It's been a long time since I have blogged. Life has been busy, and I have saved most of my writing energy for writing (there is a lot in the pipeline, which I am very excited about). But, in the last few months, I have released three novelettes. A novelette is longer than a shor...

To be honest, the feedback has also humbled me and been a rather disorienting experience. I have consistently told that it is a "page turner" and "hard to put down", and even more amazing things like: "superbly written;" "I haven't been that unable to put a book down since I read...

Back in March I blogged about hitting 50 rejections for short fictions after close to two years of submitting. Well, now, about seven months later I have hit the big 100. The first 50 rejections took 2 years, the second took 7 mo...

Wayne is dead, but our friendship lives on. Most people get this… metaphorically. Our loved ones that are gone live in our hearts. The things they taught us, they ways in which they changed us, made us better, go on after they are gone. We are changed, and hopefully improved, by...

Hi, My name is Robert J. McCarter and I am a writer (among other things). Very soon now, my first novel Shuffled Off: A Ghosts Memoir is coming out so it seems I need a site for readers. This is that site.