Picture of My Folks
Here’s a poem I found in a notebook and transcribed. I miss my mom. Picture of My Folks James D. McCallister
More Poetry!
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.
DIXIANA Series Now Cheap for Kindle!
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 […]
Live Radio Appearance on Evolve with Tzima Brown
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!
FEINT of Heart
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 […]
The Colonel (RIP)
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, […]
Poetry Era Begins
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.
DIXIANA DARLING Arrives!
It’s here. The moment of completion, while it has taken many forms throughout this final Dixiana unfoldment in 2019, doesn’t come more definitive than publication day of the third of three, 11-11-19. My long gestating literary epic is fully birthed into the world. It’s here. Enjoy, folks. No telling what folks will make of this interesting […]
Seasonal Catch-Up Post
Where hath the year gone? And why haven’t I been blogging about Dixiana (or anything)? Answers await. But first, a little story about today, 10/23.
Nice Press for DIXIANA
Got a nice, albeit brief, slot on the local Good Morning show this week. Handling press appearances is second nature at this point—I have been on both sides of the equation, as interviewer and interviewee—but sitting in front of the lights with Dixiana and Down in Dixiana propped on their little bookstands made me realize that […]
