James Peter MacDougall
James started writing at the age of 19, just 3 years after his dyslexia diagnosis. Refusing to allow his dyslexia to define him, James always had a great imagination for stories and found an endless source of inspiration through the works of J.R. Tolkein, Ian Fleming and Stephen King. It has been a 20 year labour of love to combine these genres in his own series of books, ‘The Pangean Chronicles’, which were written while working as a full time teacher in the south east. As a devoted father to three young children, James also enjoys practising the skill of oral storytelling, a skill he credits to helping him overcome the challenges of being a dyslexic author. When he is not writing, teaching or telling stories, James loves to be outdoors, promoting outdoor learning, working in his own garden or walking on the Ashdown Forest with his family.
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James Peter MacDougall
How did you become an author and get published? Share your experience.I've always written stories, since I was a child. But the first novel I wrote (Which became The Pangean Chronicles: Awakenings) back in 2002. Over the past twenty years I've played around with it and eventually my wife said:"Why don't you look into publishing it?". My first book was published by a hybrid published in March 2024 and I then went on to self publish the next two in the series during July of 2024.View More