“Setbacks are often setups for something greater.”
– Kelly Mack McCoy
“Setbacks are often setups for something greater.” This profound belief shapes the life and work of Kelly Mack McCoy, a man whose journey from rough beginnings to becoming an acclaimed author and prolific ghostwriter is nothing short of inspirational. From a young age, McCoy’s love for books and writing was a sanctuary amidst a turbulent childhood marked by poverty and family dysfunction. Despite the odds, his passion for storytelling endured, fueled by the simple notion that if others could get their work published, so could he.
In this candid interview, McCoy shares his experiences growing up in a challenging environment, where new clothes were a rarity and onion sandwiches were a treat. His father’s long battle with alcoholism and his mother’s struggles with mental illness painted a childhood far removed from idyllic. Yet, these hardships imbued McCoy with a resilience that would later define his approach to life and writing.
McCoy reflects on his initial hesitation to pursue writing as a career, hindered by self-doubt and the belief that he wasn’t capable. However, as he recounts, the dream persisted, a flicker of hope that ultimately led him down a path less traveled, much like the one described in Robert Frost’s famous poem. This path took a significant turn with the life-altering event of a friend’s death, which reignited his determination to complete his first novel, Rough Way to the High Way.
McCoy emphasizes that everyone has stories worth telling, shaped by their unique trials and triumphs. His own story is a testament to the idea that no matter how difficult one’s background may be, perseverance and faith can transform setbacks into steppingstones for something greater. Join us as we look into the life of Kelly Mack McCoy, exploring the roads he has traveled and the wisdom he has gained along the way.
TWB: Can you share the inspiration behind your book, The Sojourner’s Road Home: A 40-Day Journey to the Heart of God?
KMM: The road of life often leads us to unexpected detours. Day 20 of The Sojourner’s Road Home begins with a quote from Tony Evans, “God can use detours to get you to your destiny.” Sometimes, our paths are paved with a purpose we couldn’t have foreseen.
After publishing Rough Way to the High Way, I thought I had found my niche in fiction. My novel was well-received. Midwest Book Review called it “an extraordinary novel.” The book received numerous awards and attracted the interest of a movie producer. The trucker-turned-pastor-turned-trucker was a unique storyline for a long-overdue trucking movie. A sequel was in the works.
But like a runaway truck hitting an escape ramp in a mountain pass, all that momentum abruptly stopped. In fact, the whole world stopped during the global lockdown that followed the release of my novel. My hopes and dreams were shattered like that truck would have been without the ramp.
On the cover of Rough Way to the High Way is a quote from a friend who asked me to use it somewhere in the book: “When your plans unravel, it may be God who is pulling the strings.” The quote is related to the story in the novel, but little did I know that it would be even more appropriate for how events steered my writing journey in a different direction.
As I traveled the country during the lockdown, the devastation I encountered was heart-wrenching. Families lost loved ones, and people lost jobs as businesses shut their doors—sometimes for good. Fear and uncertainty about the future hung like a dark cloud over America and the rest of the world. People were isolated and lonely during these times and were encouraged to avoid contact with others. The message repeated time and again was clear: keep your distance.
The inspiration for The Sojourner’s Road Home was borne out of a desire to provide solace and a sense of community when physical gatherings were impossible. Even churches closed their doors. Yet, in these moments of enforced solitude, the need for spiritual connection and encouragement was greater than ever.
The Sojourner’s Road Home was created for those who, like me, spend much of their time on the road or are separated from others for various other reasons. Suddenly, that was everyone’s story during the lockdown, and people sought deeper meaning for their sojourn in this world.
The book became a 40-day journey because that period often precedes remarkable transformations. Jesus’ 40-day fast was followed by His greatest triumph over temptation. After His resurrection, He spent 40 days with His disciples, preparing them for the mission ahead. I hoped the 40-day journey would inspire spiritual breakthroughs in readers’ lives.
Of particular relevance and inspiring motivation for readers having to deal with depression and failing circumstances due to drug addiction, alcoholism, economic setbacks, political instability, the recent pandemic, ministerial/pastoral malfeasance, and the other sundry ills that afflict ourselves, our families, our communities, “The Sojourner’s Road Home: A 40-Day Journey to the Heart of God” is a balm, a help, and a way to restore faith, stability, mental/emotional health, and a surcease from physical, emotional, and mental pain brought on by addiction, misery, and feelings of abandonment.
Simply stated, “The Sojourner’s Road Home: A 40-Day Journey to the Heart of God” is highly recommended for personal, professional, community, church, seminary, college, and university library Self-Help/Self-Improvement reading lists and collections.
TWB: How did the collaboration with John Floyd Mills influence your writing style and the themes you explore in your novels?
KMM: When my company went bankrupt in the Great Recession of 2008, I had some time to focus on my writing. Although I had previously written for small publications, the time seemed right to take my writing seriously.
I found a great writers group called The Christian Writers Group of the Greater San Antonio Area (CWG San Antonio), where I connected with encouraging writers who helped draw out the writer in me. One of the members, John Floyd Mills, was a former San Antonio Light newspaper writer.
John had nearly completed his first novel and started his own publishing company, Franklin Scribes Publishing. He wanted to help writers see their labors of love through to publishing since he knew all the ins and outs of the industry.
John liked my writing style. He approached me with the idea of partnering to write a series of novels about a trucker and his adventures on the road. I also had such a thing in mind but never followed through with it, so I agreed.
It turned out our writing styles were far too different for us to write together, so he moved on and published his novels Buried and Secrets. I ran with the trucker-turned-pastor-turned-trucker project on my own.
Did I say ran? Stumbled and fell would be more accurate. After I started the novel, my crazy life got in the way again, and my book remained in darkness like the protagonist in John’s novel, Buried.
TWB: How did the passing of John Floyd Mills motivate you to complete “Rough Way to the High Way”?
KMM: Like John’s protagonist, my novel would never have seen the light of day without some dramatic event to resurrect it. That event was the sudden, unexpected death of John Floyd Mills.
After John died, I decided it was do or die for me as a writer. Sadly, for most writers, it’s die, not do. I later discovered that what I was going through was very common. 81% of people want to write a book someday. Sadly, someday never comes for most. 90% of first drafts end up in a physical or digital drawer, never to be seen again.
From that point forward, the scrap of manuscript that would become Rough Way to the High Way seemedto call out to me from that dusty drawer every day. It could no more be ignored than John’s protagonist buried underground.
John Floyd Mills, in many ways, was the quintessential hard-nosed newspaper reporter type. His well-developed, gruff exterior hid the sentimental softie on the inside. I don’t know if I would have written Rough Way to the High Way or any of the books I’ve had rolling around in my head had John not suggested that we partner as writers.
TWB: Rough Way to the High Way features a unique protagonist, a trucker-turned-pastor-turned-trucker. Tell us about significant accolades or feedback you received for the book. What was the creative process behind developing its main character, Mack, and his story?
KMM: John and I didn’t get much writing done, but we spent a lot of time downing coffee and tacos as we discussed the storyline at the beginning of the process. We needed a catalyst for the protagonist to leave his everyday life as a pastor and hit the road again in a big rig. The event that would compel him to make such a dramatic life-changing decision was the death of his wife.
Our collaboration was as follows: John would write the first draft, and I would rewrite it. The main thing that moved John to ask me to partner with him was my ability to rewrite a story to make it more compelling. Our writer’s group met in small groups, and we took each other’s writing home to edit and make notes for the next meeting. I made so many edits that I essentially rewrote the whole thing. This ability is one of the things that later led me to take up ghostwriting.
Remember, John’s tough, old-school reporter exterior covered the sentimental softie inside. He lost his first wife after watching her struggle with her illness for some time. By the time I met him, he was married to a woman he jokingly called his trophy wife, who was a beautiful person inside and out. But his first wife’s death had left him devastated.
So, John begins the novel with the protagonist’s wife dying from cancer. Page after page deals with the protagonist’s internal turmoil as he sits at his wife’s bedside while she breathes her last. He is bitter and angry at God. That’s as far as we got.
I felt that the target audience wouldn’t get past the first couple of pages if that. But what could I say? John was still wounded inside, and his wounds were bleeding out onto the pages of what would be the first of our novels together. Our partnership ended with the understanding that I would work on the concept alone, and he would return to the projects he was working on.
When I picked up the project again, I scrapped all of that and just had the protagonist’s (Mack’s) wife murdered, and that was that. He left it all and hit the road. But who murdered her and why? I didn’t know yet, and neither did Mack.
It turned out that Georgia, Mack’s wife, was diagnosed with cancer (thank you, John). But it was a ruse by the suspected murderer, Dr. Hashim, who had a visceral hatred of Mack. The diagnosis provided plausibility to the determination by the authorities that Georgia committed suicide. The story developed from there into an epic tale of the battle between good and evil as old as time itself.
As the novel progressed, I included events from my past and other things I had long determined would be included in my first novel. Along the way, a captain with the Texas Rangers and a squeaky-clean FBI agent were drawn into the drama as criminal elements reaching to the highest seats of power worked out their diabolical plans.
The novel opens with Mack picking up a hitchhiker after being nudged by God to do so. Mack is in his hometown of Pampa, Texas, picking up his first load after selling everything he owned to buy a new Peterbilt truck. The hitchhiker reminds Mack of his abusive, drunken father. But who is he? That question has been debated by readers since the beginning, which was my intent.
There’s a lot of tragedy there, right? Absolutely. So, I used plenty of the flip side of the tragedy coin throughout the book—humor—and a budding love story between Mack and a waitress at a truck stop in Pampa to soften things up. Like the hot toddy my mama gave us kids, the honey made the bitter whiskey and lemon go down so much easier.
I loved those hot toddies! It took a lot of work to make my nose red and develop sniffles so my mom would make me one. Oh, and the coughing! I should have gone into acting, too, because it worked. I hope my readers enjoy the story just as much.
I was moved and grateful for the readers’ kind words in the feedback I received. It amazed me how the story touched people in so many ways. To have someone say he’s rethinking his whole life after reading the book and to hear it compared to (the Pulitzer Prize-Winning) Lonesome Dove (twice) was a little overwhelming.
TWB: You mentioned your own past as a reference for your works. For instance, Mack has a deeply troubled past with an abusive father, a storyline that mirrors some of your own childhood experiences. How did your personal history shape Mack’s character and his interactions, particularly with the hitchhiker who reminds him of his father?
KMM: Like the rest of us, Mack carried a lot of baggage from his childhood, although he seemed to have overcome his issues. He was a pastor for most of his adult life and was married to his beautiful childhood sweetheart, Georgia. Georgia was the support that the foundation of his life rested upon.
When that foundation came crumbling down after her murder, he could not continue in the ministry without her. He sold everything he owned and returned to the only other thing he had ever known that brought him peace—trucking. His Uncle Jake would come up to Pampa in the Texas Panhandle and pick him up when Mack was a boy. It was Mack’s escape from his dysfunctional home and his drunken, abusive father.
So, Mack developed a sentimental, unrealistic view of trucking life. Until the reality of that life slapped him upside the head, as life has a way of doing. That part of the story mirrored my own life. I had a drunken, abusive father. As soon as I was old enough, I hit the road in a tractor-trailer, although none of my family had a background in trucking. It was a poor boy’s way of escape—and a poor boy’s way of seeing the world.
Mack was an easy character to develop since he has my personality. He just wanted to hit the road for peace of mind and windshield therapy. But remember the quote on the back cover of the book, “When your plans unravel, it may be God who is pulling the strings?” Mack was sent back to his hometown, where he picked up a hitchhiker that reminded him of his father.
I chose Pampa as his hometown because it is a quintessentially Texas town. The surroundings are rather bleak looking—a place you can easily imagine wanting to move away from. And it has it all: oil, cattle, and a must-have for the story—a prison, a place where the hitchhiker said he was just released from.
Some of the hitchhiker’s experiences also came from my childhood. Mack realizes later in the story that this hitchhiker was just like him and that, given Mack’s background, he could have turned out like him. His Uncle Jake’s influence kept him from going down a similar path. Mack repents of his pride and asks the hitchhiker’s forgiveness.
TWB: Your novels often deal with themes of faith and resilience. How do your personal experiences shape these themes in your writing?
KMM: I’m very open about my dysfunctional background and the details of my rough beginnings. And there’s a reason for that. As bad as it was, it was made much worse because everyone else came from normal families. At least, that’s the way it seemed to me as a kid.
You’ve heard stories about people who were poor as a child but never knew it? When you’re a poor kid from a dysfunctional family in the big city, you know you’re poor. I knew that I was poor, and worse, I knew I wasn’t normal.
But I’ve since learned that dysfunction is the norm. We spend an inordinate amount of time attempting to appear normal, whatever that means. If dysfunction is the norm (is there really any such thing as a functional family?), then you’re normal if you come from a dysfunctional family.
Not to sound boastful, but my family was above average in that regard. If you are familiar with the movie Sling Blade, you know about biscuits and mustard. Onion sandwiches were my treat. Look up Dysfunctional Family in an encyclopedia, and you’ll see a photo of the McCoy family.
I didn’t fully understand that dysfunction is the norm until I came to know the Lord at 31 years of age—“All have sinned…” Really? Is it not just me that’s messed up? So, don’t look to me as a role model if you’re struggling with life. It took the Creator of the Universe to straighten me out, and He’s still working on me. I’ll just point you to Him.
Yes, the deck was stacked against me at birth. Life is not fair. But I’ve learned that even if you come from what may appear to others as a privileged background, you have been through rough times of your own. No one escapes that in this life.
By the grace of God, I am not a victim but an overcomer. You are not a victim. Regardless of your circumstances, there is hope for you, regardless of your station in life. Your story matters. Go out and live it the way God intended for you. And don’t let your story die with you. You have much wisdom to share with the rest of us.
Faith and resilience. Great choice of words for your question. Those are the themes on which the foundation of my life is built.
TWB: You also mentioned that a life-altering event prompted you to pursue your dream of becoming an author. Can you tell us more about that experience and how it impacted your writing career?
KMM: Despite my dysfunctional background—or perhaps because of it—I have loved books and reading as far back as I can remember. And I loved to write. Even when I was very young, I loved strolling through the aisles of bookstores and picking up random books to read. Sometimes, I would be awed by the brilliant prose and thought I could never write like that. Then I would pick up another book that was not so well written and think, if he can write like that and somehow get his book on a shelf in a bookstore, I can too.
This was long before self-publishing made the process much easier. So, I had it in my heart to become a writer from an early age, yet I never pursued writing as a career. Why? Henry Ford said, or at least this quote is attributed to him: “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.” I didn’t think I could. Therefore, I didn’t. I had that mindset that held me back my entire life. I never thought I’d amount to much since I came from such a rough background. But somehow, the dream lived on.
I wrote some over the years, and some of my writing was published in small publications. But I lacked the confidence to pursue writing as a career or write the books that long simmered in the back of my mind. I didn’t have the confidence to turn up the heat and complete the manuscripts.
I mentioned the life-changing event earlier. In 2008, my company went bankrupt during the Great Recession. I discovered CWG San Antonio and started attending the group’s meetings. For quite some time, I felt I should wear a dunce cap to the meetings. Four or five members had Ph. D.s, and several had master’s degrees. Professional editors and several published award-winning book authors and screenwriters were there.
TWB: Living in the Texas Hill Country, how does your environment influence your creativity and writing process?
KMM: I was born in East Texas but moved to Dallas when I was two years old because that’s where the booze was. True story. East Texas was dry at the time, meaning that my dad had to drive all the way to Dallas to buy alcohol, so we just packed up and moved there.
It was cheaper and safer in the long run. Dad was always a slowpoke as a driver. Because of that, he could consume a bucketload of booze before arriving back to the gently rolling hills and tall pine trees of home. Being drunker than Cooter Brown on the highways was frowned upon back then, even though drinking while driving was legal in Texas in those days.
After following a job to Houston in my early twenties, I lived in that area for about twenty years. I then moved to San Antonio and have lived in that area for over twenty years. As measured by Texas stone-throwing standards, the Hill Country is just a stone’s throw from San Antonio.
So, I’ve lived in Texas my entire life. I use the word lived loosely since I was out of the Lone Star State more often than not for much of my adult life, but it’s always been home to me. In the summer, everywhere in Texas is hotter than an armadillo’s hide in West Texas on the Fourth of July. So, many things are the same in Texas, wherever you go, despite the diverse landscape. A Texan feels as much at home in Mineola as in Muleshoe.
But there’s something different about the Texas Hill Country. It is truly the Heart of Texas, even though the San Fransico of Texas, Austin, is on its eastern fringes. In Rough Way to the High Way, Pampa was chosen as Mack’s hometown for the reasons mentioned earlier. But his adopted hometown was in the Hill Country town of Kerrville.
TWB: What challenges have you faced as a freelance writer and ghostwriter, and how have you overcome them?
KMM: I mentioned having a love for reading and a vision of being a writer from a young age. But writing wasn’t the only artistic expression that appealed to me. I was pretty good at drawing and have always regretted not developing that gift further.
The other one was music. I enjoyed guitar-picking and even teamed up with some of my fellow hooligans to form a little garage band, much to the chagrin of the neighbors. An older friend with a Bob Dylan haircut snatched up my guitar from the backseat of the car we were in and busted it over the head of another friend in a drunken brawl one night. Although it upset me at the time since I couldn’t afford a new one, in retrospect, it may have saved me a lot of grief since I was not a great player.
So, I’ve always been a bit of a frustrated artist. My writing is the one of the three talents that has given me an outlet as an artist. Although I may get around to buying another guitar one of these days and give that another shot.
Something that has never appealed to me is being a starving artist. Making a living as a writer is difficult, to say the least. As most writers will tell you, there is usually little money in writing books, with notable exceptions like Stephen King or James Patterson. I’m not there yet.
With about 50 million books on Amazon, getting people to notice yours is challenging. And most writers would rather take a punch to the gut than engage in self-promotion. So, what are our options? We can just put our book out there and hope someone stumbles upon it. The odds of that happening are about the same as winning the lottery. We can expose our gut, squinch our eyes, and hope for the best.
I’m not fond of that option, so I’ve learned to market myself better. Any personal or business endeavor I engage in will be a win/win for everyone involved. I stopped the race to the bottom with my rates to gain new freelance jobs and ghostwriting clients. I have a valuable service to offer that will greatly benefit my clients. As with anything, you must pay for quality. I do quality writing. My long-term goal is to gain 100% of my work by referral.
Positive actions result in positive outcomes in other areas as well. Building my ghostwriting business helps me with my own writing as well. I have a lot of books in me. Ghostwriting allows me to work on them while earning income from writing for others.
TWB: What are some of the key life lessons you hope readers take away from your books?
KMM: Here are what I hope readers can glean from my books.
• Setbacks are often setups for something greater.
Struggles are an inevitable part of life. None of us enjoy going through them, but how we react to them defines our path forward. When we embrace our struggles, we often find they lead to unexpected blessings we may not have received without them. Never give up. Setbacks are temporary, but giving up is permanent.
• God’s timing is perfect.
This is a tough one. But when we remember that it’s not all about us, this oft-repeated saying is much easier to understand. God has a universe He’s balancing. Our part in His plan is often impossible for us to see. This is where trust and faith come into play. When Mack lost his wife Georgia in Rough Way to the High Way it was almost more than he could bear. But God had a mission for Mack to prevent immeasurable loss and grief for an untold number of people. He worked through the life of a humble truck driver as part of a greater plan. Much like He did before with another blue-collar worker, Jesus.
• Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity, a trait that can be nurtured through faith.
Like a boxer hitting the mat after a blow he didn’t see coming, training allows us to get back up and into the battle again. Mack faced seemingly insurmountable odds in Rough Way to the High Way but emerged stronger and wiser. His resilience wasn’t a product of sheer willpower but of a faith that carried him through the trials of life for years. He didn’t know when he was going through the trials that God was preparing him for something greater.
• Prayer is not just about asking for help but also about seeking understanding and expressing gratitude.
Each journal page in the 40 days of The Sojourner’s Road Home begins with a prompt to offer thanksgiving and praise to God before supplications as we seek to understand His will for us.
• Remember, fellow sojourners, comebacks are always possible with God in your corner!
TWB: Can you discuss any upcoming projects or sequels that your readers can look forward to?
KMM: I have completed my first children’s book, and a great illustrator is interested in working on the project with me. I’m ironing out the details on that one. Once this book gains traction, a series of books will follow.
Al Mendenhall, a 75-year-old pastor friend, has envisioned his own children’s book that he’s wanted to publish for decades. He’s also an illustrator and has developed the characters. He asked me to write the story. Al designed the cover for my first book.
That one is almost completed and ready to turn over to him. It’s his baby, and I’m happy to help bring it to life. I can’t wait to see the finished project. A series will be built around these characters, like my children’s book.
The long-awaited sequel to Rough Way to the High Way is in the works. As I said earlier, that project was on the front burner until events caused it to simmer in the back while I worked on The Sojourner’s Road Home. From the beginning, Rough Way to the High Way was intended to be a three-part series, with each book a stand-alone story like the first.
A follow-up book to The Sojourner’s Road Home is also planned. And I’m seeking contributions from my fellow sojourners who want to share their stories.
Other books are planned that will be announced later.
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“You are not a victim. Regardless of your circumstances, there is hope for you, regardless of your station in life.”
– Kelly Mack McCoy
Testimonials
“Kelly Mack McCoy is a great writer and a hard-working, good ole boy in everything that he does.” – Chris Hensel, Movie Producer/Director—Jeb Stuart Duke on the original Dukes of Hazzard TV show and Captain California of The Kids Super Power Hour Saturday Morning Cartoons
“I highly recommend Kelly Mack McCoy for your ghostwriting needs. As a fellow author, I credit my connection with Mack as the motivation for creating my audiobook. Mack is a great writer, has a wealth of knowledge, and will steer you in the right direction.” – Dr. Burl Randolph, Jr., DM, Colonel, US Army, Retired, MyWingman, LLC, author of Inspired, Not Retired: Leadership Lessons from Father to Son.
“Kelly Mack McCoy is an exceptional writer with a high level of emotional intelligence that allows him to draw out your story and make it the best it can be.” – Dr. John W. Lovitt, LPC-S, President & CEO of The Family Wellness Institute and author of Who’s Listening Anyway?
“Kelly Mack McCoy is the real deal as an emerging author.” – Phillip Telfer, pastor, author of Why Save Alexander, director of Media Talk 101 and Screentime 101. Founder of the Christian Worldview Film Festival.
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- Website: Kelly Mack McCoy
- Interview with Tara Ross from American Fiction Christian Writers (AFCW)
American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) (kellymackmccoy.com) - Interview on the Sample Chapter Podcast (First chapter of Rough Way to the High Way read by the author)
Kelly Mack McCoy: Rough Way to the High Way (youtube.com) - Kelly Mack McCoy, Author and Ghostwriter. YouTube.
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I want to highlight the importance of talking, as openly as possible —within safe boundaries— about our struggles. Because if we don’t have people like the author who discusses his abusive childhood, we can’t form communities, and situations like abuse thrive in solitude.
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