Joe Kelly's Blog

The Hunt for new Covers is on. I feel if I am rebooting then new covers are a must.

book trailers and preorder trailers are being worked on as well. In some ways, I am really enjoying this process.

As the title said, I have found a good editor and as a result, I will be rebooting my series.

along the way, the third title in the series will be released as well as two additional titles "Alone" and "The Hunter"

So I apologize about the delay in the third book but I feel that the reader deserves the best story I can put out so reworking book one and two is a must.

this is the alpha cover concept for the book "Alone"

Well the SNAFU with bookII "The servant" has been cleared up and I am back to work on "Alone" and working on Book III "The Soldier" future plans are to publish "Dark tide rising" and "Last flight of the Paladin"

I am often asked why I waste my time with writing, and more specifically why horror and zombies?

If you have never had a million stories bouncing around in your head with as many character voices along with it, then you wouldn't get it. Artists and musicians would. but if you don't read and you don't write then probably you would not understand.

why the end of the end of the world. It's only the end of the world as you know it. It's not really about the horror for me, it's about the possibilities. What would you do, how would you do it? Could you deal with everything tossed your way?

in the end survival and society are only reflections of the people involved.

Alone, working title, is heading to beta readers. its a bit different. A ghost story, wrapped in a zombie apocalypse. Why you ask? Thanks for asking,

Because I wanted to explore what if's. If as in my story the ZA is supernatural in origin, then there is a chance that other things might be possible too and what impact would they have to the overall scenario.

That's right, it slices, it dices, it even makes Julian fries out of zombies and it can be yours soon.

the nice thing about it raining for two days, it's relaxing. A nice atmosphere to write in. till the attack cat gets jealous of the keyboard and the dog. Fun times let me tell you.

So book two, I'm waiting on the cover. Which in a way is good since it's allowed me time to go back to book two and do some trimming.

Book three, as well as Alone, are coming along nicely. I'll start editing Books four and five in the next few weeks.

It's been a long day, but I got quite a bit of research done, seven more pages written for the new book and drooled over the new ford Velociraptor again.

Speaking of, I find it amusing that the first six-wheeled off-road truck was a Ram. Custom built by an off-road racer. which was what gave me the idea to have Dirty Dozen find one.

Well back to working on "Alone" Have a good one folks

in the final stages of working up The Servant, and waiting on the cover. The Survivors are on the road, but no road trip is ever as smooth as you picture it. A brutal winter, new enemies, and The Servant stand between them and Fort Sumter.