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Fall – My New Beginning!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Fall has always felt like the beginning of a new year to me, and this year is no exception. Although the calendar year officially begins anew in a little over three months (yikes), September has always felt like the beginning … Continue reading →

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Ghost Kitchens: A Pandemic Thing or a Durable Future?

Posted on December 2, 2020 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Until recently, I had not heard about the idea of Ghost Kitchens—also known as Cloud Kitchens and Virtual Kitchens. Maybe I’ve been focusing so much on the pandemic and trying to hide into the virtual world of my novel writing … Continue reading →

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Tips on Writing That First Novel – and All That Follow (Part 3)

Posted on September 30, 2020 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

This is my final installment (Part 3) of my three-part series on a recent talk and interview I did recently about my latest thriller novel release. As I’ve mentioned previously, my local writers’ group—The San Antonio Writers Guild—invited me to … Continue reading →

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Tips on Writing That First Novel – and All That Follow (Part 2)

Posted on September 23, 2020 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

This is Part 2 of my three-part installment on a recent talk and interview about my latest novel release. As I mentioned last week, my local writers’ group—The San Antonio Writers Guild—invited me to be the guest speaker at their … Continue reading →

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Optimism for the Future of Medicine

Posted on March 25, 2020 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

As each of us attempts to manage our personal and professional challenges during the current COVID-19 crisis, we can also take a moment to look into the future and marvel at medical breakthroughs that are on the horizon. I purposely … Continue reading →

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SANTA’S SECRET HELPER – The Conclusion!

Posted on December 23, 2019 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Over this last week plus, I’ve been publishing parts of a holiday short story that I wrote and published several years ago in a Christmas short story collection of  “less than sugar and spice” Christmas tales called “FROST and other stories published … Continue reading →

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Hope on the Horizon for Pediatric Peanut Allergies

Posted on October 9, 2019 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Over one million American children have a peanut allergy! I wrote a blog a couple of years ago which indicated that researchers found that people with food allergies are increasing at a significant rate—an 18% jump between 1997 and 2007 alone, … Continue reading →

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A New Cardiac Pacemaker and Murder

Posted on February 20, 2019 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Heart stimulators, commonly called pacemakers, are small devices implanted in patients to control abnormal heart rhythms. Such cardiac abnormalities are commonly referred to as heart arrhythmias, and pacemakers emit electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal … Continue reading →

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Teaching a Patient to Accept New Organs

Posted on February 6, 2019 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

My wife and I are avid fans of TV medical dramas—the list has been endless over the years of the various series that captured our interests. One of the reasons we enjoy medical shows so much is that it gives … Continue reading →

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Strychnine – A Dramatic Poison!

Posted on November 7, 2018 by James J. Murray, Fiction Writer

Historically, strychnine is one of the more popular methods that writers have used to kill off characters in literature and film. Even the queen of murder mystery writing, Agatha Christi, used this method in her works. The primary source of … Continue reading →

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