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Jan.23.2013 - 7:20 am
A Good Structure Diagram or Lost in a Sea of Text
Chapter Diagram
I have been working on a first chapter that is all about movement and emotion. The trick of it has been to tie the two together in a compelling way that feels authentic rather...
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Jan.22.2013 - 6:11 am
Good Book on Structure
Following on John McPhee's very helpful and interesting piece on structure in the New Yorker I happened upon a book that has been equally as helpful when it comes to gaining...
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Jan.17.2013 - 9:27 am
The Anarcho Libertarian of Whole Foods
You have to wonder about the mix of marketing, corporation, progressivism, social contract, and anarcho libertarianism that seems to represent the bizzare amalgam that is Whole...
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Jan.15.2013 - 6:33 am
John McPhee and Structure
The New Yorker can be something of a mixed bag. On one hand it presents one of the last and best resources for long form journalism, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and in some...
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Comments from James

Sep.15.2011 - 7:19 am
In response to: Let "Them" die, not us
I would die if...
The Republicans and Tea Party take power. I am a cancer survivor and I do not have health insurance. I cannot buy it on...
Sep.12.2011 - 7:07 am
In response to: Memoir and Difficult/Tricky People
Thanks
Delores, Thanks for the comment. If there is one true thing to be said about illness or physical incapacitation, you...
Feb.09.2011 - 5:40 pm
In response to: Life Implicates Art
Hmm
I think the issue for the right is not that art requires funding and is using up scarce resources, but that it is a...
Feb.08.2011 - 10:35 am
In response to: Star Island and Chemo
Thanks
Loren, Thanks for the kind words and letting me know about your grandmother. I always wonder how long someone can exist...
Feb.08.2011 - 10:28 am
In response to: Star Island and Chemo
Hi
I know Center Barnstead quite well and love that area of the state, though it has been too long since I've made it up...

Writing

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Short Story: The Blue
Article: The Story of Lancia, Paulin, and John Moir
Short Story: A Man of Few Redeeming Qualities circa 1963
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About James

James Buchanan is a 46-year-old writer living in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire with his two young children-Quincy and Violet and their leopard gecko Spotty. Born in 1965 in Philadelphia, James attended Quaker schools throughout the elementary and...
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Causes James Buchanan Supports

Expanding health care in the US, ending war as a viable tool of foreign policy, and issues related to social justice in general. 

James’s Favorite Books

The Kite Runner, The Orchard, Cider House Rules, Water for Elephants, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, To Kill a Mockingbird, On Chesil Beach, Under the Tuscan...