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Jim Musgrave is an award-winning writer and journalist who often writes under the pseudonym Efraim Zimbalist Graves. He has published a short story collection and four novels. His short fiction and articles have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, including: Stone Magazine, Computer Edge, San Diego Writer's Monthly, California Quarterly, and online at Outsiderink.com, Skive, and Ramble Underground. His short stories, Turning the Law Wheel; and Speculum won Honorable Mention at contests at Cedar Hill Press and Fog City Writers (2007).
Jim has been both a semi-finalist and a finalist in the Heekin Foundation Award for Fiction, and has been called on to speak before various audiences, including the San Diego State Annual Writer's Conference, and ReBA-Con 2000 in San Francisco. Jim loves talking about his work and literature/writing in general, and he welcomes your suggestions, questions and feedback.
Jim also teaches writing at the college level in San Diego with his wife, Ellen. In addition, Jim does education consulting work to implement Learning Management Systems (Moodle) through his busines.
Jim will schedule an appearance at your request jimmusgrave@contempinstruct.com.
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The Mayan Magician
I always like the late J. D. Salinger's comment in the novel, Franny and Zooey, when Buddy (the aspiring Glass family author) asks his older brother, Seymour, the same question. "Mixing memory with desire," is what he told him that writing was. I suppose that's how I use my memory. I create the longing and desire in my stories based on my memory and that miraculous memory contained in the World Wide Web.
What was your first published work, and what did you do to celebrate it?
My first book was a non-fiction title, The Digital Scribe: A Writer's Guide to Electronic Media. Harcourt-Brace's imprint, AP Professional Press published it, and I celebrated the publication by taking our best friends out for dinner.
As a fellow Sniplits author, I wonder if you prefer writing short stories over other types of writing. Always interested in a published writer's opinion. Thanks,Tom Anselm
I do enjoy writing short stories because they give one an "immediate gratification," and I've always been one to enjoy the immediacy of short fiction. In addition, our society has become so "busy" that readers often only have time for the short piece rather than the longer, perhaps more complicated novel. Thanks for asking!
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A Gulf War veteran wins a different kind of "Survivor Game" in San Diego, fighting prejudice against the homeless.
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In 2852, the U.S. is a wild west tourist attraction, where police sergeant Julian Gaston discovers the secret behind the shooting death of Duplicant Sheriff, Wyatt Earp.
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