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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: 4.38 · 47 ratings · 23 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fortune Falls

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The Dancer and the Swan

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Shrugging

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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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Tough read to follow this family's harrowing (and depressing) journey west and their continual setbacks and struggles. Steinbeck's attention to detail could likely put some people off, but for me, whereas I normally wouldn't tolerate such micro-descr ...more
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Not an easy book to review, let alone read.

This is a 3 1/2 star for me, and I'm floating it the extra half-star for the breadth and scope of the story. You will definitely come away with awe and wonder for the magnificence of trees and the marvels o
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This is the perfect little book to nibble away on chapter by interesting chapter. Joe Scott has an enjoyable and highly accessble narrative style. He very suscinctly engages you with interesting topics, and his research is indepth and well-rounded.

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The history entwined in this story was fascinating and important to know. The story was engrossing and certainly kept me reading. Characters were suitably complex.

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