Jim Melanson

Poet, programmer, procrastinator, sci-fi geek, coffee snob, actor, writer, and devoted Christian.

I'm a quiet and thoughtful man who tends to think deeply, and act slowly. Much of this inner reflection and self-assessment shows up in my writing. “Capturing what truly motivates us,” is how I describe my approach to both fiction and non-fiction. I've been told I have a very direct, and sometimes in-your-face, way of writing. I try to always use conversational language; and as one test reader of my first novel put it, “made the complexities of space flight seem almost understandable.”

I read my first novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder at the age of eight, and this began my love affair with the written word. My first foray into personal writing, as a child, was poetry. These and other poetic scribblings provided the content for my first book, I Apologize for Nothing, published in April 2014.

Life, a child, a career with the Police Service, and a part-time business authoring software; all got in the way of pursuing my desire to write. In my 40’s, I decided to turn my hand back to writing, mainly on topics surrounding self-development, spirituality, and Reiki. However, none of these really satisfied that craving for creativity.

In 2013, I decided to pursue this creative yearning, and I began writing for pleasure. Drawing on a solid work ethic from my experience authoring technical manuals and writing business proposals, I found writing for myself to be liberating and enjoyable. While working on my first fiction novel, I kept getting sidetracked by other ideas. I dusted off an old stage play I had written and published it under the title, Mama’s Slippers, with the hopes of attracting production interest. I currently continue to work on science fiction projects, including short stories and flash stories.

Originally hailing from the East Coast, I now live just outside Cobourg, ON.