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A.J. Reilly

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A.J. Reilly was born near Detroit, Michigan, to a stay-at-home mom and a Baptist minister. Growing up he was heavily involved in athletics, earning a scholarship to play football in college. After college A.J. began to write, starting in 2014, after the death of his grandfather. He joined the United States Army Reserve as a Chaplain in 2019 and serves with his unit in Ann Arbor, MI. He started Uncultured Dad and the 2 Chaps Pod to provide resources and material for people to grow in their walk with Christ.

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Far Too Easily Pleased: The Hypocrisy our Society has Created over Sexual Assult

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

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By His Grace and For His Glory: A Historical, Theological, and Practical Study of the Doctrines Of Grace in Baptist Life

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner

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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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