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Jim Wills

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Jim Wills, author of A Hard Gemlike Flame, the fourth of the Kavanagh stories, and the three other chronologically arranged titles in the Kavanagh saga: A Few Men Faithful I, Philly MC II, and Shooter in a Plague YearIII, has had careers as varied as the novels he writes. He has been a motorcycle mechanic, academic, hard rock miner, book editor, commercial writer, baker and an author.
His lifelong interest in Irish history and literature, with all their triumphs and failures, forms the bedrock for these novels. Each one stands on its own, but they are more rewarding read as a continuous history of the Kavanagh family, in Ireland, in North America, from 1916 to 2020. His fascination with dialect, street vocabulary, and musical lyrics that ...more

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Jim Wills's Blog: Fictitious Fancy

A Few Men Faithful Review

The Review is based in the UK, and I just received a very perceptive review of the first of my four Kavanagh novels, A Few Men Faithful. You'll find it here: http://thereviewgroup.blogspot.co.uk/... Please have a look and perhaps leave a comment.

All four are available as paperbacks on Amazon or as ebooks on Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/vie... . Maybe JJ Toner might like to revi... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.8 · 20 ratings · 8 reviews · 6 distinct works

	A Few Men Faithful 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tools Are Made, Born Are Hands: Baking True Artisan Breads in a Wood Fired Oven by Jim Wills (Goodreads Author), Frankie G (Cover Design) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hard Gemlike Flame by Jim Wills (Goodreads Author), ArtPlus Ltd. (Cover Design) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philly MC: A Kavanagh Story by Jim Wills (Goodreads Author), ArtPlus Ltd. (Cover Design) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shooter in a Plague Year really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Coming 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jim Wills made a comment in the group Connecting Readers and Writers — Review blogs/web sites topic " R.L., I'm quite certain my fourth novel, A Hard Gemlike Flame, is erotic if not erotica. You'll find details about it here: http://amzn.to/1fXVxST. If ...more "
Mar 25, 2014 08:49AM
Jim Wills liked J.J. Toner's blog post: WW2 - German Spies in Ireland #2 "In 1939, having completed three successful espionage missions in England, Walter Simon was found guilty of illegal entry and sentenced to three months imprisonment. He was then deported and warned never to return. Unbelievably, MI5 returned all hi..." Read more of this blog post »
Oct 29, 2013 08:24AM
Jim Wills made a comment in the group Connecting Readers and Writers — Looking for authors to interview about covers topic " Sarah, I've sent you an email about the covers for my four novel series and my wood-fired baking book, all professionally done. "
Aug 02, 2013 10:26AM
Jim Wills made a comment in the group Connecting Readers and Writers — Will Review Literary Fiction topic " Steve, The Smashwords coupon code for A Few Men Faithful is UP58N; good until August 14. I'll download Nothingness today. Thanks. Jim "
Aug 01, 2013 06:11AM
Jim Wills made a comment on A Washerman's Tale " JJ I most certainly sympathize. While house-sitting in Spain, on the Costa Blanca, everything was fine for a while. The villa was replete with an Aga ...more "
Apr 02, 2013 09:35AM · see blog post
Jim Wills made a comment in the group Indie Book Collective — Createspace? topic " Cynthia, CS also offers a digital online proof which you can approve without waiting for a paper copy. However, only do it this way if you are ...more "
Apr 01, 2013 10:06AM
Jim Wills wants to read Sons of the Wolf (Sons Of The Wolf #1) by Paula Lofting (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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