It was an emotional ending for me to write the final words of Winter’s Reign last night. kDira’s World was my first novel, and because of this I have an emotional attachment to the series, but because of the complications I created with the initial premise for the books, they became harder and harder to …
What could be better for the upcoming holiday than a good Zombie Apocalypse? My buddy Stanley Gray just released his new novel, Unit 9: Book one of the Zombie Unit series. Unit 9 is a fresh look at the concept of Zombies. It attempts to bring a level of sophistication and storytelling ability to the …
It’s been a while since I posted an update, so I thought I would sneak one in rather quickly before I go and take a break. I have reached the 60% mark of my word goal for KW3, and I hope to have the first draft done by the end of the month. I have …
An excerpt from Johnny Rockett: Enema at the Gates, by k.R. McClellan The Ancient closed in on the green and blue planet. He and his pilot in their two-seater scout ship, with the help of the object that guided them, were completing the first half of what was expected to be a twenty year-round trip. …
After releasing Hayden’s Curse, book 2 in the kDira’s World Chronicles, I decided to shelve my retro-space-crime-thriller for the time being and begin working on kDira’s World 3. I have no working title, though I have some ideas I am kicking around. If I shared them with you it might be considered a spoiler, so …
Yesterday I received my first ever independent website review on Johnny Rockett and the Beautiful Six, and it was a doozie. Walter Rhein, webmaster, as well as published author, posted a review on his website StreetsofLima.com and it just blew me away. Please take a moment to check out his review, and show him some love by checking …
Opening Paragraphs, Chapter 1 Detective Strait, lead agent of the Federal Space Agency, fumbled with his Makarov MK80 ray gun for the umpteenth time trying to wipe out the dust and lint that collected in the cooling veins and crevices of the piece. Dust and lint like to collected there during the many days …
A little bit of an update as I wait for my editor to finish round 1 of the editing process… I am currently without my writing computer. My job went away, taking my computer with it. I have an older PC, but it just isn’t a very reliable unit and I don’t want to get …
Yesterday I put the finishing touch on Hayden’s Curse, the second book in the kDira’s World Chronicles. This book has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me. At times I just wanted to walk away because the dots just weren’t getting connected, and it was really frustrating me. Late in the game I got a …
Where did Johnny Rockett come from? It’s kind of funny when I think about it because if I were to say I pulled him out of my butt, it would not be far from the truth. I had just wrapping up kDira’s World and had started on the first couple chapters when I hit a …