CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

  FINALLY! I'm really happy to announce that Mack 'n' Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9 has just released. It's been a really long time coming, but Book 5 in the Mack 'n' Me series , Mack 'n' Me: Wolves of Alpha 9 has finally released. What's it About? Wolves of Alpha 9 involves a hunt for a wrecked star ship that embroils Cutter and the Shady's crew in a planetary revolution. The description is as follows: A relic from a near-forgotten war, an escaped concubine, and planetary annexation. When Mack’s hunt for a crashed war ship goes terribly wrong, Cutter and the crew find themselves embroiled in the politics of rebellion, inter-species warfare and inter-clan domination. Throw in clan rivalries and a cub in need of rescue, and a simple wreck retrieval becomes a matter of life, death and Odyssey. The only question is just how much trouble they can get into before they need help getting back out…and if someone will be there to aid them.   NOTE :...

This novel is slowly reaching its conclusion. Of the 80,000 words I slated for it, it is now 80,800 words long and inside the last few thousand words. My deadline for finishing is June 15. Here is a brief excerpt from yesterday's writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It won’t take them long to work it out.” Tens’ voice was an unwelcome rattle in my head. “Take out the Rennet’s World wolves. Keep the children safe. Don’t let them be taken.” Taken. I got it. Only way I could guarantee hitting a Rennet’s World squaddie and not touching the kids was if I used the sword or shot them in the head. The two things couldn’t be mutually exclusive, right? “Cutter…” Mack was starting to sound tired. I wondered if he needed some milk and cookies, or maybe a sleeping buddy. Ooh, a sleeping buddy… I bet we could— “CUTTER!” came in five shades of mortified from four different directions, b...