Author: jameslgillaspy
I've published two novels and I am working on a third.
We live in Portland, Oregon now, a city I can recommend for writers. The Fall and Winter weather is so uniformly dreary that the distractions are few.
Other than writing, my hobbies are sport fencing (epee) and ballroom dancing with my wife. And I spend a lot of time taking care of our four cats (I hope you also figured out that I have cats, if you read my novel.)
Continue to watch this space
Made corrections and submitted for the second proof copy.
WATCH THIS SPACE
Today, I received the first proof copy of my new novel “The Lesser Talisman.“
Haiku: Faux Spring in Portland Oregon
A hint of sunshine And a touch of warmth brings out The ladies in shorts.
I found this as a comment to an Amazon review (of someone else’s novel)
From a person who logs into Amazon as panopticon7: It’s not science fiction if the technology described is merely listed–to be science fiction, there needs to be an element of explanation; without explanation of any kind, whether through descriptions of use all the way through full expositions of actual or imagined physics, it is merely… Continue reading I found this as a comment to an Amazon review (of someone else’s novel)
Haiku
The house is quiet, A hollow shell without joy Since our orange cat’s death
From soon to be published “The Lesser Talisman”
The Minstrel’s Song Come, fill your cup and listen to my tale, About a world long lost beyond the Veil, Where three moons hurry across the sky, And lives are ruled by bronze, and horse, and sail. A world where magic beasts, both great and small, Bring woe to him on whom their wrath befall;… Continue reading From soon to be published “The Lesser Talisman”
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I’ll be reading a brief selection from “A Larger Universe.” I had hoped to be finished with “The Lesser Talisman” but alas….
New bookstore in North Portland
Another Read Through3932 N Mississippi AvePortland, OR 97227http://www.anotherreadthrough.com My novel “A Larger Universe” ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZUY5YE ) and many other novels written by members of the Northwest Independent Writers Association, ( http://www.niwawriters.com/ )are available at the store.
On reading a “Haiku”
Five syllables start A Haiku, then come seven, And then five again. Tradition be damned, I’ll do six, then six again, Then I’ll do seven. It sounds a little off, And rules can be so hard, But is it really Haiku? Who am I to say? Structure is so confining, It’s just poetry. I could… Continue reading On reading a “Haiku”
