Ken Van Camp

Freelance Writer:

Ken Van Camp is a freelance writer. He writes fiction and creative non-fiction, and is the author of Keke's Guide to Training Your Human, a blog and podcast written from a dog's perspective (and now a book too).

Other than Keke's blog, Ken wrote the following recently published stories:

• Tech and Me, June 2024: Open Source: The Free Software That Isn't

• Highly Recommended, May 2024: The Introduction of Burnt Marshmallows to Denmark

• Illumination's Mirror, May 2024: My Daughter is NOT Getting Married Again This Year

• New Writers Welcome, March 2024: How to Increase Readership on Your Blog or Other New Medium Publication

• Good Vibes Club, February 2024: How Can One Person Feed a Million Starving Children?

• Illumination, February 2024: They Couldn’t Hear Until He Listened to Them

• A Smiling World, February 2024: Ballad of the Sandhill Cranes

• Illumination, February 2024: Harmony on the Hull

• Good Vibes Club, November 2023: The Secret of “Remember Who You Are”

• MuddyUm, October 2023: New York: A Helluva Town

• Good Vibes Club, September 2023: Changes in Attitude

• Good Vibes Club, September 2023: I Got Puppy Scammed and Lived to Write About It

• Good Old Boat, July/August 2023: All in the Family

• Small Craft Advisor, June 2023: Sailing as a Lifetime Teacher

• Small Craft Advisor, April 2023: Rhapsody on Lake Harris

• Hallard Press, February 2023: New York: A Helluva Town

• The Florida Writer, February 2023: This is Where Beauty Lives

• Small Craft Advisor, Sep/Oct 2022: Return to Mullet Key Bayou

• Good Old Boat, July/August 2022: Ramping Up

• Good Old Boat, July/August 2022: Changes in Attitude

• Messing About in Boats, November 2021: I Almost Didn't Go Sailing Today

Voiceover Artist:

Ken is an experienced voiceover artist and sound engineer.

He is the voice of the podcast Keke's Guide to Training Your Human. Listen to a sample episode on this website or search for "Keke's Guide" on your favorite podcast player.

He narrated and engineered the following audiobook:

• Audible February 2023: Marooned in 1799: A Time Travel Novel, written by Bill Hurst, narrated by Ken Van Camp

Software Engineer:

Ken is a senior Java and Python developer focused on highly distributed applications and micro-service architecture, including AWS serverless/lambdas.  He has a strong background in software security, agile, test-driven development and continuous integration, object-oriented analysis, framework design, and architecture.

Check out his tech posts on Medium:

Open Source: The Free Software That Isn't

 AWS lambda now supports partial batch failures. But is it the best approach?

Ken is a dog lover, freelance writer, blogger, podcast performer, voiceover artist, audiobook producer, software engineer, and sailor based in Pennsylvania and Florida, U.S.

He has written on a variety of subjects, from sailing to personal profiles to software development to dogs.

His writing has appeared in Medium, Substack, The Florida Writer, Good Old Boat, Small Craft Advisor, Object Magazine, C/C++ Users Journal, and Computer Shopper.

He has published books on Kindle and paperback (The Dog Park Massacre and Refuge of the Runaways).

His podcast, Keke's Guide to Training Your Human, can be found on all major podcast players.

He has recorded his first audiobook on Audible, "Marooned in 1799: A Time Travel Novel".

Contact Ken via email at: ken@vancamp.info

Follow Keke's Guide to Training Your Human 

• On Medium: https://medium.com/kekesguide

• On Substack:  https://kekesguide.substack.com/

• On your favorite podcast player

Follow Ken on Medium: https://medium.com/@kenvancamp

Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kvancamp

Follow Ken's poetry and sailing blog: http://followthewake.blogspot.com/