The creature is still out there.
James Charles
As a child, I escaped into stories. As an adult, I escape into stories when I read, and when I write.
A veteran of the United States Army, I was an educator for the Los Angeles School District in various capacities for thirty years. An active member of professional writing organizations, I have two eBooks published by a small press. I now live on the Big Island of Hawaii and have a sweeping Historical/Romance in the works.
James Charles is known inside the Colony as James Charles
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Write What You Want…
Why do you write what you write? Why do you read what you read? Well, isn’t the reason because it’s what interests you? What you...
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet?
Faster than a speeding bullet? No. I love to take my time and savor the words on the page as I read, digesting each word,...
Writer Beware
I think AI is inundating my email inbox with author scams. Apparently AI is somehow gathering data on our books (from Amazon, Goodreads?) and generating...
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES
I know there is an increasing upward trend in sales with audiobooks lately; people listening to a book while multitasking, perhaps gardening with earbuds in,...
Tired Old Characterizations
I’m tired of stereotypical behaviors from characters, both in books and on television or at the movies. I know, I know, I know; what I’m...
Advertising and Social Media
There has been much discussion in writing circles about how much a writer has to self-promote these days—whether they are published by the big boys...
The Death of the American Penny.
Well, it’s been in discussion for years, but the man behind the curtain X’d (I guess you can’t say tweeted anymore?), that the American penny...
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go…
Over the river and through the woods To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Through the wide and...
River Cruise down the Danube in Eastern Europe!
We are back from a river cruise down the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest. Well, what did we see? We were amazed at the people...
Is the future here yet?
As a kid, I watched Star Trek. Some things have come true. I remember at the market you had to push to open the door....
And Another One Gone…
Donald Sutherland is gone. I saw him on stage at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles years ago in a play. What can one...
I like this. You like that.
Food, travel, books, movies, television shows, and on…and on… A family member of mine doesn’t like avocado. Won’t dip his chip into guacamole. YUM. A...
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