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Jim Baumer

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Jim Baumer is a Maine-based writer who cares about people and the places that define them. A regional writer with a passion for his home state, Baumer’s first book, "When Towns Had Teams," has become the definitive book about the kind of baseball that was the heart and soul of small town life in the state just after WWII, and for the next three decades, before disappearing. The book provides a snapshot of a place and time that has all but faded from view.

In 2004, he began RiverVision Press, a small press committed to publishing books about Maine and the unique qualities that characterize the state. When Towns Had Teams was RiverVision’s first release and the book was awarded an IPPY by Independent Publisher as their top nonfiction title for
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Jim Baumer I'm not sure I ever have "writer's block." By that I mean that I write, whether I feel like it, or not. That means blogging twice each week, keeping f…moreI'm not sure I ever have "writer's block." By that I mean that I write, whether I feel like it, or not. That means blogging twice each week, keeping freelance ideas and pitches in the pipeline, etc.

Personally, writer's block seems like an excuse for a writer not to be writing.(less)
Jim Baumer Being a full-time freelancer, having some control over my time and schedule is a benefit. It's also challenging making sure I have enough work to pay …moreBeing a full-time freelancer, having some control over my time and schedule is a benefit. It's also challenging making sure I have enough work to pay the bills, also.

I'd also add that seeing my name in a byline or on a book cover never gets old.(less)
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Moxie: Maine in a Bottle

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When Towns Had Teams

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The Perfect Number: Essays ...

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Moxietown

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Soros Jamming

I wrote my first song about George Soros during COVID because I felt we’d become so Balkanized as a country that there was little that opposing factions could say to one another. The binary polarization had made dialogue nearly impossible to have.





I also recognized that this division and strife was being funded on the left with money from George Soros.





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