James Downe

Book cover showing a warrior woman wielding a mace. Below are waves and flames, with the silhouettes of three other women. The whole thing is stylized in green, looking like paper cutouts.

Want a fast-paced fantasy book with 4 strong women kicking ass? How about sailing dangerous waters to save a child? Or a broken senator struggling with a lifetime of mistakes?

Sisters of Jade has all that and more. And it's the start of a completed trilogy!

www.jamesdowne.com/books/sister...

He's completely out of touch with real life. Fuck him.

FREE for this weekend only!

My writing group always does an annual, 24 hour one-shot anthology. This year's theme was Emptiness. 48 stories written and edited in only 24 hours.

I'm not in this one, but there are some awesome authors here!

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Right?! I remember watching Kurt Browning, Brian Orser, and Elvis Stojko as a kid. I never any good on the ice, but it was always incredible to watch.

How to Write a Trilogy: Balancing Story and Character Arcs Across Three Books When I wrote the 1st draft of Sisters of Jade, I didn't know it was going to be a trilogy. Only once I was done did I know these characters had fallen into something big. It was then that I started to...

A new post all about writing a trilogy. After finishing the Sisters of Jade Trilogy, I wanted to share some of my notes about the process.

Is it easy? Nope!
Is it satisfying? Hell yeah!

#AuthorTips #writingtipsandtricks #fantasytrilogy

www.jamesdowne.com/post/how-to-write-a-trilogy

I'd rather write one book a year--hell, one book in my entire life--than constantly shit out piles of slop.

Writing isn't a race.

12 year old me wants to ask "Space Lego, Pirate Lego, or Castle Lego?", but alas, times have changed.

I love Terry O'Rielly. This was a good one.

If there’s anything these last few months should drive home it’s that country means nothing, but community means everything

Deleted Scene for the Fantasy Book Sisters of Jade I wanted to share one of these deleted scenes from my fantasy book 'Sisters of Jade'. If you haven't read the books, don't worry. There are no big spoilers here.

New post with a deleted scene from 'Sisters of Jade'.

I've decided to show some of the parts I cut as I wrote the trilogy. It was was reworked after I decided I wanted the stakes for Jona to be much higher and more personal.

#IndieFantasy #FantasyBooks

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Job posting... and the method to apply, I kid you not, is by mail. Like, there's a physical address I can mail my fucking cover letter and resume to. WTF?

I'm feeling the same way. A break every so often is good.

Exactly. They already don't follow the laws you have. This changes nothing unless someone enforces these rules.

Right!? They murder people in broad daylight. What is new legislation going to do?

While this is a great step, it's totally fucked up that you're celebrating the bare minimum. How was this not already in place? Now you just have to hope the judges aren't corrupt assholes too!

Rogue agents?!?!? Fuck that. Those assholes did exactly what Trump wanted them to do.

Even with the footage, his goons are ignoring the truth and slurping up the lies.

A cartoon of a news report. The picture shows a government official doing a press conference flanked by goons. The headline reads “A man attacked federal bullets with his body” Underneath the picture is a quote saying “those bullets had families”

US government rn

Totally agree. Jonathan Ross had 10+ years experience when he murdered Renée Good. More training only makes these assholes better killers.

There are some people making the argument that the problem with ICE is lack of training. Even if that were true (I don't think it is) it's also irrelevant because their leadership is saying that they are doing exactly what they want them to do. So there's no good faith 'fix' to be made there...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Where is Alex Pretti's cellphone now? Who has it? (Presumably some US federal agency). He'd been filming for some time before he was shot. It's no doubt further evidence Pretti was doing nothing wrong before he was attacked. THAT video and audio needs to be released right now #Minnesota #AlexPretti

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?

ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.

I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse. 😢💔🙏 He spent his life helping people, and now our government is peddling lies in an attempt to make you believe them.

Yesterday, over 30,000 people protested against ICE in below-zero temperatures. Amazing work, everyone. Minnesota strong. Tomorrow, there will be more of us.

Thanks!

Cliffhanger for me. Icicles are not to be messed with.

Minnesota appreciation post! You are all heroes. The world sees you. Stand up! Protest! Sing! Make your voices to loud to be stopped. FUCK ICE and FUCK TRUMP. You can do it!

#ICE_OutForGOOD

TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:

We are ALL residents of Minnesota.

We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊

Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔