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James Maxey

@JamesAllenMaxey

A guy who writes stuff. Winner of the Asimov's Readers' Award for best short story of 2024, "Mere Flesh."

Hillsborough, NC Katılım Kasım 2017
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James Maxey
James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
My catalog: A 🧵. I've written a lot of books. I'm not prolific, just old. Crank out a book or two every year or two and eventually you have a wall of books. I mainly use X to talk about writing and books, so I thought I'd use this thread to explain all the crazy stuff I write:
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Richmond! You want this!
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
I was a long way from hitting my 2k goal today. First time I can think of when my Saturday sales were less than Friday. But, it was a really good Friday, so I guess it just pulled some repeat business forward by a day. I'm more or less where I was last year going into Sunday.
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ACC2- Adam Caisse@TiltAtGiants·
I didn't type for a few days because my thumb was cramped. Getting on with another phase of a project. Doubt I will go as fast as I had been, but already having some fun.
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Sold out of Map of the Drowned City today. Highlight of the day was talking to a mother and son who'd read my novels together. He apparently hated reading in school, but my books helped turn him into an avid reader! It's these little victories that count.
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Yesterday I rolled past the midpoint of my quest for a $10k con month, ending the day at about $5800. I still have six days of selling, but today is probably the decisive day. If I make $2k today I'm golden. But, yeesh, $2k in a day is a really rare feat.
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Brian Holshouser
Brian Holshouser@BHolshouserUS·
I just signed over 70 books and... I'm starting to rethink my signature. 🤔 😳
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Boxed sets have done very well this month. I had more room to display them at my last two shows and it's definitely made a difference. Once I get home I need to pretty much keep the xtool running constantly to build a deeper inventory.
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
The Internet at the con was overloaded from before the doors even opened on Friday, so here's the fly in video to find me and @mike_mollman tomorrow at the Dragonsgate!
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
@RebeccFung Failure is the path to success. I learned to sell a lot of books by trying a lot of things that didn't sell a lot of books.
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
This should have been tagged with @mike_mollman instead of the random non account I tagged by accident.
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Rage Against the Dishwasher@DebsValidation·
interviewed a musician who opened for the Violent Femmes a few times back in the day. 2nd convo w/him in which we talked about the truth of working artists (music for him, writing/art for me): It is a slog. It's carrying things, hanging things, wondering wtf is going on. but...
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Seriously, selling books is a lot more fun than not selling books and I'm baffled more authors don't chase this feeling.
James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey

@J0hnADouglas @mike_mollman I literally pumped my fists in the air and cried out, "I love selling books!" after Mike and I sold seven books to one couple.

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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
@J0hnADouglas @mike_mollman I literally pumped my fists in the air and cried out, "I love selling books!" after Mike and I sold seven books to one couple.
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
Big opening day at Richmond Galaxycon. Lots of repeat customers. My hardcover to paperback ratio today was 9 to 1, which might be a record for me.
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CJ Simone
CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
You guys!!! I have reached a huge milestone of 10k orders on the Zon for my 4 #thriller books!!! So much love to all who've taken a chance on a no-name's books!!!😮🙏🥳😍
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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
I'm thrilled to be working with Mike again. We've teamed up at Steel City and Richmond before, and are frequently at the same shows elsewhere. He's a book selling machine and just a great guy to hang out with after a show.
Mike Mollman - Jungle Planet out March 6, 2026@mike_mollman

Thanks to @JamesAllenMaxey , I'm a late addition to Richmond Galaxy Con this Thursday through Sunday. Grahme will be mannequining our booth! Hoping to put a dent in my inventory!

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James Maxey@JamesAllenMaxey·
@mike_mollman is going to be joining me this weekend at Galaxycon Richmond! His first time doing this show. This is four days of many thousands of nerds shopping for new books. Mike, welcome to the Thunderdome!
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