New Novel
Step into the NeverWhen
I’m James — writer, chiropractor, and storyteller. I’m creating my debut novel When We Release the World. It’s a haunting, imaginative story about love, loss, and the things we can’t let go of.
Sign up below and you’ll:
- Get early access to exclusive chapters & behind-the-scenes process.
- Be first to know when the book launches.
- Have your name included in the acknowledgments as a founding reader.
A note from me
What you get:
- Exclusive chapters before they’re public.
- Behind-the-scenes notes on characters, themes, and the world of the NeverWhen.
- Process drops: messy drafts, cut scenes, soundtrack, and art inspo.
- Launch first dibs (and a small founding-reader bonus).
- Your name in the acknowledgments as a founding reader.
What is it all about?
When We Release the World is a speculative novel set in a surreal purgatory known as The NeverWhen—a dreamlike world built from memory, regret, and desire. Each soul who arrives here is searching for something they couldn’t let go of in life. And in this place, that longing becomes both their compass and their cage. The story follows Sebastian, a young man who took his own life after losing his girlfriend, Olive, in a mass shooting. He wakes in the NeverWhen with no memory of his death, only a vivid longing for Olive and the impossible knowledge that she might be here too. Sebastian and the audience begin to realize that he has been in the NeverWhen far longer than he remembers. And worse, everyone else seems to know him. As Sebastian begins his search for Olive, he meets others trapped in the NeverWhen. Each character is chasing the thing they most desired in life, and each slowly comes to realize that fulfillment doesn’t lie in finally achieving it, but in accepting its impermanence.