Author Archives: Robert T. Kelley

Rob Kelley here, not actually defending the new car smell, which I always figured was toxic off-gassing from the plastic in the car’s upholstery concentrating in the vehicle. Instead, I’m reveling in what is my new favorite part of writing a … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, writing this week about creative humility. I’ll get to writing in a moment, but I’ll start with music. In summer of 2020, faced with the long pandemic quarantine ahead, I decided to finally fulfill one of my lifelong … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, concluding last month’s Producing and Publishing the Audiobook of Raven, Part 1. When last we met, I’d selected audiobook narrator Nicole Fikes via Amazon’s ACX platform. There were a few things I was looking for in a … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, talking this month (and next!) about producing and publishing the Audible audiobook edition of Raven. Because my contract with High Frequency Press allowed me to keep my audio rights, I had the choice of whether, and how, to … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, at the end of a revision cycle for a manuscript due to my publisher in January. This is the book Critical State, which is now planned as the first in a series of at least three books featuring the journalist protagonist … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, sharing one of the weirder experiences of becoming a published author. As everyone knows (because I keep telling everyone, repeatedly), my debut novel Raven hit the streets at the end of October. Thanks to all of my fellow Maine … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, and finally, at long last, after years, I’m about to be a published author. Raven releases from High Frequency Press on October 28, 2025 in paperback and ePub (and later in November as an audiobook on Audible). I … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, thinking about Beta readers. Recently, Derek Cressman, a fellow participant in the workshop with the amazing Jeff Ford at The Writer’s Hotel conference in June, asked me to be a Beta reader for his next novel. I just … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, musing this week on short books that pack a punch. One of the things I really like about The Writer’s Hotel writing conference is the “Major Workshop,” a critique and craft group led by a senior writer. … Continue reading →

Rob Kelley here, and I was talking to one of my editors, Scott Wolven, after he and his partner-in-crime at High Frequency Press, Shanna McNair, did a joint reading of their two new books at Portland’s Print Bookstore in late … Continue reading →