Writer, Publisher, Oxford Comma Enthusiast. www.jamespalmerbooks.net Patreon.com/jamespalmer https://substack.com/@jamespalmerwriter https://www.facebook.com/writerjamespalmer https://www.linkedin.com/in/kickstarter4authors/https://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lvj27gbrrs2hMy panel schedule for @dragoncon.org 2025. See you there!03 Aug 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvj27gbrrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lpsdy7kty22qI am officially "retired" from freelance ghostwriting and content writing starting immediately. Why the quotation marks? Because "retired" implies I actually made money and sounds better than "got tired of going to people who asked for my help and then kicked me in the balls."23 May 2025 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsdy7kty22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lngzgtysec2nThe ARKHAM: SEASON ONE Kickstarter is not only live, it's already fully funded! But more is needed, and I've got one stretch goal (so far) to entice you. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kaijuking/arkham-1/23 Apr 2025 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngzgtysec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lngzcfgwuk2nCapitalism is not designed to help you succeed. It is designed to extract value from your attempts to succeed.23 Apr 2025 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngzcfgwuk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lmdqysal2s2kThe pre-launch page for the ARKHAM: SEASON ONE Kickstarter is now up. You know what to do. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kaijuking/arkham-109 Apr 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdqysal2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lksrcffz3k2pARKHAM: SEASON ONE my complete Lovecraftian YA serial, is available for FREE on Royal Road. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/109210/arkham-season-one20 Mar 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksrcffz3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lk4chsqazk2zThe third edition of Public Relations for Dummies, which I ghostwrote, is out now! Check it out: https://www.amazon.com/Relations-Dummies-Business-Personal-Finance/dp/139428487X/11 Mar 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4chsqazk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3ljsde3nubc2zFirst episode available for FREE on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122643724/07 Mar 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsde3nubc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3ljazykevek2xThat's a wrap on ARKHAM. I just finished episode 15. Stay tuned for the launch.28 Feb 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljazykevek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lj76f3fp7k26Authors: Want to Get off of Amazon? Do This https://substack.com/home/post/p-15805419828 Feb 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj76f3fp7k26https://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lip6pg5cv22eTen reasons for modest optimism https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism?r=6cydf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false21 Feb 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lip6pg5cv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3limvtpjjqk2mWell it took me long enough, but I finally figured out what exactly the big bads are up to in my Arkham Season One serial. I wanted to do a twist on the old "let's summon one of the Great Old Ones" trope. I don't think anyone will see it coming. I certainly didn't. Better late than never, I say.20 Feb 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3limvtpjjqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3likofc2wyc27First episode drops for FREE on Patreon and Substack Friday, March 7 @ 8am EST. New episodes available only to my $10/month Serial Squadron patrons and above. https://substack.com/@jamespalmerwriter www.patreon.com/jamespalmer19 Feb 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3likofc2wyc27https://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3likeii7vo227Episode 10 edited. I also did a final pass on "99 Luftballoons" for the Jukebox Thrillers anthology and sent that to the editor.19 Feb 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3likeii7vo227https://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3liffcs7tks2fWho has two thumbs and just pounded out another 1402 words to finish the Jukebox Thrillers story? Me, that's who. 4,635 words in total between Friday and Monday. Next up is a story about Saturn's moon Titan for another anthology. Onward.17 Feb 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3liffcs7tks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3li3djw4qwk2uComing soon in serial form for my $10 Serial Squad patrons and above. www.patreon.com/jamespalmer13 Feb 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3djw4qwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lhwnpzsz4k2rHere are a few of my favorite examples of books and movies in the kids on bikes genre: Stranger Things E.T. the Extraterrestrial It Now and Then Something Wicked This Way Comes Boy's Life The Goonies Monster Squad Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (kids on speeder bikes) Super 8 Stand By Me11 Feb 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwnpzsz4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lhwagm4gkc2rEpisode 2 of the serial has been edited and a section of it rewritten because I realized I needed to introduce the big bad earlier in the story. Still awaiting the cover. Once that's done episode one goes up for Free on Patreon, Royal Road, and Substack. Now on to episode 3.11 Feb 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwagm4gkc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lffc3mtloc2jIn true Stranger Things style, here are the chapter titles for the 1984 book: Prologue: Big Ice Weirdos The Ship The Signal Awake The Girl-Thing The Skinwalker Secrets Spooks Emergence The Videocade Terabithia All-Nite Skate Quarantine The Voice of God Departure Epilogue: Decontamination10 Jan 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffc3mtloc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lf44umvjnc2fhttps://substack.com/home/post/p-15429203906 Jan 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf44umvjnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lemz6j3fwc2rHappy New Year! New stuff in the works: A Lovecraftian serial. Two story collections. A humorous LitRPG-style fantasy. A nostalgia-drenched SF adventure set in 1984. Follow me on Substack for more (see my profile bio). Stay tuned.31 Dec 2024 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemz6j3fwc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3ldjofxktwc2fThis afternoon I finished up the last author review chapters for this ghostwriting project. It feels good to wrap things up on a project that took most of the year. Ready for a new challenge.17 Dec 2024 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjofxktwc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lcxtoqbcvc23I'm over on Substack. Not sure exactly what I'll be doing, but I will be writing about content writing and creativity. Join me, won't you? https://substack.com/@jamespalmerwriter?utm_source=edit-profile-page10 Dec 2024 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxtoqbcvc23https://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lcw2lyo3qc2x2,845 words on the new Kris Kringle: Monster Hunter story. Nearing the end, but it needs more zombies.10 Dec 2024 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcw2lyo3qc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespalmerbooks.bsky.social/post/3lcjid3yn2c2l2,104 words thus far on the new Kris Kringle: Monster Hunter story "I'll Be Home for Christmas." Gonna publish a book once I have enough of these tales.05 Dec 2024 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:fv4dappv2zwup7vhtufuucqk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjid3yn2c2l