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J. Carlisle

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February 22, 1985

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I am an active author located in Denver, CO. My works are informed and inspired by popular modern philosophy and framed within the unlimited realms of fantasy. The unique and ever-growing universe within which they are presented utilizes the same geography, religions, fauna, magic systems, and language. The language, called Hoxy, is a simple cypher, and a curious reader will discover a hidden world of subtext upon deciphering it. I am committed to the idea of self-publishing as the way of the future for authors and I urge readers to consider the works of self-published authors as having the same seriousness and potential as traditionally published works. I believe that the next generation of great books will be self-published, and that lite ...more

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The last time I really expressed myself here, I was confronting my situation of being unable to find a job and likened it to something like being stuck at the bottom of a dark pit. I had lost all inspiration and motivation and seemed to only be able to sink deeper and deeper. I finished a book that was mostly done already, but didn't do much writing other than that for a long time. It was late las Read more of this blog post »

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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)

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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe

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