‘Write about what you know,’ they said. ‘Tell a good story, a book should be a holiday.’ When you finally read the last page and close the book, you should look round at your living room feeling that you have travelled without all that nonsense of queuing at airports, missing trains and dodging traffic.
So I suppose this page is the equivalent of browsing the travel agent’s website.
Me? I live in South Cumbria, which is as nice a part of the world as any to be honest. Too old to play computer games and too young to watch daytime televison. I’ve got a wife and three daughters, no dress sense and a liking for good cappuccino.
To make a living I sort of farm, sort of write and sort of help out where I’m wanted. I suppose one day I’ll grow up and do something properly.
On the off chance you’ve wandered onto this page in a desperate attempt to discover how to buy my books. Well first there are these, sometimes called the ‘dog and quad’ books
Then there’s the Fantasy. I put them here in some sort of order. First the tales of Benor Dorfinngil, cartographer at large.
Then there are the works of Tallis Steelyard, the leading poet of his generation and ornament of that great city, Port Naain. As well as one token collection of poems he has gifted us with several volumes of his short stories.
Then we have the novellas of Tallis Steelyard.
And finally we have the various adventures of Maljie, recounted for us by Tallis Steelyard.
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They seek him here, they seek him there…… (his clothes are loud, but never square)
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A sad tale of a fallen people. What happened to the spirit of decorum or the old high standards of civic dignity?
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Lovely blog, Jim! You have a very impressive catalogue; and the artwork on your books is equally impressive. 🙂
Glad you like it. The covers of the Fantasy are done by the publishers AUK and I admit I think they’re brilliant as well. Modestly I might hint that I think the content is worthy of them 😉
Very modest, sir! But then — if you don’t promote it, no one else will. 🙂
Hence I often describe my work as ‘much acclaimed’ on the grounds that I never shut up about it 🙂
Hey, that’s a good one. I’ll have to use that line. 🙂
Absolutely. Never waste a good superlative 🙂
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A salutary tale and one that poets everywhere should keep in mind 😉
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As you see, Tallis has a life of constant sorrow
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Hi Jim, saw your blog with your name in big letters on Barb Taub’s blog roll. Had to take a look since we have the same last name 🙂
And a damned fine name it is as well Terri.
Apparently it’s an old name for a weaver. So it’s one of the trade names like ‘smith’ 🙂
I had heard that…that’s what we do, weave words into stories 🙂
I once heard a writer described as ‘a reality facilitator.’ We take a ‘reality’ and give it space to happen in 🙂
Hi
Thank you so much for finding my blog and liking a couple of posts. Hope you come back again soon
Trina
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Hi Jim,
Thank you for stopping by my website, I hope you will visit often and give me a few comments. I only started writing a few years ago and look to experienced writers to avoid the pitfalls. I notice a few familiar faces that follow you. I’ll pop in on you now in the future.
Hi Chuck
I saw your comments about your service in Vietnam. It has long struck me that young men can be conscripted and called upon to behave honourably and act courageously in wars started by people who were neither honourable nor courageous. The failings of those who started the war, and the futility or otherwise off the war, does not in anyway lessen the sacrifice of those who fought in it. A good soldier who did his duty is an honourable man, even if history or political whim decides that the war he was involved in wasn’t.
You are correct, yet our history does not always convey that response. I followed my dad who served in the U.S. Air Force for thirty-three years. I tolerated four years. Dad was in WWII, but never saw action, but that doesn’t demean the sacrifice he made. He went way beyond by making the military a career. I stand proud of my service to our country, but you never forget the nightmares you experience in a war. Thank you for your acknowledgment.
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