Reposting this photo with my book cover as an inset, I just realized that the bookstore apparently painted the building and fashioned the awning to exactly match the colors of my book cover.

Those who live or work in the Oklahoma City metropolis, or happen to visit there, can buy my latest novel at Full Circle Bookstore, OKC’s most-loved bookstore.

@writtenbyuju.bsky.social And if you really need a long break from house cleaning...my epic novel is even better. "Tares among the Wheat," in two volumes. www.amazon.com/Tares-Among-...

Our lives are interwoven with events and with the lives of others. We are all interconnected, directly or indirectly, through others, by events, or within time from past to future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Uj...

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) entity’s evaluation of me as an author is complimentary but shallow and stoic. One written from the heart and mind of a person would be much more meaningful, despite surely including some criticism with the accolades. www.h-melvin-james.com/so/f1Pw9XEMc...

A photograph inspired my poem about contrasts, black and white, or shades of gray. www.youtube.com/shorts/kNyBV...

This is a newly edited version of a poem I wrote in 2019. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6WS...

My photograph of yesterday inspired a poem. www.youtube.com/shorts/PgoY3...

Please watch this brief video www.youtube.com/shorts/ibE-9...

THANK YOU FOR VOTING. Diane moved up from 9th to 7th. Please vote again, here: peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h... She must be at least 5th to stay in the running.

VOTE TODAY: peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h... ANYONE CAN VOTE. THIS CONTEST STAGE ENDS TOMORROW. Diane must advance from 9th place to at least 5th place to remain in the contest. Thank you.

Now you can connect with me on Link Tree. linktr.ee/HMelvinJames

Thank you, everyone who voted for Diane today. She advanced from 10th to 9th just today. VOTE HERE: peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h... If you haven't voted today, please do. And vote again tomorrow. If Diane is not at least in5th place three days from now, SHE WILL BE OUT OF THE RUNNING.

TODAY YOUR VOTE IS WORTH TWO. Please vote today, and again tomorrow, and the next day too. VOTE HERE: peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h...

VOTE HERE: peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h... NOW, SUPPORT DIANE INTO THE TOP FIVE. VOTE AGAIN TODAY. VOTE TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY.

This is not a novel about "a" mystery. It is a novel imitating reality, a dozen mysteries, many interconnected, others isolated, most solved, others continuing in the series. www.youtube.com/shorts/Mg2RK...

Please vote for Diane as The People's Artist. Voting is free and easy with no catches. Vote every day and again each day. peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h...

Yay! @ellenlwrites.bsky.social wrote a blog post about my new Groucho book, plus there's a giveaway! Check it out here: ellenleventhal.com/2026/05/lydi... #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #books #graphicnovels #writingcommunity #funny #writing #funny #giveaway

The Reliable DC -3: During World War II, the reliable DC-3 design was modified as the military C-47. In the novel, the investigating FBI agent travels 1,500 miles from Anchorage to a remote island aboard a DC-3 (shown here as fictional, "Reece Aleutian Airlines."

My latest novel is now listed on the "Shop Indie Books" page: shopindiebooks.com/books/death-...

Diane advanced into the SECOND ROUND and is now in the TOP TWENTY. Vote for free, each day, every day. Please share this post on your page. Thank you. peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h...

More reasons to give your graduate one (or more) of my novels, in durable hardcover, and inscribe it with your congratulatory note, with love.

Give your graduate one (or more) of my novels, in durable hardcover, and inscribe it with your congratulatory note, with love.

Diane is now 7th of 77 contenders. Your vote can make her the winner. Voting is quick, easy, and free. Vote now and vote again each day. peoplesartist.org/diane-harwick

Please go to this website and vote for Diane, my favorite artist. peoplesartist.org/2026/diane-h...

The Kentucky Derby was held yesterday. I attended a few years ago. It was a muddy track then, as was the illicit horse race in my novel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cah1...

One week until Mother’s Day. youtu.be/daQnX9Z0Zw0

What book in Barnes & Noble was so captivating....???

Mother's Day is May 10. Today is the perfect time to order the two-volume epic novel that mothers and grandmothers rate “Tares” at 5 stars. youtu.be/K4vXWxkdQ6g

Pardon me, won't you spare me a minute? www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLr0...

Are you hesitant to buy a book without flipping through a few pages ?????? Preview 135 pages of my novel before buying it, without visiting a bookstore. www.google.com/books/editio...

Hear my Author Roundtable interview by Reader House host Alice Stockton-Rossini. youtu.be/J-N1cnlu6sg

My novels are sold in Australia, France, Finland, Norway, India, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Virtually Everywhere, Worldwide, also from Amazon. youtu.be/Eito-E5XJlI

Attention, Aussies and everyone in the LAND DOWN UNDER. You will find “Tares among the Wheat” at your "Booktopia" It’s good reading for idle time in the Outback, or for enjoying the passing of time on the long air flights to or from the LANDS UP OVER. www.booktopia.com.au/tares-among-...

Attention, those in the LAND DOWN UNDER. You will find my novels at your "Booktopia" Good readings for idle time in the Outback, or for enjoying the passing of time on the long air flights to or from the LANDS UP OVER. www.booktopia.com.au/death-in-tom...

1,300 years later, Scandinavians continue their appreciation of fine literature. Buy my novels at these Norsemen booksellers: Sweden: storkund.adlibris.com/product/P439... Norway: Tares Among the Wheat Volume One - H Melvin James - innbundet (9781633389922) | Adlibris Bokhandel

Check out the new promotion on Unread: unread.cloud/books/death-...

A posting on Facebook Marketplace spawned memories of my childhood on the farm and also reminded me of a framed story within my novel. youtu.be/ihGvRA6lCw0

The horrific Dust Bowl of the 1930's in the lower Great Plains. In the photograph of two young ladies walking during a dust storm, the young woman on the left is my mother. As I often remind my readers, what I write is what I know. youtu.be/31-L67mahUc

This review was so favorable that I had it narrated by AI and I added illustrations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgnW...

My children's story, illustrated by artist, Diane Harwick, is now on my website for parents, grown-ups, or children above fourth grade elementary school, to read to younger children. www.h-melvin-james.com/_files/ugd/3...

An independent publisher sent me an independent book review today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kca...

Use the new QR code to visit my Goodreads author's page. If you are not a Goodreads member, SIGN UP - - IT'S FREE. Then, ask me a question or review one of my novels.

Here is a new QR Code for my photograph website. Go ahead, check it out. (see 4 free)

Here is a new QR Code for my photograph website. Go ahead, check it out. (see 4 free)

FOCUS YOUR SMART PHONE CAMERA ON MY QR CODE: Here is a new QR code for my prinary website. The previous one expired. If you retained a copy of my previous QR code for my website, replace it with this one that will not expire.

Comment below to name something good that comes as a pair.