James Beamon's Blog, page 3
July 6, 2018
Lightspeed and sound!
Gristlers! July is starting off in epic fashion. Epic as in atmospheric steampunk war story featuring killer cyborg monkeys on an airship. Yes, people, my story “A Song of Home, the Organ Grinds” is finally out in the latest issue … Continue reading →
Published on July 06, 2018 09:36
June 24, 2018
War Journal: Story bites
So I spent the last few weeks with most of my online presence dedicated to getting awareness out on Pendulum Heroes. Finding people and places to review it, town crying on Facebook and doing crazy amounts of research. And … Continue reading →
Published on June 24, 2018 11:57
June 10, 2018
Your Next Favorite Adventure is Here!
Pendulum Heroes became live today. The “Look Inside” feature is now active, so now you can see the first few chapters. No need for me to try to describe it, you can watch Mike Morrow vex about how he looks … Continue reading →
Published on June 10, 2018 05:23
June 1, 2018
Pendulum Heroes
Hey folks, While it may seem on the surface that I’m doing my usual incommunicado thing, there’s been a lot of stuff going on in the background. I finalized my stories for the upcoming issues of Apex and Lightspeed magazines … Continue reading →
Published on June 01, 2018 07:22
May 14, 2018
A Villain’s Patented Approach
Anyone who’s subscribed to my mailing list should have already gotten a copy of the third story in my Dastard Fantastic series “A Villain’s Patented Approach” in your email. This post is really just to let you know to hit … Continue reading →
Published on May 14, 2018 05:17
April 15, 2018
A Villain Turns at DSF
I had to take a break from all the murdering I’m doing on Bloodborne to tell you guys to check out A Villain Turns Mad over at Daily Science Fiction. For those of you who follow me, this is the … Continue reading →
Published on April 15, 2018 10:48
January 27, 2018
The Dark Side of Inkitt
An hour before I posted about the Bright Side of Inkitt, I deleted my story from their site, and for reasons I haven’t seen anywhere else on the net. I didn’t mind the impressions from others that they were spammy … Continue reading →
Published on January 27, 2018 03:37
January 25, 2018
The Bright Side of Inkitt
If you’ve done even a cursory search on Inkitt, you’ll get some of the most widely disparate viewpoints for a new publisher you can find. There are tech articles that seem impressed with their future-forward approach to predict bestsellers through … Continue reading →
Published on January 25, 2018 16:56
January 19, 2018
A Villain and His Options
In my tradition of not making New Year’s resolutions, I’ve decided to be as I ever was and not blog in a very timely fashion. In the latest installment of “Where’s Beamon?” I was nearing the end of book 3, … Continue reading →
Published on January 19, 2018 15:23
December 10, 2017
Rant Grenade: Pizza Tracking
Pizza’s like the perfect writer fuel. You can get at it straight out of the box, no need to fuss with utensils or even plates, take a few bites and get back to writing. Plus in most cases it comes … Continue reading →
Published on December 10, 2017 07:34


