Welcome to my world!
I'm James Maxey, the author of the Bitterwood fantasy trilogy composed of
Bitterwood,
Dragonforge, and
Dragonseed, a pair of superhero novels
, Nobody Gets the Girl and
Burn Baby Burn, plus my new
Dragon Apocalypse series
. I've also published numerous short stories, the best of which are reprinted in my collection,
There is No Wheel. This website is focused exclusively on my published fiction. At my second blog,
Jawbone of an Ass, I serve up loudmouthed blathering about politics, religion, money, and other topic polite people have the sense to avoid.
If you're a fan of dragon-centric sword and sorcery with a touch of superheroics, the Dragon Apocalypse is being written for you! In fact, even if you're not a fan of fantasy, you might want to check out the books, since my approach to this series is to strip out everything I find boring about epic fantasy and focus on the fun stuff, like larger than life characters bravely throwing themselves into battle with dragons, and the dragons eating them. Greatshadow, Hush, and Witchbreaker are now available. The next book, Soulless, should be out in late 2013/early 2014.
Definitely coming out in 2013 will be my next superhero novel, tentatively titled "The Adventures of Cut-Up Girl." Watch this space for further news!
It's not well known that the Statue of Liberty has a younger sister. 
Cardboard Stormtrooper. 
Guy Gardner tickles Rich Sigfrit while the money Superwoman spent on modelling school pays off.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster touches Lou Anders with his noodley appendage.
Some weirdo in a pirate hat. We'll be seeing more of him in future posts!
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2 comments:
"...Statue of Liberty has a younger sister."
You've just made me laugh quite a lot, sir. And you look like Ben Franklin the Pirate. Might be the glasses. So did you go to the pirate party you were invited to along the darkened hallway? Honestly, if you didn't, it was because you had no idea how cool that was going to sound when you eventually read it in this comment.
Alas, while I was really tempted to go to the pirate party, it didn't start until 10pm on our third day of the con. By that point, we were dead on our feet, so we spent 10pm snoring in our beds. Also, earlier that day, I'd been able to 1: talk about the Mountain Goats with Pyr editor Lou Anders and 2: got to meet Dave Silverman, spokesman for American Atheists, who was actually featured in the infamous Elizabeth Dole "Godless" ad. It turns out he's Hildy Silverman's husband. I know Hildy from the con circuit; she actually used to work for Phobos Books, my first publisher. What a weirdly interconnected world we live in. Anyway, between meeting another Mountain Goats fan and meeting a man who truly is a card-carrying atheist (he gave me his card) and discussing politics with him, I figured I'd filled my quota for awesome con encounters for the day. I slept well.
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