Jim is a full-time SF&F writer, scientist (Ph.D. Electrical Engineering), laser geek, and former running-dog-lackey for the bourgeois capitalist establishment. He's been writing for over 30 years, with 10 published books. His first success came through self-publishing when his books went word-of-mouth viral, and sold enough that he was able to quit his day-job, start working for himself and write full time--his new boss is a real jerk. That led to contracts with traditional publishers like Open Road Media and Harper Collins Voyager, and his books are now a mix of traditional and self-published. His tenth novel, the third in his urban fantasy series The Dead Among Us, was released in February of 2017. Right now he's submitting his eleventh novel, The Witch of Val d'Ossa, to publishers; he's fleshing out ideas for the next book in The Dead Among Us; he's writing another episode in The Treasons Cycle; and he's just finished his twelfth novel, A Hymn for the Dying, the first in a new SF series, The Blacksword Regiment. Science is a passion, but writing is an addiction.
Sessions in which J.L. (Jim) Doty participates
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- Delphic Oracle San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
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- Backstory San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
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- Whatever Happened to the FFWs? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
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- Back in the 1980s, critics and fans of SF sneered that fantasy writing was only for "girls", while "men" preferred SF. Then epic fantasy became rea...
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- Who's Driving This Thing? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- The Mid-Story Blahs San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Super Awesome Advice Panel! San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Commercialization of Space San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Should I Hire a Freelance Editor? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many agents now ask authors pitching novels to them if they have had the manuscript professionally edited. I work as a freelance editor and find th...
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- Urban Legends in Science San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Salt causes high blood pressure. We only use 10% of our brains. Vaccines cause autism. Where does this stuff come from, and why do these fallacies ...