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Yule Love This

Posted by Jam on November 23, 2021
Posted in: adventure, Authors, books, Charity, Fantasy, Fighting Fantasy, Gamebook, Gamers, Games, gaming, hobbies, illustrators, Readers, Reading, RPG. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , .

Back in the eighties game books were at the height of their popularity, selling in their hundreds of thousands. Come the nineties, the video game era took over and game books saw a decline, with even the most popular series being pulled from the shelves. With game book fans of yesteryear now adults, they now wish to introduce their children to the genre, with many of them becoming authors of interactive adventures in their own right. The game book market is now reviving, as this generation looks for ways to bring children back to reading rather than screen time.

My new book, JAMTHOLOGY, is an introduction to game books with four thrilling pre-bedtime sized adventures, which start off easy and grow progressively more involving until you finish a seasoned game book adventurer. It is ideal for readers of all ages who wish to begin a journey into interactive stories and pit their wits, rather than read standard cover to cover books.

All profits go to charity. Click here to view on Amazon

Advent-ure

Posted by Jam on November 10, 2021
Posted in: adventure, Authors, books, Fantasy, Fighting Fantasy, Gamebook, Games, gaming, horror, illustrators, RPG. Tagged: , , , , .

I’m delighted to announce a project I have been working on with my stepdaughter is about 75% done, and will probably be released early December. She will be joining the ranks of gamebook illustrators at just 16 years old, like her favourite did, the late Martin Mckenna. It will be my fourth publication inside 18 months. Watch this space for more…

Writers Bain

Posted by Jam on November 3, 2021
Posted in: Uncategorized.

Probably the worst thing about writing a gamebook is one wishing to share things with all the fellow fans of the genre. This of course would put a great risk on ideas getting plagiarised. I’m not even going to risk showing the cover for this little side project as I worry over IP. What I will say is, everyone is in for a new gamebook soon. Possible pre Christmas and, if it’s a nice sizable amount of pages, there will probably be a hardback version!

Halloween Laws UK

Posted by Jam on October 31, 2021
Posted in: halloween, Trick or treat, UK law. Tagged: , , .

Quite a lot of people are asking about laws concerning Halloween on a Sunday in the UK, with many believing it is illegal. I’m delighted I have friends working in law, and these beliefs are of course ill found. They are rumours made up by cancel-culturing old farts, and bullshitters. It is important to state that devout Christians are entitled to not take part in Halloween, or be troubled by anyone doing it. #Samhain is a pagan celebration after all, and I respect them holding firm. But, please… stop spreading these rumors. TRICK OR TREAT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW.

Papermate

Posted by Jam on October 25, 2021
Posted in: books, environmental, Readers, Reading, trees, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , .

For the past two years I have been supporting the Eden Reforestation Project, a brilliant initiative which sets about replacing trees and creating new woodland environments. Today, I declare that every 25% of royalties I recieve through people buying my books will be donated to them. To put that into perspective, tree saplings are only £0.08p each, thus every book sold will now plant at least three trees somewhere in the world. Let’s green the land back together as responsible book lovers 🌲🌳💚🌍

How Life Pans Out

Posted by Jam on October 25, 2021
Posted in: Uncategorized.

AGE:
0-10 Initially incontinent. Occasional domestic, social and financial vexation.
11-20 Wannabe adult. Think I know all but really know sod all. Definate domestic, social and financial vexation.
21-30 Can do what I like there’re years left in me.
31-40 This is right. Not old but older and wiser than the MoFo’s in the last two.
41-50 FUCK! Where’s the last two decades gone? I had it better than all above at that age.
51-60 Nearly a pensioner, just gonna keep my head down now.
61-70 I’ll probably be dead soon. Double check my last will.
71-80 Why am I even still here? Not many of my lot left alive.
81-90 School bully was buried last week. I’m still standing, yea yea yea. 😆⚰️
91-100 My autisms playing me up. If I die before I reach 3 figures I’ll be so fucking angry.
101-110 God I’m bored. Just end it. While I sleep obviously.
111+ I’m Britains oldest person. Everyone wants a selfie with me. I could be up for a Guiness record at this rate. God, life is good! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

… Hang on… I’m sitting in my own shit again like at the start of section one!?!

Dogs Life

Posted by Jam on October 25, 2021
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Uber proud of my beloved English Pointer right now for clocking up over 130km and raising £200 for Guide Dogs charity this month, thats on top of the £105 she raised for Alzheimer’s Society earlier this year

Even if it doesn’t look like she’s budged an inch

William Shitner

Posted by Jam on October 24, 2021
Posted in: Blue origin, William Shatner, space,. Tagged: , .

I think my admiration and respect for William Shatner has boldly gone. When criticised by Prince William over his ten minutes in space aboard the Bezos cockrocket, he replied:

“… he’s got the wrong idea. The idea here is not to go, ‘Yeah, look at me. I’m in space’. No, I would tell the prince, and I hope the prince gets this message, this is a baby step of getting industry, all those polluting industries … off of Earth.”

Well old boy, I say you have the wrong idea. Why would spreading across the solar system polluting everywhere with our shit be a positive thing? By the time we even get their this planet will be beyond help. Scotty, beam him up and fetch Bones, he’s beyond rational thought.

Imagine all those tree saplings that cost just $0.12 cents you could’ve planted for that. Your own forest with 833,333 trees. Mind you, you have spent your life with a Deforest I suppose… plenty of Captains Logs cut down for you!

Murder Island

Posted by Jam on October 22, 2021
Posted in: Authors, books. Tagged: , .

I’m quite enjoying this reality TV show based on a murder created by crime author Ian Rankin. I have just watched episode three and things are hotting up, with the first pair of contestants/detectives having been dismissed. (I knew it would be them going). What’s sweeter about it still, is it’s filmed on the island opposite where we live. They catch the ferry in it from our village. Here are some photo’s from the last couple of times I popped over.