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Jim Jones

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Jim Jones tells it like it was, is and will be in the great American West. Native Texan, student of the West, he lives, sings and writes about cowboys, horses, cattle rustlers and such but he knows there’s more to the story…how the coming of the train changed the West, how critical water is for survival. Jim’s songwriting, guitar-picking and unique vocal style keeps him in demand on the Western music circuit and at house concerts, coffeehouses, schools and libraries throughout the country. He has ten solo Western Americana albums, three albums with the award-winning trio, The Cowboy Way and five Western historical fiction novels under his belt. His Jared Delaney series-Rustler’s Moon, Colorado Moon and Waning Moon- and his Tommy Stallings ...more

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Jim Jones The funny thing is that, for me at least, if I wait to "get inspired," I might not ever get any writing done. I have to have a schedule where I sit do…moreThe funny thing is that, for me at least, if I wait to "get inspired," I might not ever get any writing done. I have to have a schedule where I sit down at my computer whether I feel like it or not. The inspiration actually comes...if it comes at all...once I started writing that particular day. When I'm excited about my story and like my characters, it's a lot easier to get that excitement and creative rush that comes with inspiration. There are certainly days when I'd much rather be fly fishing but if you're going to be a writer, you have to approach it as you would any job. You get up and go to work whether you feel like it or not. Hopefully, you get that inspired feeling more often than not.(less)
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Rustler's Moon (The Jared D...

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Colorado Moon

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Waning Moon

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