James Grimsby

About James Grimsby

James Grimsby is a creative writing major living in the UK, taking time to dabble in animation. He has an interest in the stranger things in life from horror to fantasy and has self-published a few short films online.

Review: Faraday by Mark Lingane

Continuing from Book 2 of the Tesla Evolution series – DecayFaraday further tells the story of a war between cyborgs and their technological dependence and supremacy, and the humans relying on their final aces-in-the-hole in their steam-crafts and near-magical abilities in the Dystopic wasteland that houses the last surviving knowable life on Earth. Our hero Sebastian – though young and still but one of many – is dead, his allies scattered, and all is lost as the war comes to a shuddering halt… until a strange breakdown of security in a cyborg stronghold fails, and a desperate gathering […]

2022-04-28T07:34:13+02:00October 3rd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Alethea by Jesse Arnold

Alethea by Jesse ArnoldAlethea Cooper considers herself a practical and average high-school girl, if a world-class gymnast on her way to the Olympics. Sixteen and already focused on her career, her life takes a hard turn as a car accident leaves her wheelchair-bound. Through her slow and painful discovery she begins to learn that there’s more to life than just her career as an athlete, but also love, the joys of youth, and hideous green monsters that only her emergent superpowers and the unwanted guidance of an overly-knowledged doctor can keep at bay.

Nobody ever said growing up was easy.

In general, Alethea[…]

2014-10-07T07:26:31+02:00October 2nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Memory Hunter by Jon Konrath

The Memory Hunter by Jon KonrathIn the far-flung future of 2007, in a world that never quite recovered from a Cold War which didn’t stay cold, where Japan seized the global economy and the world went in the direction that novelists predicted decades ago, society now relies on commercial brain implants – artificial memories that afford skills and knowledge to the owner to give them immediate access to better standards of living. Some people bite off more than they can chew on payment, and that’s where recall comes in. John Bishop makes a meager living for himself on the edge of civilized society with these […]

2014-09-25T07:18:21+02:00September 25th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Love Poems: Are You The One? by Steve Ryan

Love Poems: Are You The One? by Steve RyanLove Poems: Are You The One? is a collection of heartfelt poetry written by musician -poet Steve Ryan, and the second such themed collection published on Amazon by the author, this time on the subject of love and romance. Also a singer/songwriter, Ryan uses his lyrical talents to create succinct and intriguing pieces on a wide range of emotions and subjects intending to tackle the many dimensions of the searching question of any romance: “Are you The One?”

The book contains forty-nine poems of a contemporary American style with a little of the Georgia vibe of Judson Mitcham or Natasha […]

2014-10-06T10:06:25+02:00September 23rd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Love Poems: Are You The One? by Steve Ryan

Love Poems: Are You The One? by Steve RyanLove Poems: Are You The One? by Georgia-based poet and musician Steve Ryan is a collection of contemporary poetry on the subject of love, starting with infatuation and moving through every emotion thereon, including loss. Written in an accessible way, the poems seek to answer the questions of the heart within its words, touching on a very wide range of subjects without being too heavy or confusing to those looking for romantic inspiration. The poems seem to come from a personal place with their profundity, exposing the common components of human relationships viewed from many angles, written almost lyric-like given […]

2014-09-15T08:20:39+02:00September 15th, 2014|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Self-Publishing Success Story: Barbara Freethy

Barbara FreethyBarbara Freethy is the author of such romantic novels as the Callaways series (On a Night Like This, So This Is Love) and the Wish series (A Secret Wish, Just a Wish Away, When Wishes Collide). Initially, her career flourished in a traditional publishing format, but in 2011, recognizing the potential for new development in electronic publishing, she began self-publishing with digital formats as a cornerstone as Fog City Publishing, and has continued to produce successful titles since.

What books has she written?

Freethy has written over 40 novels, with a focus on […]

2017-02-20T09:14:15+02:00August 14th, 2014|Categories: Features, Success Story|

Review: Decay by Mark Lingane

Decay by Mark LinganeDecay is the second book in the Tesla Evolution series by Mark Lingane, following on from the first book, Tesla. In the war-torn future, in the only known pocket of existence left for humanity, a war for supremacy between cyborgs with their technological dominance and humans, some with newly-discovered near-magical abilities, and steam-powered machinery comes to a boil and draws in the likes of Sebastian – a new recruit to the Steam Academy – as well as his friends and allies met during his journey. After a tiring battle claims countless lives and nearly destroys the last safe city […]

2022-04-28T07:33:45+02:00August 12th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Self-Publishing Success Story: Deepak Chopra

Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra is an Indian-American author and public speaker who rose to popularity due to his “new-age guru” teachings, which he has written on extensively in his published work. His break-out work, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, remained on The New York Times best-sellers’ list for 72 weeks in 1994.

What books has he written?
Chopra specializes in spiritual and self-help literature, exploring the ‘magic’ of the world with a warm, but scientific eye. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success in 1994 is considered one of his greatest works by readers, and the previous piece Ageless Body, Timeless […]

2017-02-20T09:14:39+02:00August 11th, 2014|Categories: Features, Success Story|
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