day. So back-to-school or not, Summer it is. August was crazy, you

3 things from July 2023

So a lot has been happening online. Most of it sucks! For years, Twitter was my favorite hangout. Now it's a haunted graveyard filled with people I don't know apologizing for since-deleted tweets. Very fun. Threads is the new Twitter, I guess, but it got