POPCORN FALLS
News on Jim's writings, and a bibliography too!
News
Jim's latest short story, "Clyde Cross'd Romance," will be out in April 2008 as part of the Cup of Comfort for Horse Lovers anthology!
Jim will be 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 to see you there!
Jim is about to be contracted to write a novella. More details forthcoming.
Jim is also about to be contracted to contribute 30k words to a new RPG core book. More details forthcoming.
Jim has a short story titled "A Terrible Beauty" that will be part of the forthcoming Star Trek: Mirror Universe anthology Shards and Shadows due to be released January 2009. A cover of the book will be posted once it's finalized.
And 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
2008: "Clyde Cross'd Romance," Cup of Comfort for Horse Lovers, Adams Media
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 Owing to a wide variety of factors in the ever-capricious RPG industry, most of that material remains unpublished.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.
