Author Archives: James Ashman

About James Ashman

I write books of the fantasy, heroic, and adventure types. So far. I'm an author who loves fantastic stories.

Dangerous Rainbows

This book is complete. The editing, the design, the more editing. I spent an entire day doing a final read. It had a few errors, but all were easily fixed, and I can be rather confident that there aren’t many … Continue reading

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Grammar is still important

It saddens me to see that the debate over whether an author should know grammar and how to spell never ends. We do need it, is because it allows the thoughts to flourish, and the established standards do that. Yes, … Continue reading

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Please don’t use communication misunderstands as conflict

First, a disclaimer: This isn’t about all misunderstandings, it’s about in a specific context – the misunderstanding can be resolved in literally seconds if only the characters would speak to each other. This isn’t a broad generalization. Now to the … Continue reading

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Don’t worry, everyone reacts differently

People’s reactions are always amazing. What one person laughs at another gets angry over. Two people hear a lie, one doesn’t believe it, the other thinks it is gospel. Two hear truth, one doubts and the other endorses it. That’s … Continue reading

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What art can be

Happy, sad, angry, mournful. Basic words that describe emotions that can have a full range of complexities. We understand happy well enough. Mad, easy to understand as well. And on some levels, we understand the more complex emotions with just … Continue reading

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