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Blog postAfter finishing and publishing my poetry anthology, “do ants have souls,” I need new goals. I have plenty of crazy ideas. If I try to work on too many projects at once, I could wallow in a time warp. Here are the major ideas crying out to be heard between all four quadraspheres of my cerebral cortex and cerebellum.
Spencer Murdoch and the Fall From HeavenSpencer’s chosen-one son reaches school age and is bullied at school while Spencer focuses elsewhere and decides to take control and ente -
Blog postAfter years of work, "do ants have souls” is available now. These 44 poems encompass 40 years exploring the oral arts. Some of the lyrical poems were written for songs performed as a heavy metal band in the 1980s. Others written after love gone wrong, contemplation on the fragility of life, and on life’s many joys and tragedies. The ink drawings were painstakingly completed and the final work is availa
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Blog postAfter a 2019 from hell and back and to hell again, I have once again reached a joyous place. Hoping I will not sink into the grasps of the dark place, knowing it could be lurking around any corner. Currently, I cannot feel the emotions I felt when I wrote these two poems. The first was written about a month ago while walking in the dark. The second was written two weeks ago on a particularly tough Wednesday eve.
Anyway, at the risk of exposing my sole
Twisted Fate
Grief's -
Blog postJames M M BaldwinLong before the Event Horizon worldwide telescope array, each run by teams of scientists, James M M Baldwin, in his short story, COLLIDER, envisioned a world ripped apart by a black hole and reassembled on the other side in a whole new way. Available with eight other science fiction stories in James M M Baldwin's, ORION’S ARM: TALES FROM THE MILKY WAY. Paperback, Kindle, and other formats. You can also stop by Baldwin Gallery, 9625 Ida st. Omaha, NE and pick up a discounted
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Blog postraven contentment
sergio de companionhatter's riddle
why is a raven like a writing desk
alice gives up
the hatter admits
i haven't the slightest idea
riddle without an answer
poe wrote on both
it can produce a few notes
though very flat
nevar put with the wrong end in front
nevar is raven
merely afterthought
originally invented with no answer
there is a b in both and an n in neither
neither is ever a -
Blog postI think I'll just leave this here as my little tax day protest.
Tax day is gone
Good riddance I sayAnother full yearBefore we must pay
Honoring Tax Day, Sergio de Companion’s Blood of Man, comment on taxes and the IRS.Perhaps overshadowed by the decapitated Statue of Liberty, which unintentionally looks indigenous American, is the true metaphor: Taxes collected by the IRS are the American worker’s blood drained to fill a leaky bucket. The figure portraying Uncle Sa -
Blog postIt is said, science fiction and fantasy are two separate things. Science fiction; the improbable made possible. Fantasy; the impossible made probable. But what happens when you mix these two opposites? Rod Serling,Twilight Zone The Fugitive 7/9/1962
Born into this mixture between science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction author James M M Baldwin persists in these endeavors to this day.After writing three to six hours a night, six nights a week (never on a Sunday), for 15 years, -
Blog postApril is shaping up to be a banner month here at the Baldwin home front. Great news all around.
First off, Zonderven,part of HarperCollans Christian Publishing, has purchased my first two novels in the Spencer Murdoch series, “Spencer Murdoch and the Portals ofEzandor,” and “Spencer Murdoch and the Island of Magic.” Along with a promise to aggressively market both books to number one in their categories and top ten overall, they have also signed for the next three books in the Spencer Murd -
Blog postPOLITIC
POLITIC
CautionEv’rything you’re about to readcontained herein, is haiku
(almost)
Conversation in HaikuNot true haikuNot true to Japanese roots
Allen Ginsberg assertedHaiku did not fit(the) English language
Ginsberg proposed the Seventeen syllable American Sentence
POLITICCampaign in American SentencePOLITICKPolitician
Campaign in American SentenceFit for the twitter-versePolitician
Don’t keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to y -
Blog postUpdate on "Abandonment of a Dream" post. A few asked me about the numbers, but no one noticed the April Fools date of the post. Some of the amounts were exaggerated for shock premises. Here are the real numbers. After the recent purchase of some new books, (most of which will be given away) diminishing previous earning totals, my new hourly wage works out to 0.00029 cents per hour. Yes. That's an average wage of less than 3/ten-thousandths of a penny. In my case, that makes it ar
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Blog postOn July 11th, the second novel in the SPENCER MURDOCH saga will be released in two formats. SPENCER MURDOCH AND THE ISLAND OF MAGIC will be available in large format with the author's original hand drawn cover, as well as a compact version with professional designed cover from Rightly Designed. On July 11th, get THE ISLAND OF MAGIC at CreateSpace or Amazon.
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Blog postFor those of you who wondered, no. I'm not giving up my dreams. I know I said I was, but there are several clues that point to the fact that I was lying. Not the least of which is the date the Rant was posted. Does April 1st mean anything to you? By the way, have you fooled anyone this month? I'd love to hear about it. Another clue to my deception; 2000 rejections. Not even I have that many. I am getting close to 200 though. So, you can look for something from me in the near future. Keep you eye
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Blog postI’m saddened to announce, I must abandon my dream of succeeding as an author. I do not arrive at this decision lightly. After more than twenty years and over 200 projects I have received my 2000th rejection. What does this tell me? It’s time to hang it up. Many other determining factors have contributed to this painful decision. Not the least of which is the pay grade. At the calculated rate of 0.003 per hour (yes, that’s three tenths of a cent per hour), I’ve had to work and entire year just to
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Blog postIn my last post, I whined about having too many irons in the fire. I'm happy to report that I finished one of my projects. Last night I presented the poetry lesson on word-art at the Nebraska Writers Workshop. Here is the piece I created using the knowledge from the lesson.
Haida
Raven Tribe Raven Tribe
Ancient sea warriors
Canoes with sixty paddlers
Sixty Great canoes
Great canoes carved from single red cedars
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Blog postWelp, I did it again. I sail along on a work in progress, Spencer Murdoch and the Island of Magic, while thoughts of other projects I want to write bounce around in my head. Then, I dabble on the other works and everything slows down. It's not the first time I've done this. I jus' cain't help it. Inspired by fellow poet and local, world-travelled professor David Prinz Hufford, rather than finishing the final edits on my latest novel, I wrote a Shakespearean sonnet. In preparation for an upcoming
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Blog postSpots on Pluto
James M M Baldwin
Pluto splashed his haunted mind
Onto the underworlds' souls
His Ambitions beaded on the surface until fermented
Hunting gateways through the thought fabric protecting inner layers
Inside, minuscule particles spread across a vast blue synapse expanse
Bit by bit, literary granules seep deeper
Wrapped in damp fog blankets
Gathering,
condensing into clouds
Forming puffy whi -
Blog postAt more than 3,000,000,000 (3 billion) miles, flying between 30,000 and 50,000 MPH, it has taken our New Horizons spacecraft nine years to reach Pluto. How long would that same trip take using the ship in my short story "Son of Thunder?" At one-tenth the speed of light, my fictional series III nuclear propelled space shuttle could make the trip in 5 days. To read more about light speed space travel and my proposed methods, see my blog post titled, "Light Speed Travel, Part I."
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Blog postNext Wednesday I'll be presenting a poetry lesson on observations for the Nebraska Writers Workshop. The object of the lesson is notice unusual things in your surroundings. The observations won't necessarily become a poem but could wind up being just the right detail to get across a particular intention.
I love my Spotify. I listen to it almost every waking hour. I've discovered many new bands I otherwise would have never listened to. While listening to Spotify's current top 50 roc -
Blog postToday is the reveal of the new cover for "Spencer Murdoch and the Portals of Erzandor."
Without any further ado.
Drum roll please.
A construction worker risks his family’s safety to fulfill a prophecy and stop a global storm ushering in the reign of an evil ruler. Spencer Murdoch unearths a supernatural portal and discovers an ancient being guarding a gateway between heaven and hell. Spencer must find the person chosen to enter the portal before a power -
Blog postCheck here next Friday, April 24th, for the unveiling of the new cover of the second edition of “Spencer Murdoch and the Portals of Erzandor.” And don't forget to check out the designers over at Writely Designed who worked very hard creating the new design. Take a closer look at their design options here; http://bit.ly/1zw7qOE
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Blog postWatch This Space- Coming Soon
Cover reveal.
I've been very busy lately. I'm on chapter 19 of a 30 chapter rewrite of the second novel in my "Spencer Murdoch" series. Soon I'll be releasing a smaller, less expensive, second edition of the first "Spencer Murdoch" novel titled "Spencer Murdoch and the Portals of Erzandor." The wonderful designers at Writely Designed have worked very hard on creating a beautiful cover. If you'd like to take a closer look at -
Blog postI didn’t want to release this until everything was confirmed so as not to jinx it. Now that the ink is dry on the contract, I’m free to say:
Due to my longstanding relationship with PepsiCo, specifically Diet Pepsi, they have offered me a ten year contract allowing me to obtain the property for my writers retreat in Aspen. As of April 1st, 2015, I will be moving to Colorado to supervise construction.
In exchange, all I have to do is wear their shirt when making public a -
Blog postPersistence of Memory
Inspired by the 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory
Persistence of Memory
James M M Baldwin
Surreal melting pocket watches
Unconscious relativity
Time space
Cosmic order met collapse
Like soft cheese in the sun
Lacking order
Time has passed away
Its persistence at its end
A dream of ants on sleeps decay
A landscape barren, cut by shadow
Arrow -
Blog postDo Ants Have Souls?
I love art and design, and I ride my bicycle a lot. While riding, it gives me time to observe things, more than if driving in my car. It also affords a view not available from the roads. Humans are amazing creatures. Some structures we build are magnificent. Even old, rundown warehouses present a character combination of functionality and personality. The façade of each building reflects the individuals it houses.
Humans aren't the only animal -
Blog postThe Restored Lost Seventh Sapphic Stanza of the Song of Sappho
James M M Baldwin
In July, in the honor of Sapphic history and Sapphic study, I posted a fragmented lost seventh Sapphic stanza from the Song of Sappho. Here is the restored stanza.
The Lost Seventh Sapphic Stanza
Sappho's lamentations lost antiquities
Descendant from Grecian Island of Lesbos
Reputation enduring fragmented parchment
Lamentations lost
Should
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