Daz James Writes

Hi there and hello,

I’m excited to share that I’m preparing to launch a Substack — a new home where my stories and reflections can grow bigger, bolder, and far more expansive than what I can comfortably host here alone. This website will always remain my creative foundation, but Substack will allow me to build on it in ways that feel ambitious and long overdue.

Part of this decision comes from recognising that my writing does need to reach wider audiences. I want my stories — especially those centred on LGBTIQA+ characters — to find the readers who need them, enjoy them, escape into them, and feel seen through them. I know not every visitor to this site will connect with every aspect of what I write, and that’s okay. These are the worlds I build, these are the voices that matter to me, and there are so many more stories waiting to be told.

And with that honesty comes another truth: my work has value. It takes time, energy, imagination, research, planning — and more coffee than I’d ever publicly admit. Creating these worlds is a craft, and it’s okay for that craft to be supported financially. Substack gives me a space where those who enjoy and believe in what I’m doing can help sustain it.

Subscribers will receive longer stories, deeper reflections and additional material that will only be found on Substack. I will eventually turn these stories into novelizations, but for now, they will live as serialized fiction to develop an audience and improve the work. 

If you want to see a preview of what is to come, here you go: Daz James Writes Substack | Substack

Until next time,

Daz James.

PS: Oh! If you would like to support me, look for the blue coffee cup button below. This will also provide financing for my creations.

Thanks for helping me create a home for stories that are a little queer, a little strange and full of heart.

Happy reading,

Daz James

Daz James

I grew up in a small country town in Australia where being different wasn't celebrated. I was made to feel like an alien on my own planet because I was feeling and thinking differently to my peers.

I looked for escapism through the world of books searching for where I belonged. They were my respite from the real world. Yet still didn't find people like me.

I started to write to express myself and hopefully wonder provide an imaginative world for someone else to escape. This became a struggle as LGBTIQA+ books were not in favor by publishers until recent years, so I suffered the pain of rejection letters until I had my first short story published in a short story anthology series.

This was the boost that I needed to keep writing, to never give up, and never give in. Now, here I am promoting my first novel called Earth Boy.

Earth Boy - Daz James

Alfie runs away from his father, who bullies him because he won't take off his new rainbow socks or his mother's nightie - it is all he has left of her. His desperation to escape leads him to a desolate train station and a Kate Bush wannabe called Daphne.

She drags him onto a train that shouldn't be there, transporting them to an unearthly destination, The Caravansary, a pit-stop to the wider universe. He is stranded in a strange world where inhabitants want to enslave, possess and even fatten him up.

His only saviour is a bewitching hottie called Charisma Junt who looks good in everything he wears.

Alfie soon becomes embroiled in a fiendish plot that could have dire consequences for humanity. How can an underachieving daydreamer, who spends far too much time in his own head, stop environmental terrorists and a psychotic real estate agent?

If this is your cup of tea, please follow these links to get a copy:

Direct from the publisher - Olympia Publishers | Earth Boy by Daz James

Online Book sellers:

Earth Boy by Daz James | WHSmith

Earth Boy a book by Daz James - Bookshop.org US

Earth Boy by Daz James | 9781800748378 | Booktopia

Earth Boy, Daz James (9781800748378) — Readings Books

Now available as an E-Book on Amazon - Also, you can check out the sample provided - Earth Boy : James, Daz: Amazon.com.au: Books

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