W. James Chan, Author
@wjameschan.bsky.social
I'm W. James Chan. He/Him/Human
https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- all about my books
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https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- all about my books
https://ko-fi.com/wjameschan -- here you can get my ebooks for free/PWYW, and read my reviews of indie gems
Member of the Inkslingers
Idiots PDNI
Pinned
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[Cover images of W. James Chan's novels Blackcloak and Gildenhammer]
"As if David Lynch rewrote the works of George R..R. Martin" Kirkus
"Reads like poetry from its very first line" Self-Publishing Review
"Deftly combines psychology, magic and philosophy" IndieReader
"A new brand of sophistication in the fantasy genre" San Francisco Book Review
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This is the only reason I am on here. So if we are banned or whatever, let it be my last declaration. I hate social media. I despise cults of personality. I am a writer precisely because I am not cool or charismatic.
Fuck this whole song and dance.
Fuck this whole song and dance.
Tired of Amazon getting a cut? Just want to read high-quality dark literary fantasy? Grab both BLACKCLOAK and GILDENHAMMER for FREE/Pay what you want here:
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Download once, yours forever. Heck, copy and spread it around!
(Paperbacks also available at Barnes & Noble)
ko-fi.com/wjameschan/s...
Download once, yours forever. Heck, copy and spread it around!
(Paperbacks also available at Barnes & Noble)
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is the only reason I am on here. So if we are banned or whatever, let it be my last declaration. I hate social media. I despise cults of personality. I am a writer precisely because I am not cool or charismatic.
Fuck this whole song and dance.
Fuck this whole song and dance.
JUST DIE ALREADY YOU GHOUL
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
JUST DIE ALREADY YOU GHOUL
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"There is no more ni hao. Only ni HOWDY" will now live alongside "yeHONK" in my brain, forever reducing me to tears.
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"There is no more ni hao. Only ni HOWDY" will now live alongside "yeHONK" in my brain, forever reducing me to tears.
What do we say to the god of death?
Not Takei.
Not Takei.
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What do we say to the god of death?
Not Takei.
Not Takei.
It's all that...and really fucking good prose.
Whenever I get disappointing writerly news (as is common) the impulse is always to buckle down & do more. 💙📚
Hence I say maybe enjoy this good #historicalFantasy #book this weekend. It's got everything:
➤ magic
➤ bad gods
➤ sheep
➤ tender father-son talks
➤ stabbing
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
Hence I say maybe enjoy this good #historicalFantasy #book this weekend. It's got everything:
➤ magic
➤ bad gods
➤ sheep
➤ tender father-son talks
➤ stabbing
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's all that...and really fucking good prose.
Me reading The Internet: AI fucking sucks!
Me reading Asimov's Adventures of Daneel & Giskard: AI fucking rocks!
(Just finishing Robots and Empire [so good], about to leap into Foundation. Prep reading to watch Spartacus: House of Ashur. Wait, wrong sexy show. Interview with the Vampire. Yes.)
Me reading Asimov's Adventures of Daneel & Giskard: AI fucking rocks!
(Just finishing Robots and Empire [so good], about to leap into Foundation. Prep reading to watch Spartacus: House of Ashur. Wait, wrong sexy show. Interview with the Vampire. Yes.)
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Me reading The Internet: AI fucking sucks!
Me reading Asimov's Adventures of Daneel & Giskard: AI fucking rocks!
(Just finishing Robots and Empire [so good], about to leap into Foundation. Prep reading to watch Spartacus: House of Ashur. Wait, wrong sexy show. Interview with the Vampire. Yes.)
Me reading Asimov's Adventures of Daneel & Giskard: AI fucking rocks!
(Just finishing Robots and Empire [so good], about to leap into Foundation. Prep reading to watch Spartacus: House of Ashur. Wait, wrong sexy show. Interview with the Vampire. Yes.)
It might just be cognitive bias but an unusually high number of tradgreat authors I follow on here are waxing hella political and while I don't feel seen I definitely feel felt.
I'm sorry the sky isn't blue. Yet. But pretending it's not grey isn't the way through this storm either.
I'm sorry the sky isn't blue. Yet. But pretending it's not grey isn't the way through this storm either.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It might just be cognitive bias but an unusually high number of tradgreat authors I follow on here are waxing hella political and while I don't feel seen I definitely feel felt.
I'm sorry the sky isn't blue. Yet. But pretending it's not grey isn't the way through this storm either.
I'm sorry the sky isn't blue. Yet. But pretending it's not grey isn't the way through this storm either.
America: the world's first narcoleptocracy.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
America: the world's first narcoleptocracy.
RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Scariest motherfucker in an American-made Yakuza flick ever. Those *eyes*.
And the surprising beating heart of Man in the High Castle.
May all those souls he stole sustain him in the Netherrealm.
And the surprising beating heart of Man in the High Castle.
May all those souls he stole sustain him in the Netherrealm.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Scariest motherfucker in an American-made Yakuza flick ever. Those *eyes*.
And the surprising beating heart of Man in the High Castle.
May all those souls he stole sustain him in the Netherrealm.
And the surprising beating heart of Man in the High Castle.
May all those souls he stole sustain him in the Netherrealm.
I want to publicly apologise for ever questioning Nodald Slump's academic experience. Dude is clearly in the IV league. He knows how to president like the back of his hand. Hell, he can do it in his sleep. Can and doze.
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I want to publicly apologise for ever questioning Nodald Slump's academic experience. Dude is clearly in the IV league. He knows how to president like the back of his hand. Hell, he can do it in his sleep. Can and doze.
Today I'm angry.
I'm other things too but were you to ask, that'd be my answer.
Good thing you didn't ask.
Good thing my lazy abandonment of professional politesse on here has probably removed me from your purview.
Good things come to those who wait before sharing.
Anyway, Sacred 2 is still fun.
I'm other things too but were you to ask, that'd be my answer.
Good thing you didn't ask.
Good thing my lazy abandonment of professional politesse on here has probably removed me from your purview.
Good things come to those who wait before sharing.
Anyway, Sacred 2 is still fun.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Today I'm angry.
I'm other things too but were you to ask, that'd be my answer.
Good thing you didn't ask.
Good thing my lazy abandonment of professional politesse on here has probably removed me from your purview.
Good things come to those who wait before sharing.
Anyway, Sacred 2 is still fun.
I'm other things too but were you to ask, that'd be my answer.
Good thing you didn't ask.
Good thing my lazy abandonment of professional politesse on here has probably removed me from your purview.
Good things come to those who wait before sharing.
Anyway, Sacred 2 is still fun.
Dozing Donnie
Donald Slump
Commander-in-Sleep
👉"You're Tired!"
Mr. I (you have to sort of sing that one; iykyk)
...Look, I'm not really reaching here, but it's not like "Sleepy Joe" was the apex of wit either.
Donald Slump
Commander-in-Sleep
👉"You're Tired!"
Mr. I (you have to sort of sing that one; iykyk)
...Look, I'm not really reaching here, but it's not like "Sleepy Joe" was the apex of wit either.
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Dozing Donnie
Donald Slump
Commander-in-Sleep
👉"You're Tired!"
Mr. I (you have to sort of sing that one; iykyk)
...Look, I'm not really reaching here, but it's not like "Sleepy Joe" was the apex of wit either.
Donald Slump
Commander-in-Sleep
👉"You're Tired!"
Mr. I (you have to sort of sing that one; iykyk)
...Look, I'm not really reaching here, but it's not like "Sleepy Joe" was the apex of wit either.
What fresh heil is this?
WATCH: Trump defends boat strikes, attacks Somali immigrants in final Cabinet meeting of the year
The president started things off by noting that it was the last time his Cabinet would gather until 2026. The sleepy, and occasionally slipshod, gathering ended with a flurry of news.
www.pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What fresh heil is this?
Each chapter of Gildenhammer I narrate for the book club, my voice and delivery breaks a little more. Sure, I could edit it and dozens of takes, but why not give my closest readers a proper expression of how thoroughly the process of writing dismantles me until nothing but a fervid rasp remains?
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Each chapter of Gildenhammer I narrate for the book club, my voice and delivery breaks a little more. Sure, I could edit it and dozens of takes, but why not give my closest readers a proper expression of how thoroughly the process of writing dismantles me until nothing but a fervid rasp remains?
An actual White House dot gov page naming and shaming reporters for doing their job?
a neon sign that says miller time on a brick wall
Alt: a neon sign that says miller time on a brick wall
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
An actual White House dot gov page naming and shaming reporters for doing their job?
We NEED to make this a thing.
Slurs against people who cannot choose, who simply *are*, are abhorrent. Slurs against people choosing to do the wrong thing for their own benefit are not so much slurs as just correct labelling of abhorrent behaviour. 100% self-inflicted FAFO business.
Slurs against people who cannot choose, who simply *are*, are abhorrent. Slurs against people choosing to do the wrong thing for their own benefit are not so much slurs as just correct labelling of abhorrent behaviour. 100% self-inflicted FAFO business.
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We NEED to make this a thing.
Slurs against people who cannot choose, who simply *are*, are abhorrent. Slurs against people choosing to do the wrong thing for their own benefit are not so much slurs as just correct labelling of abhorrent behaviour. 100% self-inflicted FAFO business.
Slurs against people who cannot choose, who simply *are*, are abhorrent. Slurs against people choosing to do the wrong thing for their own benefit are not so much slurs as just correct labelling of abhorrent behaviour. 100% self-inflicted FAFO business.
Mine was "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus". Really changed how I thought about the person who told me to read it. Possibly not why we divorced though.
Anyway my books are good and free to read. Contrary to popular, the two are not mutually exclusive. Plenty of great books are free to read.
Anyway my books are good and free to read. Contrary to popular, the two are not mutually exclusive. Plenty of great books are free to read.
Every now and then a reader will come across a book which changes them - which irrevocably alters their view of themselves, their life, or the world around them.
Four times this has happened to me. Bridge to Terabithia, The Giver, The Fifth Season, and Blackcloak: A Man Of His Sword.
Four times this has happened to me. Bridge to Terabithia, The Giver, The Fifth Season, and Blackcloak: A Man Of His Sword.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Mine was "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus". Really changed how I thought about the person who told me to read it. Possibly not why we divorced though.
Anyway my books are good and free to read. Contrary to popular, the two are not mutually exclusive. Plenty of great books are free to read.
Anyway my books are good and free to read. Contrary to popular, the two are not mutually exclusive. Plenty of great books are free to read.
Is this thing even fucking on
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is this thing even fucking on
Just in case you haven't cancelled your Amazon anything yet. FFS.
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Just in case you haven't cancelled your Amazon anything yet. FFS.
Quite easily one of the most reprehensible headlines I have seen Australia's publicly-funded, typically bipartisan news source ever publish. "Decades in the making" gives serious "inevitable" vibes to something that is not The Trumpstein Files.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Quite easily one of the most reprehensible headlines I have seen Australia's publicly-funded, typically bipartisan news source ever publish. "Decades in the making" gives serious "inevitable" vibes to something that is not The Trumpstein Files.
Still applicable.
Tired of Amazon getting a cut? Just want to read high-quality dark literary fantasy? Grab both BLACKCLOAK and GILDENHAMMER for FREE/Pay what you want here:
ko-fi.com/wjameschan/s...
Download once, yours forever. Heck, copy and spread it around!
(Paperbacks also available at Barnes & Noble)
ko-fi.com/wjameschan/s...
Download once, yours forever. Heck, copy and spread it around!
(Paperbacks also available at Barnes & Noble)
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Still applicable.
The detail in this WIP genuinely puts the source to shame. Disclaimer: I am the source. I wrote the book that inspired this. I have been put to shame.
Feels pretty fucking great.
Feels pretty fucking great.
I set this aside months ago and I'm finally feeling confident enough to get back to it again. Working on the frame's final details (a few more stems of chrysanthemum buds) before I get back to the figures themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The detail in this WIP genuinely puts the source to shame. Disclaimer: I am the source. I wrote the book that inspired this. I have been put to shame.
Feels pretty fucking great.
Feels pretty fucking great.
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Now and then, I go back through old posts and go "wtf that's cute. I forgot I even drew that?" Mako-chan. 🩷💚
Thanks for hosting! This is my most recent from the other night. Just something for fun!
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Now and then, I go back through old posts and go "wtf that's cute. I forgot I even drew that?" Mako-chan. 🩷💚
I can quote most of Big Trouble in Little China, having killed vhs tapes rewatching it as a kid. But I never quite understood what "It's Miller Time" meant (being Australian and all).
Anyway, anytime I see the Pumpkin Pedo peddle the words "punishable by death", I'm pretty sure it's Miller time.
Anyway, anytime I see the Pumpkin Pedo peddle the words "punishable by death", I'm pretty sure it's Miller time.
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I can quote most of Big Trouble in Little China, having killed vhs tapes rewatching it as a kid. But I never quite understood what "It's Miller Time" meant (being Australian and all).
Anyway, anytime I see the Pumpkin Pedo peddle the words "punishable by death", I'm pretty sure it's Miller time.
Anyway, anytime I see the Pumpkin Pedo peddle the words "punishable by death", I'm pretty sure it's Miller time.
Damn glad to see Quietpiggy blow up. I read it when it happened and was like why isn't this bigger. I get that we just accept the vile personal attacks but this one struck me as a massive "showing you who he really is" moment. Zero waffle, zero filter. Just a Big Man fed up with them uppity women.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Damn glad to see Quietpiggy blow up. I read it when it happened and was like why isn't this bigger. I get that we just accept the vile personal attacks but this one struck me as a massive "showing you who he really is" moment. Zero waffle, zero filter. Just a Big Man fed up with them uppity women.