Seeley James

Beware of Idle Gods

Review: MAKE ME by Lee Child

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Every book must have magic to be successful. George RR Martin has dragons. James Rollins has telepathic marsupials. Zoë Sharp has wit and humor. Lee Child puts magic in the narrative voice. Jack Reacher novels are great stories, full of questions the reader must have answered: Why would farmers bury strangers? How is he going to […]

Making Fictional Characters Real

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Special Note: I’m working on a monthly contest for my readers’ group (aka newsletter subscribers). I’d do it more often except … I’m lazy. So, the April t-shirt winner is, drum roll, Jeremy of the UK! May offering TBD. Several people have asked me about the creative process behind the characters in my books. The […]

And the Winners Are…

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I drew a name from newsletter subscribers for a coffee mug bearing the inscription, “We weren’t star-crossed lovers. We were fragments of the same shooting star.” And Tawny Goodweilér Green in California won it! Congratulations, Tawny. It will be a one-of-a-kind mug. I also ran a Goodreads giveaway and the winners there were Sarah Covington […]

Help Me Choose A Cover Update

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I’m going to update the cover to BRING IT. The book has an average rating of 4.8 stars on Amazon, but still sells slower than the other two books. I’ve come to believe the cover needs an update. Please take a look at the covers below and add your comments at the end, noting the […]

Element 42 Available for Pre-Order

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After months of restarts and rewrites, Element 42 is available for pre-order! I’ve scheduled it to go live on 07-April, if you’re marking your calendar.* I only have to mop up a few more details. It’s taken a long time to get here, but I think it’s worth it. I’ve developed a few character twists […]