James D. McCallister

author of the Edgewater County series

Perching on the Verge: SHOPKEEP

Author Calls First Draft of Latest Opus ‘Complete’ It’s still Winter 2021, but I’m done with the draft of my memoir Shopkeep. That’s well ahead of the target deadline of ‘sometime in the spring,’ which is no way to set a deadline. In fact, it’s completely antithetical to the method I teach my writing students, […]

SHOPKEEP Excerpt: On Gen X

Gen X calls bullshit on your narrative. Why is this? Because we were left alone to figure it out on our own. And have come out all the better for it.

MoHG Proof in Hand

Author Touts Heft of Weighty New Tome Twenty-one years after I embarked on my adult writer’s journey with an eye toward professionalism, publication, awards and Baldwin’s ‘nice little shelf of books’ to leave behind, I’ve accomplished it all. Life’s work success. Every box checked. “Dreams do come true.” But one last peak remained.

SHOPKEEP Draft Almost in Hand

Author Knows of No Sweeter Feeling Than Being Ahead of Schedule The numbers don’t lie, a statement which in this era deserves a cynical snicker: