deadxstopWho is James?
As some of you may know, I recently co-authored a book with my awesome writing partner, Keltie Colleen. Entitled, The Imperfections of James & Kate, the book is a real-life love story - or as close as you can get to being real without being real. Wait, what? What does that even mean, Chris?
It means that there is one common theme all of my books have in common: me. Simply because, well, I don’t know how to write anything else. Whether it deals with the abuse I survived as a child, the bulls I ran from in Spain, or the shady back-alley dealings as an adult, they were all extensions of me as a boy who unknowingly turned into an adult when his back was turned.
So when it came time to write my first book of fiction, I didn’t know how to begin so I followed the tradition of Bukowski - James is my Henry Chinaski.
Today marks one month since the book has been officially released and I have slowly been receiving emails asking to know more about the specifics of the story so without giving away spoilers for those who haven’t finished the book or who have yet to buy one and support me (yeah, what are you waiting for?) - the chapters written by me (as James) and largely rooted in my real life.
The interactions with my grandfather, the story of the fight on the train (the full real story is in my best-of book Maybe He’ll Grow Out Of It), Dayshawn, the financial struggles of a writer, the story the florist told James happened to my mother in real life, Lanie, the arguments, so many are have been taken from my real life verbatim. This is why the book opens with the disclaimer of:
“This really isn’t a true story
but that all depends on whom you ask”
So was there a real life James and Kate? Not exactly.
But it’s as close to “Based on a true story” as you can get.
The Imperfections of James & Kate along with the rest of my titles are still available at: Deadxstop.com
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