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James Walter Stephens

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James Walter Stephens is a web designer and video game developer. He has a BFA in Drawing/Painting from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. And while he loves bulldogs, he believes that standard poodles are really the best kinds of dogs.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

James Walter Stephens A friend recently suggested Redshirts by John Scalzi, and I have a stack of Garrett P.I. books by Glen Cook on my to-read bookshelf.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

James Walter Stephens I'm lucky: I can't say as I've ever had this problem long term. When writing is hard for me, it's usually because I'm putting too much pressure on mys…moreI'm lucky: I can't say as I've ever had this problem long term. When writing is hard for me, it's usually because I'm putting too much pressure on myself to complete something. Taking a step back for a while usually does the trick. And when it doesn't -- I write something I know that I'll probably just erase tomorrow. I'm writing, not etching commandments in stone.(less)

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	A Quest Before Dying (The Central Kingdoms Chronicles Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Prince Thorgils' War (The Central Kingdoms Chronicles Book 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	The Wizards of Ranaloy (The Central Kingdoms Chronicles Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
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	Apprentice to Murder: The Tale of Robin the Rascal in the Wizard’s Own Words 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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Saturday 31 January 2026

Today's hot take: despite what Kellogg's says in their current commercials, milk should not be "ice cold."

"Ice" is a fancy word (from Old English) for frozen water (32°F or colder, although the Old English preferred to measure temperature by testing whether water was solid enough to support their cans of furniture polish). Milk is mostly water, freezing at about 31°F, so there's not a lot of wiggl

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James Walter Stephens wrote a new blog post Saturday 31 January 2026 Today's hot take: despite what Kellogg's says in their current commercials, milk should not be "ice cold." "Ice" is a fancy word (from Old English) for Read more of this blog post »
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