JWB Book Fair 2025
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Greetings, bookworms. It’s March, which means it’s my birthday, so I’m here with the annual roundup of my indulgent personal bookfair. This year had several pertinent and overlapping themes. First ... Read more
Jim Talks Books with Dawn Chapman
Jim Talks Books
Today I’m chatting with Dawn Chapman, author of the Pilots of Artem science fiction series. You can read a taste of the series in the free novella Wait for Me. ... Read more
Jim Talks Books with Jack Shilkaitis
Jim Talks Books
Today I have the pleasure of tapping the brain of Jack Shilkaitis, indie science fiction writer from the state of Iowa and author of the Scions of Oth military space ... Read more
Jim Talks Books with E. M. Rensing
Jim Talks Books
Today I’m chatting with E. M. Rensing, military science fiction author of The Heliosphere Trilogy and The Abiota Series. She graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2008, ... Read more
SEE RED Trigger Warnings
SEE RED, Writing
Hello, reader! This post lists the emotional and psychological triggers you’ll find in my novel SEE RED. This list includes spoilers. Read on as you see fit. As the book’s ... Read more
Mittens Interviews Bama
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This interview took place on 15 Dec 2023 via video call between Jody Wallace’s cat Mittens and Jim’s dog Bama. Jody Wallace is the indie sci-fi author of CATALYST, which ... Read more
Want to go to a Book Fair (sort of)?
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So, I’m turning 50 next week. I can’t say I’m excited about it, but it does have me waxing nostalgic. Which brings me to book fairs. Remember those? The one ... Read more
Framing the Unknown (or Schrödinger’s Sticker)
Stories
Think of it like this: you’ve heard of Schrödinger’s cat? It’s like that, except instead of a cat in the box, it’s my self-esteem. Sometimes my libido is in there ... Read more
A Strong Opinion, Weakly Held
Season of Waiting
I first heard the word suicide in elementary school, after my family moved to Plano, Texas in the early 1980’s. We arrived as a tornado of teen suicides ripped through ... Read more
The Perfect Little Town of Utopia, Texas
Season of Waiting
Utopia. The name says it all. In the Texas hill country, maybe 90 miles West of San Antonio, exists the intersection of serenity and nature. The town hugs State Road ... Read more