James has written and illustrated six books in the bestselling series The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search For The Red Dragon; The Indigo King; The Shadow Dragons; The Dragon’s Apprentice; and The Dragons of Winter. The series is now being published in more than twenty languages. A seventh volume, The First Dragon, will conclude the series in November 2013.
One of the greatest benefits of writing and teaching the things I do is that the insights I try to share, which I hope are helpful and useful, are often reflected back at me tenfold, with readers adding their own … Continue reading →
To truly be defeated, you have to consent to it — to agree that you have lost. You can’t always control your circumstances; you can’t always influence the choices of others in ways that might benefit — or at least, … Continue reading →
For myself, and for others close to me, I went looking for a quote to help us all press through the resistance of the day. This is the one I found: “The default state of the world is doubt; your … Continue reading →
My books, specifically DRAWING OUT THE DRAGONS and the forthcoming second and third books in The Meditations series, THE BARBIZON DIARIES and THE GRAND DESIGN, are rightly billed as works intended to be both motivational and inspirational, and much of … Continue reading →
It’s a good goal to tell yourself “I want to be happy in this moment” because the desire often precedes the feeling, and must, especially when you are struggling. However, it’s not always possible, or even appropriate, to be happy … Continue reading →
“If you dress like, look like, act as, and speak as a protagonist, circumstances will begin to shape themselves around your wake, rather than the other way around.” From the forthcoming second book in The Meditations, THE BARBIZON DIARIES: A … Continue reading →
This Tuesday, September 24th, I will have the honor of being the Guest Speaker at the Second Annual Writers Unite To Fight Cancer (WUFC) Writing Contest Awards Ceremony. The event will be held at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, starting … Continue reading →
From the current work in progress, the almost completed FOOL’S HOLLOW, Book One: “Some of the greatest storytelling comes from subtle, subliminal changes, from the unconscious mind welling to the surface in the course of telling the tale. That is … Continue reading →
Wanting things is great. Having goals is great. Desire determines the course of your destiny — but only hard work is going to bring it to pass. Don’t claim; prove. Don’t talk; do. Don’t ask for trust; demonstrate that you … Continue reading →
The greater your opposition is, the more obstacles you have to overcome, the sweeter, brighter, greater, and more meaningful your victory will be. Meet your challenges head on; widen the circle of your influence and envelop them, absorb them, make … Continue reading →