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Jim Talks Books with Kira Black

This month I have the pleasure of chatting with Kira Black, author of the Detective Harper Bennet Dark Crime series that follows its namesake’s evolution from pristinely-innocent victim to morally-gray vigilante.

What inspired you to write the Harper Bennet series? 

I consume a lot of true crime. Some friends think it's an unhealthy amount, but here…

JWB Book Fair 2025

Greetings, bookworms. It's March, which means it's my birthday, so I'm here with the annual roundup of my indulgent personal bookfair. This year had several pertinent and overlapping themes.

 

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First theme: ownership. As in, having the book, not just "the rights to view the book as long as Amazon…

Jim Talks Books with Dawn Chapman

Today I’m chatting with Dawn Chapman, author of the Pilots of Artem science fiction series. You can read a taste of the series in the free novella Wait for Me.

 

Dawn Chapman (left) and birb (right)

What inspired you to start writing?

I started writing at six. I begged my parents for a typewriter while walking around…

Jim Talks Books with Jack Shilkaitis

Today I have the pleasure of tapping the brain of Jack Shilkaitis, indie science fiction writer from the state of Iowa and author of the Scions of Oth military space opera series. 

Okay, so you’ve got a rather extensive series to talk about today. Specifically, the military science fiction opera Scions of Oth. What should…

Jim Talks Books with E. M. Rensing

 

E. M. Rensing

Today I’m chatting with E. M. Rensing, military science fiction author of The Heliosphere Trilogy and The Abiota Series. She graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2008, and enjoyed a 13 year career as a Cyber Operations Officer. Her military service took her around the world, from the bright lights…

SEE RED Trigger Warnings

Hello, reader!

This post lists the emotional and psychological triggers you'll find in my novel SEE RED. This list includes spoilers. Read on as you see fit.

As the book's author, my goal is not to sensationalize any of these topics, but to use them as part of a compelling, logical story that thrills my readers. If…