The following is completely spoiler free. It’s difficult to imagine a more epic tale: fourteen door-stopping novels, a phone book’s...
In a bold move, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion in a cash and stock agreement. I don’t need to link you,...
Tuesday, April 19th saw the release of my first published title, “Firefight at Overwatch Command,” Volume one of three...
When my friend Brian first linked me to the picture he made of Jack Wilgress, I thought it was pretty cool. I shared it with the...
I am Team Jacob. I just wanted to get that out of the way, since that seems to be the most important social label right now. Yeah, werewolves...
The following is completely spoiler free. It’s difficult to imagine a more epic tale: fourteen door-stopping novels, a phone book’s worth of characters, a world full of distinct cultures, a main character who undergoes unfathomable growth, and a plot that won’t let go despite the death of its author. Though the journey from The Two [...]
A writer begins work on a treatise explaining his utter dislike for the genre of Fantasy. In the spirit of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, he finds himself transported to a fantasy realm full of strange and outlandish cookie-cutter fairy-tale characters. The drawback? This writer has a penchant for quoting lines [...]
I love living in the future. Just the other day I was marveling at the fact that I could listen to my favorite football team’s game on a radio station 2,500 miles away, carry it in my pocket while doing laundry, all in crystal-clear stereophonic sound. This very device is also capable of video chatting. [...]
The Tea Party movement, as I see it, is being misrepresented both by the left and the right, and there are two seminal moments which cement this misrepresentaion in my mind. I want to put it into perspective a little bit, though. The biggest proponent of the Tea Parties has been conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. [...]
There’s a paradigm shift coming in the social media space. I can sort of see it out there on the horizon, but it’s kind of blurry. I’m not sure what form it will take, exactly, and I’m not really a prognosticator of all things internet. But I am a thinker. I sense a lot of disillusionment [...]
The following is completely spoiler free. It’s difficult to imagine a more epic tale: fourteen door-stopping novels, a phone book’s worth of characters, a world full of distinct cultures, a main character who undergoes unfathomable growth, and a plot that won’t let go despite the death of its author. Though the journey from The Two [...]
In a bold move, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion in a cash and stock agreement. I don’t need to link you, you probably already know as much about it as me. What you don’t know is what I think about it which is, of course, vital to your experience as a [...]
The time is fast approaching for me to shake up the old creative output channels. I am growing increasingly comfortable with the idea of publishing my own writing, and the work ethic that kind of venture entails. But clearly that’s not the only creative work in which I am engaged. I also must consider the future of [...]
I love living in the future. Just the other day I was marveling at the fact that I could listen to my favorite football team’s game on a radio station 2,500 miles away, carry it in my pocket while doing laundry, all in crystal-clear stereophonic sound. This very device is also capable of video chatting. [...]
Tuesday, April 19th saw the release of my first published title, “Firefight at Overwatch Command,” Volume one of three novellas set in the universe of WARS, the hit trading card game from Decipher, Inc. The WARS universe is a rich one for storytelling. In a far-flung future, space travel within the Solar System is a [...]
In the writer’s journey we often come across some sort of tip or lesson that we immediately apply and it helps us grow as a writer. It seems to open up new ideas almost instantly for us. The most important question right now in my writer’s journey is not a new bit of advice, nor [...]
I need your help. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that will be destro… hang on… sorry. In a way, you can determine how the Starkeeper corner of the Star Wars universe continues forward. I’m starting to realize the direction of the story for the sequel to Codename: Starkeeper as [...]
I feel like Douglas Adams there…. Anyway, without too much ceremony, I feel like I owe some people an update, just in case anyone stops by. WARS The first WARS novella, Healers and Hunters by Nathan Butler, has received final approval from Decipher and is on its way to publication. Healers is the first novella [...]
I once asked Scott Sigler, podcasting superstar and Crown Publishing author of Sci-Fi/Horror novels, what elements led to reaching his first contract with a large publishing house. He listed three things for me: Quality content, consistency and promotion. Quality and promotion are obvious. You can’t build an audience by giving them crap, and you can’t [...]
There’s a paradigm shift coming in the social media space. I can sort of see it out there on the horizon, but it’s kind of blurry. I’m not sure what form it will take, exactly, and I’m not really a prognosticator of all things internet. But I am a thinker. I sense a lot of disillusionment [...]
Jim Perry is currently a writer, podcaster, voice actor and musician. In the past he has been a stage actor, singer, arranger, conductor, guitar player and band leader. He makes his home in Southern Indiana with his wife and three children.
