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Wilcox Elementary (2009)

Welcome! My name's Jim, and I write books. And also short stories. Plus a fairly regular blog. Not to mention the occasional nonfiction article. And once I wrote and sold a small bumper sticker. But these days, it's mostly books.

I made my first professional fiction sale in 1998 with "Blade of the Bunny," an award-winning story which appeared in Writers of the Future XV. Since then, my short fiction has appeared in places like Realms of Fantasy, Sword & Sorceress, and Turn the Other Chick. I've written seven books for DAW (so far), including The Stepsister Scheme and the humorous Goblin Quest series.

Want to check out my work? In addition to the free short fiction in the sidebar, you can also preview the first chapter from each of my books:

I maintain the web site myself, so if you find any problems, please let me know using the Contact link.

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One Month on the Happy Pills (Depression)

May 16th, 2012

In early April, I went to talk to the doctor about depression, and walked out with a prescription for Zoloft.
It’s been an interesting month. One of the things that surprised me was how many people talked to me about their own experiences with depression, both on my blog post and in person. When I went [...]

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