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J. Cameron McClain

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J. Cameron McClain started life in Huntsville Alabama, home of the Redstsone Arsenal and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. His grandfather was one of the flight surgeons for those space programs, thus he was introduced to the ambitious concept of humans flying into space at a very early age. Not to mention he met Miss Baker, a distant cousin who flew in space a while before us reticent humans decided to give it a go.

The first book he can remember receiving as a gift was entitled Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Soon after that, he saw his first ghost, one of many, many such revenants who have passed by—and through—over the years. Having been introduced to the paranormal at a young age, he has enjoyed a close and mostly cor ...more

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	Deep in the Hollow: A Hauntingly Suspenseful Paranormal Romance (A Chindi Novel Book 1) by Brandy Nacole (Goodreads Author), J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Five Watchers 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day at the Fare: One Woman's Welfare Passage by Pamela M. Covington (Goodreads Author), J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raging Storm: Spiritual Discord, 2 by Brandy Nacole (Goodreads Author), J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Crowns (The Three Crowns Series) by Sonya Ray (Goodreads Author), J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Revenant's Caress (A Halloween Collection Book 1) by J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author), Erica Lindquist (Goodreads Author), April Grey (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toccatas & Fugues: Stories So Far 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkest Reaches (Spiritual Discord Book 3) by Brandy Nacole (Goodreads Author), J. Cameron McClain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Dialogue Tags,” He Wrote, Adverbedly

Another in my endless series about dialogue and dialogue tags is here!

Adverbs are my nemeses, and they should be yours as well. You can read more about my lifelong campaign to end all adverb use here but in the meantime, put the following in the context of the story being told from Lois’ point of view:

“I never want to see you again,” Lois said, pointedly.

We’re in Lois’ head in the story, so using Read more of this blog post »

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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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“Mist devils spun in the air, dispersed then reassembled, gyrating above the ground, vapor-gamboling.”
― J. Cameron McClain, The Five Watchers

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“To my surprise, the sensation of query filled my stomach, spreading through to every corner. This was followed by each point of query ending at the same answer. Device Nineteen had responded to the question by coming to the conclusion that oblivion was the end of every path.
Great. My roommate’s an emo.>
My stomach reviewed the comment and rumbled queries to various parts of the diamond, but most were returned unanswered because the required systems were not yet online.”
― J. Cameron McClain, Miss Fitzhue

tags: ghosts, robots, sf, speculative-fiction

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“You were picking up the vibes off a guy who was supposed to be alive and scaring us, but who was—is—dead and scaring us?”
― J. Cameron McClain, The Five Watchers

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J.’s Quotes

“I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. ”
― Stephen King

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“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi

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“Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.”
― Rod Serling

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“For the record, suspicion can kill, and prejudice can destroy. And a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own, for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”
― Rod Serling

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“Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?"

"So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

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