I kicked off tumultuous 2020 by proclaiming I was done with Facebook… only to come ROARING back in March to discuss world events; later, I would act as citizen journalist by live-streaming the initial local BLM march to over a thousand viewers. I spent many hours on the platform doomscrolling, arguing, trolling. Yep. It had unfolded […]
Change is in the air.
Here’s the title story from an upcoming collection of linked stories. It’s more about nostalgia, mood, memory and tone than any deep literary insights or big moments. This material is from much earlier on my writer’s journey, nearly 20 years, and often reads that way. The Night I Prayed to Elvis The war with Daddy […]
Here’s a poem I found in a notebook and transcribed. I miss my mom. Picture of My Folks James D. McCallister
The poetry road continues: I’m beyond thrilled to see three of my quirky little poems published, especially here during this difficult Poetry Month 2020. Click over here not only to read Vigilant Echo, Cold Horrid Movies and Gurgled Reason; stick around to hear the mp3s of me reading them! Thank you, Cathexis Northwest Press! Enjoy.
Sure, the world is in a crisis and everyone’s scrambling. That includes your favorite son of Edgewater County. To this end, I’ve now priced the three volumes of the Dixiana series—that’s Dixiana, Down in Dixiana, and Dixiana Darling—at only $2.99 for your Kindle reading devices. Click through above or below to take advantage! Here’s the […]
Tonight, 02-22-20, hear me LIVE discussing the Dixiana novel series and other esoteric matters with my friend Tzima Brown on her long running local talk show. Tune in from 8-11pm EST at makethepointradio.com, and feel free to call in at (803)799-8255!
I HAD TO BE REMINDED about meeting the late attorney, and now author, Michael G. Sullivan. They tell me we talked writing, maybe five or ten minutes. They say I encouraged him best I could; they say a special dream of his had been to see a novel make its way into print, a long-held […]
Last month the local community said goodbye to a figure of renown, Col. Jack Van Loan, USAF (ret.), a true friend to our neighborhood, and to me personally. He will be missed. Here is a brief essay about our relationship. When I first met the man I would come to think of as The Colonel, […]
Sure. We have at least three more Edgewater County novels in stages of publication prep, a memoir in the oven, and who knows what else in terms of writing projects heading down the Mind Harvest Press pike. But wait; there’s more. The era of James D. McCallister: Poet has arrived.
