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A life-long Wisconsinite and lover of writing, James began his career in television production and moved on to all forms of marketing and advertising, always with a writing and creative focus. When not writing professionally or creatively, he invested significant time and money along with bandmates pursuing music.

At the end of 2003, he and his wife Melanie left their careers, sold their home, and joined James’s best friend and fellow musician on a multi-year musical focus performing live across Wisconsin (for the first time in their lives in their 30s). It was during that time James wrote his first two novels, Shrugging and Turntable (the latter very loosely inspired by their musical adventures).

Having shook the music bug out of their syst
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Average rating: 4.42 · 45 ratings · 23 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fortune Falls

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The Scarred Beauty of Tragedy

My wife and I recently spent a few days in southeastern Wisconsin. We were supposed to enjoy this trip with a friend of ours visiting from the west coast. He typically comes once a year and we show him a good time in and around the Chippewa Valley.

This year, we thought it would be a nice change of pace to present him a different part of our wonderful state. We really looked forward to showing off Read more of this blog post »
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I don't use this word often--and only sincerely--but this collection of stories was simply delightful.

These aren't collections of manipulated plot twists, or forced moral conclusions. These were captured moments of life; a collage of culture, of loca
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The Dancer and the Swan by James L. Peters
"James Peters is an exceptional writer. The Dancer and the Swan is the kind of book that makes you pause, think about what you just read, and then read it again. It unfolds as two stories: the present-tense story of Pauline, a hospice volunteer quietl" Read more of this review »
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Giving this one a solid 3 1/2 stars. Agree with others that this is better than the first book. It still has some really outlandish parts that, though obviously intentional, were a distraction to me, much of the book kept me going and had some riveti ...more
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Entertaining, ridiculous, absurd, and often nonsensical. For me, this isn't one you read so much for the story, though it is often entertaining, albiet often grotesquely brutal, but instead for the writing itself, which has a ton of character and lif ...more
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