It Helps to Start Early

“I vividly remember the moment when I knew I would be a writer. When I was eight years old, my grandmother gifted me a subscription to ‘Children’s Digest.’ As luck would have it, the very first issue I received featured ‘Riddles in the Dark,’ Chapter 5 from The Hobbit. The chapter was provided as a series over three or four issues and I anxiously awaited each new issue to find out what happened next with Bilbo and Gollum. It wasn’t long before I got the book and devoured it before moving on to Lord of the Rings.”

James M. Campbell has had a long career working as a publisher and editor. But his first love is writing and he recently finished his sixth novel, the soon-to-be-published The Angel of Sallow Cove. In addition to a growing library of short stories and poetry, he also ghost-wrote a business autobiography, is a regular contributor to tech blogs, and he has penned numerous articles on behalf of C-level executives for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine. He’s also written and produced more than 4,000 videos for the world’s largest private education provider.