by James Fell | Jan 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
This guest post was written by my good friend Carrie King. “If only I had found you when you were in your mid-twenties,” my boss said, “I could have really made something of you.” What. The fuck? I froze in the act of handing him the file he asked for and only...
by James Fell | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I began writing for the Los Angeles Times in 2010, I would often use an opening line or two for my columns that had what I call a “What the fuck?” factor. I imagined people would read the opener, which was usually some bizarre statement or personal anecdote, and...
by James Fell | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Me: “I’m not sure Trump voters are going to like this book.” My agent: “Fuck ‘em.” My agent is cool. So is my friend Rob Sawyer. He’s a Hugo Award-winning science fiction author. He once told me, “If you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.” We were...
by James Fell | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Never read the comments. That’s what they say, and it’s often good advice. Because douchebags gonna douche. Sometimes, however, reading the comments is worthwhile. I have a pinned post about the comments section on my Facebook page. I start off by...
by James Fell | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am posting this on the morning of January 1st. The band U2 proclaimed “nothing changes” on this day. For most, that will be true. It used to be that people hyped up the changes they wanted to make starting on this day, but now I’m seeing a shift....
