tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.comments2023-06-06T06:05:19.811-07:00James Maxey - The Prophet and the DragonJames Maxeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-47004432695191883502021-12-03T21:25:37.054-08:002021-12-03T21:25:37.054-08:00We have been providing North York plumbing service...We have been providing North York plumbing service for homes and businesses.OUR Services are- <a href="https://bestpriceplumbing.ca/plumber-in-east-york/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Plumbers in East York</strong></a><br /><br />,<a href="https://bestpriceplumbing.ca/reliable-plumber-near-me/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Reliable plumber near me</strong></a> &,<a href="https://bestpriceplumbing.ca/plumber-in-york/" rel="nofollow"><strong>plumber-in-york</strong></a>.<br />Bestpriceplumbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204737505198903796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-27950542269223053962021-10-04T11:32:14.030-07:002021-10-04T11:32:14.030-07:00Not too wise, bro.
You're playing with fire.
L...Not too wise, bro.<br />You're playing with fire.<br />Literally.<br />When you perish, if you havent loved<br />God and loved the po' in this finite<br />existence, and played that worthless<br />demonic game, I fear for thy soul.<br />Solution? Repent/believe. We cannot<br />diss God or one day we shall pay-up.<br />---> Wouldnt it be a blastNhalf to<br />have them monstersNdemons on some<br />other planet, living for eternity in<br />Seventh-Heaven N defeating them??<br />You can. REPENT!!! Kneel at the side<br />O bed. Say something, 'Jesus, You're my only hope. I promise not to get<br />involved in demon worship by playing<br />D&D or whatever anymoe. I know that<br />You have set a limit on my life and<br />I honor that. I repent now N give my<br />life to You. Amen' GBY-blessed b9, Catalyst4Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650964620664544661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-13642065166794129792021-02-15T13:54:37.312-08:002021-02-15T13:54:37.312-08:00Hi Cassie,
I can't give specifics since I don...Hi Cassie,<br /><br />I can't give specifics since I don't know where you're based, but if you are writing in a nerdy genre (epi or urban fantasy, SF, superheroes, or horror) you could check with your nearest comic book or gaming store and see if there are local conventions they can recommend. <br /><br />A lot depends on how outgoing you are, how far you're willing to travel, and how much money you're willing to spend to promote yourself. If you only have a single novel, you might start out at small local comic conventions. Contact them and see if they have and artist alley and if they allow authors into it. Some of these tables can be very inexpensive. I occasionally do shows that only charge $20 for a table. In general, the less they charge, the smaller the crowd. This limits how many books you might sell, but if you've never pitched your book directly to a potential buyer, a small crowd gives you a little breathing room and lets you gage what works in your pitch and what doesn't for a relatively low cost. <br /><br />On the other hand, if you just like going to conventions, or think you might, it doesn't hurt to apply to a larger event. You'd be unlikely to get into a really huge show like the San Diego Comicon or the New York Comicon, but the various Wizard World and Galaxycon shows might be worth pursuing. Tables aren't cheap, between $150 and $350. It's going to be tough to cover your costs with just a single book, so if you have short stories maybe look into printing up some of these that can be sold cheaply. You can also partner up with another author or artist to split the cost of a table, which is still a strategy I use quite often. <br /><br />In the long run, the big shows, 25,000+ guests are where you can really sell a ton of books if you get good at drawing customers to your table, pitching, closing, and moving them along. And even if you lose money starting out, as you publish more books and gain more experience this can be a very viable source of real revenue, assuming big conventions ever return after covid! I've got some of my calendar for the summer, but we'll see if they really happen or not! James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-75774977005955992122021-02-15T11:15:11.642-08:002021-02-15T11:15:11.642-08:00Hi James,
Thanks for the information. I just sign...Hi James,<br /><br />Thanks for the information. I just signed a contract to get my debut novel published. I have to do a lot of the marketing and thought attending a conference where I could promote my fantasy book would be a good idea, especially to getting my name out there.<br /><br />Do you have any recommendations for conferences where I might be able to sell my fantasy book?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />CassieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360125931933651075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-46847332023650355892021-02-10T23:01:46.530-08:002021-02-10T23:01:46.530-08:00One of the biggest misunderstandings that guitar t...One of the biggest misunderstandings that guitar teachers have is thinking that the number of guitar students they have relates to how successful they are in their guitar teaching business. <a href="https://joneruizguitar.com/" rel="nofollow">Jone Ruiz Guitar</a>tike mikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646994462395287119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-54238276048493044332020-02-17T06:37:19.814-08:002020-02-17T06:37:19.814-08:00Thanks! Thanks! James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-48426788807283196942020-02-17T03:10:58.998-08:002020-02-17T03:10:58.998-08:00I look forward to reading the whole thing! I look forward to reading the whole thing! Calvin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804668096913977957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-9817043400814572562019-10-18T10:15:41.642-07:002019-10-18T10:15:41.642-07:00It's not so much how many characters die as wh...It's not so much how many characters die as which characters die. By the end of the original Bitterwood trilogy, some of the characters had pretty sturdy suits of plot armor. Structurally, there were some characters who couldn't bite it if the plot was to resolve in a satisfying fashion. But, Dragonsgate has more in common with the first Bitterwood novel. There, I could kill major characters rather freely, and it would just serve to heighten the sense of peril for characters in the later novels. Instead of writing a book where dozens of characters need to be alive at the end for it to work, I have only two characters I really can't kill. Everyone else is expendable. James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-61873261066260494172019-10-18T10:03:01.930-07:002019-10-18T10:03:01.930-07:00That last sentence sounds ominous. What kind of bo...That last sentence sounds ominous. What kind of body count are we looking at?JMarsh642https://www.blogger.com/profile/14249108155819848270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-27468639512661082092019-10-18T09:57:41.237-07:002019-10-18T09:57:41.237-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.JMarsh642https://www.blogger.com/profile/14249108155819848270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-29955943906631105272019-05-22T21:24:46.399-07:002019-05-22T21:24:46.399-07:00Are you tired of being human, having talented brai...Are you tired of being human, having talented brain turning to a vampire in a good posture in ten minutes, Do you want to have power and influence over others, To be charming and desirable, To have wealth, health, without delaying in a good human posture and becoming an immortal? If yes, these your chance. 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It's a world of vampire where life get easier,We have made so many persons vampires and have turned them rich, You will assured long life and prosperity, You shall be made to be very sensitive to mental alertness, Stronger and also very fast, You will not be restricted to walking at night only even at the very middle of broad day light you will be made to walk, This is an opportunity to have the human vampire virus to perform in a good posture. If you are interested contact us on Vampirelord7878@gmail.comLee mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859526124737662763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-61720873851805698212019-05-12T19:44:24.375-07:002019-05-12T19:44:24.375-07:00I just spotted the typo in the headline. This was ...I just spotted the typo in the headline. This was week 18, not 16!James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-63075229177902204932019-02-17T06:41:25.414-08:002019-02-17T06:41:25.414-08:00Thanks, Sassoutjay!
You know what's funny, ju...Thanks, Sassoutjay!<br /><br />You know what's funny, just this morning I'm typing up notes for my voice narrator on the audio edition of Burn Baby Burn, the novel I'd just finished when I wrote this blog post. I listened to the final three chapters last night. I think it's still the best superhero novel I've written, and I think the final tip on my list, "Take your foot off the brake," is the reason why. <br /><br />A lot of my superhero fiction has absurdist, surreal elements that exist because I find them entertaining, but also because they're relatively "safe" to write. No one is going to imagine I'm basing a battle between an invulnerable man and a giant robotic ostrich on personal experience. But I kept getting choked up listening to Burn Baby Burn in the final chapters when Sunday's been told that her powers have been killing her and she's only got a few weeks left to live. <br /><br />I was writing this a few years after I'd lost a partner to cancer, and was far enough removed from the event that I didn't feel ghoulish putting some of my personal experience onto the page, yet still close enough that those feelings hadn't been completely edited into trite life lessons. Sunday almost goes through the classic five stages of grief in reverse order when confronted with her own mortality, at first peacefully accepting the idea that she's going to die, then going through an anger and denial phase during her final battle where she really fights against the idea that she has any limits or any reason to fear death, followed by her final words which so frightened and filled with despair after every mask of toughness or defiance or courage has fallen away. It's such a flip from the more traditional portrayals of the death of a protagonist, where they bravely accept their final fate. You know, no matter how tough you are, there shouldn't be any shame attached to feeling terrified when death is unavoidable. I'm glad I didn't edit out that despair. <br /><br />Rereading this post has also inspired me to try to do another novel in a week later this year. I've got a few good candidates for such a project, two short books with first person narrators that are each only loosely connected to my existing novels, which means I won't have continuity chains dragging me down. Now I just need to finish the two books I'm currently working on and find an open week on my calendar. James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-7906783591290955162019-02-17T05:51:47.001-08:002019-02-17T05:51:47.001-08:00This encourages me to actually finish a draft of t...This encourages me to actually finish a draft of the book I recently started without being distracted by new ideassassoutjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975476482477612795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-48903576220343002072019-02-17T05:50:59.071-08:002019-02-17T05:50:59.071-08:00I just started a book now and like most writers, I...I just started a book now and like most writers, I have written useless drafts and ideas, not being able to finish them. But this actually makes me determined to try and complete a work that I love!sassoutjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975476482477612795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-13504760525113291272019-02-03T07:53:50.343-08:002019-02-03T07:53:50.343-08:00If you do figure out the whole link thing, I'd...If you do figure out the whole link thing, I'd like to see it! James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-34234924232954659522019-02-02T09:45:12.955-08:002019-02-02T09:45:12.955-08:00How cool! If I could figure out how to post a link...How cool! If I could figure out how to post a link to my art page, I could show you my dragon sculpture I made a couple of years ago! Heck, if I still lived near Durham, I could even bring it by! Alas...Ziggy Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550693892714036116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-74779004827587918152018-12-30T09:14:12.184-08:002018-12-30T09:14:12.184-08:00I actually meant to post this on my non-writing bl...I actually meant to post this on my non-writing blog, and didn't realize I somehow mixed them up. To check out the "big picture" part of this post, follow the link below. <br />http://jamesmaxey.blogspot.com/2018/12/best-photos-of-2018-big-pictures.htmlJames Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-81115444298558329262018-12-12T06:42:05.769-08:002018-12-12T06:42:05.769-08:00Thanks, Ziggy! Christmas faires! I know about them...Thanks, Ziggy! Christmas faires! I know about them, but until now I hadn't thought about maybe trying to sell books at one, so thanks for making me think about a potential new market. In 2019 I'll be doing a Robotic Rodeo and a Ren Faire (Festival of Legends), as I try new stuff to pursue new readers.<br /><br />The Piedmont Laureate program is only 10 years old, and actually doesn't cover Greensboro. It's the arts councils of Orange County, Durham, and Wake County. I was the laureate for 2015 and spoke mostly at libraries, but also at museums and city and county government meetings. <br /><br />The book four I have in mind for the Nobody series will be called Nobody Nowhere and it will actually be a super-crossover novel. A few years ago I attempted to organize a crossover novel among a few indy superhero authors, but the logistics were daunting. Now that I write two superhero series set in different worlds (three if you count my Dragon Apocalypse novels) I can cut through some of the legal and organizational paperwork just by doing a crossover between my various worlds! Plus, listening to Nobody and Burn Baby Burn as they're being recorded for audio has really stirred my imagination with these characters once more. <br /><br />Happy New Year! James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-50921934005334180522018-12-12T05:41:16.903-08:002018-12-12T05:41:16.903-08:00Sounds like an awesome year! And I can commiserate...Sounds like an awesome year! And I can commiserate with the whole 'setting up, breaking down, right/wrong stock' conundrum as before this year I was doing the local arts & crafts gigs including the Christmas faires. All I can say to that is thank goodness I took 2018 off (and that a couple I felt REQUIRED to do were cancelled). And I didn't know you were Piedmont Laureate, how cool! I grew up in Greensboro (I think I've mentioned this in another conversation) and didn't even know we had a laureate! So congrats on that! For, um, the last 18 days of your term at least! Happy New Year and remember: Book 4's in 2019 for sure!Ziggy Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550693892714036116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-53426505064773517592018-09-25T10:51:20.288-07:002018-09-25T10:51:20.288-07:00That option didn't appear yesterday for me, ri...That option didn't appear yesterday for me, right after I made the transfer. (The books were already live.) But now the option of "request author copies" appears - it must have needed more time to complete the transfer or something. Appreciated! Larry Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001007893790696182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119638836985106294.post-83553046456915998862018-09-25T10:44:35.502-07:002018-09-25T10:44:35.502-07:00Once the book is live, there should be a "req...Once the book is live, there should be a "request author copies" option right below "order proofs." James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.com