Monthly Archives: May 2011

I LOVE PRESENTS


My friend Adrienne Wilder, author of Darwins Theory Book 1-3 (so far!) and Blood Bonds (City Of Dragons book 1) (out from Liquid Silver Books), gave me a gift today. In addition to being a talented and prolific writer Adrienne … Continue reading

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This is my Query. There are many queries like it, but this one is mine. (writing advice #592783 1/3)


This is my Query. There are many queries like it, but this one is mine. Ok, firstly, why am I writing this? I get a lot of my prepublished friends ask for my advice on their queries. I am glad … Continue reading

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SHUFFLING AND SHAMBLING ALONG (short fiction sales news)


A couple of months back I wrote a short story entitled “He Stopped Loving Her Today”.  It’s a twisted zombie love story that is really in the same vein as The Walking Dead. (as an aside, if you have not … Continue reading

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ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ADVICE BY A MASTER OF THE CRAFT (that I happen to disagree with kinda sort of on one point)


You Must Write Every Single Day of Your Life To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling.  You must … Continue reading

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FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE A FRIDAY (ignore the fact that it is Saturday.)


1) The music on my Zune is mostly cock rock at the moment. 2) I have a snazzy new cowboy hat. 3) Smallville is over. I didn’t really watch the show, but I followed it since I am a comic … Continue reading

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IT’S JUST NOT THAT SIMPLE….(or traditional publishing versus self publishing)


DISCLAIMER: This is ALL to be logged under the category of IMHO and you should know up front that my books are coming out through Kensington, one of the biggest traditional publishers out there. That being said, let’s begin. There … Continue reading

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James R. Tuck (JamesTuckwriter) on Twitter


http://twitter.com/#!/JamesTuckwriter I am now on Twitter!!!!!  Go follow me for all the exciting updates.  lol.

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James R. Tuck, Dark Urban Fantasy Author (1)


http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/jamesrtuckwriter My new Facebook Fanpage.  Go check it out!

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