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Tears of Heaven—Print Version Cover

If you’ve always wanted to show off that you know an author, but couldn’t point to the book on your shelf, let me solve that problem for you right now.  In just a few short days, eight to be exact, Tears of Heaven will release for the first time in print.

 November 19th will also mark the release of the second book in the Flames of Perdition series, Hell Becomes Her.

Pre-Order HELL BECOMES HER Today!

4.5 Stars—Christopher Taylor Review

What this scene needs is more win!Special thanks to author Christopher Taylor at Kestral Arts who provided this very kind review of Tears of Heaven:
This is R.A McCandless' debut novel, an urban fantasy with flashbacks to ancient times tying the story together through history.
The world he has created is a fascinating, unique one taking aspects of Biblical narrative and turning them into a fantasy setting in which the Nephilim (half-angels) still walk the earth, immortal and incredibly powerful...

Writing, Movies, Feminism, and Beautiful Spirals

I ride a dragon now.  Dragons are cool.Fiction and fantasy are really reflections of our world, only better. Even dark fiction or dystopias tend to hand us heroes who rise up above the blackness and are able to make choices that sort out the good guys from the bad guys—they can decipher good and evil, right from wrong. That’s not always true in our own world, and so it’s quite a relief to sit back and be transported to place where considerations over extremism, and Ebola and politics are...

HELL BECOMES HER - Available for Pre-Order!

November 19th is closer than you think, but if you’re worried the lines at the local ebook retailer will be out the door then I’ve got a solution for you.
You can now pre-order HELL BECOMES HER.
That’s right.  Don’t bother going out in the cold and the dark and the weather.  Stay inside where it’s warm, curl up on the couch with your favorite blanket, a cup of Oolong tea, and wait for the interwebs to deposit this book on your reader.

It’s so simple.  It’s so easy.  Why not d...

You've Been . . . THUNDERSTRUCK!

Awesome needs no explanation:


Nor does it apologize for being awesome:

Review and Revise

Thank you for your submission.
Unfortunately, I did not connect with the submitted material enough to consider your project for representation . . .
No, no, no, a-no-no, a-no-no, NO no!Three or four years ago, talking about writing with an old high school friend, he agreed that if I started writing a new book, he’d read over it and give me scathing feedback.  He further said that a mutual friend of ours would be ideal to assist.  A beta team was born, and the book that I’ve always r...

Just A Little Respect

“Respect isn’t given.  It’s earned.”

I completely agree with this statement with the caveat that we’re talking about individuals and their personal merits as they interact directly with me.
And the crowd goes respectfulIf we’re talking about race or religion or socio-economic status, gender, or sexual orientation then no one should need to "earn" respect.  Respect should be a given based on their race, religion, or sexual preference, socio-economic status etc. out of the gate. Just as...

Hell Becomes Her—Chapter 1 Preview

Now with 99% stronger, more independent
female characters!Soon, very soon, Advanced Reader Copies of Hell Becomes Her will pass into your hands.  Del and Marrin and many other favorite and new characters will once again fill your mind with images of daring-do and snappy comebacks.
In the meantime, would you like to preview the book?
You would?
Really?
No, seriously, would you?
Great!  Look no further than this link right here.  That’s a lie, you have to scroll down and click on the “...

Tomorrowland—Not Just a Ride Anymore!

We're gonna need bigger jet packs. Back to the Future is now in our past.  The fan celebration of that fact, and the renewed interest in the film franchise, was almost as loud as the millions of voices crying out in online fangasm for another franchise about to take us, once again, to a galaxy far, far away—Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  It might be better called Star Wars: We’ll Make it Profitable but Please Don’t Let Us Down Like Lucas Did .  Anyone who doubts that this movie w...

Git 'er Done!

The name of your target is—
Doctor. Jamie. McCandless!Twelve years of grade school.Four years of undergraduate school.Six years of graduate school.
Roll all that up together and you’ll understand the feeling you have when your “little” brother becomes the first doctorate in the family.
Jamie has always been smarter than me (no real trick there), and that was never clearer than when he mapped out a path to his doctoral degree and proceeded to follow it to the very end.  Me?  I walked in...