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Asher Allen is a lifelong teller of tales, both the fanciful and the factual. He studied journalism at the Defense Information School, and traveled the world chronicling true stories during his time as a military journalist. Now a dedicated fictionist, he writes in a variety of genres, with a focus on the fantastical.
In addition to works written under his own name, Allen has used various pseudonyms and has also worked as a ghostwriter.

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Small Town Author (Voice in the American West)

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Though this is an enjoyably quaint and well-written little novel, the early notes of what would become that cacophonous monster called feminism can be heard distinctly. The obstinate, obese, unmarried, past-her-prime "heroine" even swears "by the gho ...more
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Asher Allen has read The Misanthrope by Molière	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Impressively acerbic, but I have little else positive to say about it.
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Asher Allen has read The Nun's Priest's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I don't have much to say about this story, except that I now better understand Walter Wangerin Jr.'s The Book of the Dun Cow. ...more
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Asher Allen has read Good News at Rock Bottom: Finding God When the Pain Goes Deep and Hope Seems Lost by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have mixed thoughts on certain aspects of this book, but there were definitely some good points.
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An enjoyable journey into the mind of a novelist.
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I wasn't particularly engaged by the story, but I appreciated some of the poetry. This was my favorite passage: Alas, why plainen men so in commune Of purveyance of God, or of Fortune, That giveth them full oft in many a guise Well better than they can ...more
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Asher Allen has read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Inspired by this book, I went outside and ran a 5K after working on my novel this morning.
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“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
― Charles Spurgeon

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“Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.”
― C.S. Lewis

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