POPCORN FALLS
News on Jim's writings, and a bibliography too!
News
Jim will be writing a new Storytelling Adventure System (SAS) product for White Wolf. More information forthcoming. For more information on the SAS product line, click here.
Jim was at Capclave 2008, the Washington, D.C. area literary science fiction convention, from October 17 through October 19, sitting in on panels and meeting fellow genre writers. Looking forward to Capclave 2009! Hope to see you there.
Along
with writers Monica Valentinelli and Matt
M. McElroy, Jim recently contributed a novella titled "Lifting
the Gingham Veil" to the Tales
of the Seven Dogs Society anthology by Abstract
Nova, based off the Aletheia setting. If you
like strange and unusual paranormal goings-on and The
X-Files, you'll like this anthology and pen-and-paper RPG.
The anthology debuted at GenCon Indy in August of 2008, and will (hopefully) be available from Indie Press Revolution and Key20 in Fall 2008. Click the thumbnail to view a larger version of the cover art for the anthology and click here to read a preview from the story.
Click here for a review of the anthology
Jim
has a novelette titled "A Terrible Beauty" published in the
new Star Trek: Mirror Universe
anthology titled Shards and Shadows
available NOW! Click the thumbnail to view a larger version of the cover.
Reviews are starting to come in. Links will be made available soon!
Jim's latest short story, "Clyde Cross'd Romance," is available as part of the Cup of Comfort for Horse Lovers anthology!
Jim was at Shore Leave 30 from July 11 to 13, 2008 signing books, pimping future releases, and having a good time with fellow writers and fans. Hope you were there! See you next year for Shore Leave 31!
In the meantime, he's working on original fiction (short stories and novels) and pitches and proposals for more fiction work and more RPG-related work.
Bibliography
2009: "A Terrible Beauty," Star Trek: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows, Pocket Books
2008: "Clyde Cross'd Romance," Cup of Comfort for Horse Lovers, Adams Media
"Lifting the Gingham Veil," Tales of the Seven Dogs Society, Abstract Nova
2007: "Signal to Noise," Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 10, Pocket Books
2006: "Home Soil," Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 09, Pocket Books
2004: "Solemn Duty," Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII, Pocket Books
The Writing Process
Jim writes almost all of his first drafts on an Alphasmart Neo, which is quite possibly the handiest writer's tool in the universe. Once an unedited first draft is complete, he dumps the text onto his desktop computer and works the remaining magic in good old Microsoft Word.
Other Writing
Jim has written material for Decipher, Inc.'s Star Trek RPG and The Lord of the Rings RPG; and for FanPro/Catalyst Games Labs' Shadowrun RPG. Owing to a wide variety of factors in the ever-capricious RPG industry, most of that material remains unpublished.
In 1995, Jim wrote three issues of a black-and-white comic book titled The Acolyte Chronicles, which were published by Azure Press, a small print comic company created by Tom Chillemi, Jim, and others. Copies of the comic might possibly still be found in the bargain bins of your local comic book store. If you happen to find one, enjoy (he says, cringingly).
The covers for the three issues are displayed below. Click the thumbnail to view a larger version.
