Write!: Daydream, Type, Profit, Repeat!

by James Maxey

Advanced edition for reviewers and early purchasers. May still contain uncorrected typos and errors. Being a novelist is a pretty sweet deal. You daydream, you type, and people pay you. There are possibly a few additional steps, but that?s why you need this book. It will walk you through the process of turning your imagination into polished, professional stories that people will pay to read. Make money doing what you really want to WRITE! James Maxey has more than twenty years of experience publishing novels through mainstream publishers and the indy press. He's taught numerous workshops, been a guest speaker at libraries and museums, and been honored as a Piedmont Laureate. He writes stuff. You can too.

122 pages, Paperback

Published February 16, 2020

About the author

I've been an avid reader since I first picked up a book. Luckily, I was within biking distance of three different libraries growing up. I was a skinny kid. If only I had maintained that link between biking and reading, I might be a skinny adult.

I'm also a writer. I wrote my first book as a kid, an adventure about pirates and ghosts. When I was a teenager, I used to write superhero adventures. Then I went to college and was steered toward writing "literature." It took me several years to shake that off, and today I write the sort of books I devoured by the shelf when I was sixteen, fast-paced fantasy, SF, and superhero adventures, which I use to explore deeper questions about life. My goal is to always be thought-provoking and always be fun.

I've had short stories in about a dozen anthologies and magazines. My novels to date are:

Nobody Gets the Girl

The Dragon Age trilogy
Bitterwood
Dragonforge
Dragonseed

Burn Baby Burn

The Dragon Apocalypse
Greatshadow (January 2012) -- A team of superpowered adventurers are recruited by the Church of the Book to extinguish the primal dragon of fire, Greatshadow.

Hush (July 2012) -- An effort to complete a quest for a fallen friend, the warrior woman Infidel stumbles onto a plot to kill Glorious, the primal dragon of the sun, and plunge the world into permanent cold and darkness, the elemental domain of the dragon Hush.

Witchbreaker (January 2013) -- A young witch named Sorrow has lost control of her magic after tapping into the spirit of Rott, the primal dragon of decay. Her desperate quest to save what remains of her humanity leads to an uneasy alliance with an amnesiatic warrior who might be the legendary champion of the church known as the Witchbreaker. But can there combined powers prevail when they trigger the wrath of Tempest, the primal dragon of storms?

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Useful and Entertaining Guide to the Nuts and Bolts of Writing and Publishing
A very nice overall guide to writing (especially novels) and getting them published, from one who's done it all. It pretty much covers the topics A-Z - and in entertaining fashion! Though I'm a fellow writer, I picked up quite a few nice tips. Jeez, I never thought to have my words read back to me for proofing! He had a nice way of explaining point of view that I may use when I have to make these decisions. And his thoughts and experiences on ideas were hilarious! So, what does the book cover? In a nutshell (and I'm paraphrasing the TOC here): Daydreaming . . . Ideas . . . Characters . . . Protagonists . . . Setting . . . Plot . . . Being Original with Formulas . . . Write What You Know . . . Type . . . Outlining vs. Pantsing . . . Point of View . . . Rewriting . . . Drafts . . . Judging Your Work . . . Profit . . . Publishing . . . Audience . . . Traditional vs. Self-Publishing . . . Quitting or Not Quitting Your Day Job . . . and Repeat!!!

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I met James Maxey at a con this year. He's just as personable as his writing would lead you to believe. This book is humorous, informative, and encouraging.