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• Hating The Game

  By JimMaster on January 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Whoever said “don’t hate the player, hate the game” was a lying sack of shit. You can do both just fine. Of course, the person that coined that phrase never experienced life on the inside. That person never experienced life… Read More ›

• Failure is part of the job

  By JimMaster on January 7, 2018 • ( 1 )

  It would be foolish to believe that you will never fail as an author. For that matter, it would be foolish to believe that you will never fail at some point during your life. Failure is part of the job…. Read More ›

• Most Anticipated Movies for 2018 (part 1)

  By JimMaster on January 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  With 2017 behind us and all of 2018 in front, I’m going to be giving a top 12 movies I am excited for this half of the new year. I will not be listing this from most excited to least… Read More ›

• My Year-End Review

  By JimMaster on December 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

    As this year comes to a close, it’s pretty standard for people to take a look at themselves and evaluate whether or not they accomplished their goals for the year. I try not to make New Years Resolutions simply… Read More ›

• 2017 Movie Rankings

  By JimMaster on December 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Starting this year I began writing movie reviews for the newspaper. With the end of the year approaching, I thought I’d take a moment and reflect on the 21 films that I’ve seen that were released this year and rank… Read More ›

• Welcome to the Writer’s Apocalypse

  By JimMaster on December 27, 2017

  I’ve always found the word “apocalypse” to be fascinating. It can mean a prophetic revelation, but it can also mean a widespread or universal destruction or disaster. As a Christian and a Horror Writer, both those definitions weigh heavy on… Read More ›

• How to find publishers and agents

  By JimMaster on December 27, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I received a very unexpected and lovely call Tuesday from a fellow author who reads my weekly column (yes the same column you are reading now). I won’t give out his name because I don’t know if he’d like that… Read More ›

• Jim’s Origin Story

  By JimMaster on December 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  A natural born reader, James tackled the works of Stephen King and Michael Crichton when he was in the sixth grade. His influential young mind now twisted by the science fiction and horror genre, James did what any respectable young… Read More ›

• Welcome to my webpage!

  By JimMaster on December 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Surviving the writer’s apocalypse. What do I mean when I say that? Mostly, it’s supposed to be a clever line that correlates to the fact that I write dystopian, horror, and fantasy fiction. It’s also supposed to correlate to the… Read More ›

• Book Review of Chasing Shadows: The Initiative Book One by Kindra Sowder

  By JimMaster on January 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The best way to describe this book is that it is a cross between the movie “Men In Black” (1997) and the television show “Supernatural.” The book is set in a world where Abraham Van Helsing isn’t just a fictional… Read More ›