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James Field
Goodreads Author
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in London, The United Kingdom
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January 2012
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The Bell Tower Suite
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2014
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Gathering Clouds...
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2012
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Son of Peace: A Modern Historical Novel of Buddha
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Life in the Clouds: Strange Chronicles from a Stalled Century
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White Noise
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2013
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Gypsy Spell
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2013
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Doomsday Diary (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #9)
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Psycho Psyche (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #7)
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2015
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Yoikes (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #8)
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2015
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Fast Down
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Why Supporting Characters Matter More Than Most Writers Think
This post is part twelve of a short series on story structure for fiction writers—practical, straightforward, and designed to help you build stories that actually work.
Writers naturally spend most of their energy on two people:the protagonistthe antagonist Which makes sense.
After all, they usually drive the central conflict.
But there’s a common mistake hiding here.
Supporting characters often get t Read more of this blog post »
Writers naturally spend most of their energy on two people:the protagonistthe antagonist Which makes sense.
After all, they usually drive the central conflict.
But there’s a common mistake hiding here.
Supporting characters often get t Read more of this blog post »
James Field
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bookshelves:
currently-reading,
psychological-thriller,
supernatural-thriller,
arctic-thriller,
nordic-noir,
literary-thriller,
dark-suspense,
crime-fiction,
shamanism,
saami-spirituality
James Field said:
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Author’s note:White Silence, Red Justice is one of my darker novels — a slow-burning Arctic supernatural thriller set in northern Norway.
It is a story of murder, guilt, Saami spirituality, old wounds, and a kind of justice that does not always look l ...more "
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James Field
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128 other people
liked
Maureen 's review
of
Maybe Tomorrow: An addictive and jaw-dropping crime thriller for summer 2026:
"*4.5 stars*
10th October 1983 - a night when there is a ferocious storm in Whitby, North Yorkshire. It is also the night that a vulnerable young woman is found dead - having been raped and murdered. When 28 year old Anthony, is imprisoned for the rape " Read more of this review » |
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James Field
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5 other people
liked
Juho Pohjalainen's review
of
Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2):
"I seem to recall enjoying the BBC adaptation of the second book far more than the first (which I liked to begin with), and the movie went down fine as well. Unlike with The Wardrobe, though, I went in rather liking the original work too, from the sta"
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![キングダム 20 [Kingdom 20] by Yasuhisa Hara](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386422852l/19260600._SX50_.jpg "キングダム 20 [Kingdom 20] by Yasuhisa Hara")
"A real sick bastard makes his play in this volume. I'd have imagined a whole bunch of eyeballs would not take that many sacks to bring in, though. Maybe it's because they're those big anime eyes...
Apart from that, I'm enjoying the ending the most. Wh" Read more of this review » |
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James Field
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8 other people
liked
Bill's review
of
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive:
"Captain James T Kirk & members of the crew of the Starship Enterprise land on the Planet of the Apes in this engaging comic adventure. While some of the artwork occasionally leaves a bit to be desired, the plot is good fun & there's plenty of nicely "
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James Field
is on page 50 of 579 of White Silence, Red Justice: Proofreading the Berit Anna chapters today. She may be the heart of the book: a woman trying to avoid a calling that has been waiting for her since birth.
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Jun 24, 2026 10:38PM
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Hi, Mahai.
I like Martin's books, so I just had to translate your review. Hope you don't mind. I haven't read this one, and I'm starting to find his pl ...more " |
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Thanks for the honest review, Marian.
I always appreciate it when someone explains why a book didn’t quite work for them, rather than simply dismissing ...more " |
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Thank you, Christine, so much for this thoughtful and generous review. I’m delighted that the Arctic setting, the Saami elements, and Jack’s strange j
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― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“For all their simplicity, humans could be remarkably perceptive, though they didn't know it most of the time, and their ability to thrust straight through deception and see to the heart of truth was often lost with childhood. By adulthood humans had trained themselves to be coy and manipulative in response to the coy and manipulative society in which they lived, which led them to believe that everyone was trying to be as coy and manipulative as themselves and were uncertain about what was true and what was not. Beyond their few flashes of clarity, everything became a muddle of colliding doubts.”
― The Speaker for the Trees
― The Speaker for the Trees
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”
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“The story-tellers and spinners of erotic tales are hardly more than butchers who hang up meat attractive to flies.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Luke wrote: "Hi, James. There's a typo in the blurb for The Bell Tower Suite:he doesn't believes in ghosts
I'm putting it here so you can delete this comment after you see it."
Luke wrote: "Hi, James. There's a typo in the blurb for The Bell Tower Suite:
he doesn't believes in ghosts
I'm putting it here so you can delete this comment after you see it."
Thanks Luke. Those typos get in everywhere. Strange how blind we become sometimes!
Hi, James. There's a typo in the blurb for The Bell Tower Suite:he doesn't believes in ghosts
I'm putting it here so you can delete this comment after you see it.
"It wasn’t about fixing my life on the surface, but about seeing that I was not entirely defined by what was happening inside my head. That small shift created space — and in that space, things slowly began to change."—James Field
Thanks for sharing this insight, James. I'm adding it to my quotes wall.
Hello James,Thank you for accepting my friend request. I’m glad to connect with you here.
Hi James,Thank you for your Goodreads friend invitation.
Cheers,
Martin
