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Joel A. Parisi

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in Tucson, The United States

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Brandon Sanderson
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My name is Joel A. Parisi. I’m a writer of speculative fiction, and I also dabble in voice work, music (composition and recording), graphic design, tabletop RPGs (design and game mastering), and a host of other creative-adjacent hobbies.

As far as writing goes, I’m currently working on one series that will be published over the next... number of years (uncertain on the timeframe) as well as some short stories and novelettes.

Be sure to like my author page on Facebook (http://facebook.com/joelaparisi) and follow me on Twitter to stay in the loop. ...more

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Breaking the Long Silence

If you’ve followed me for my writing, it’s been over a decade since you last heard from me. I’ve been busy in the meantime with my career in I.T., marriage, and other pursuits; but recently I’ve been getting back into writing. This resurgence of writing interest took the form of finishing a short story which […]

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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

by Dante Alighieri

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Les Misérables

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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

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Joel’s Quotes

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

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“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

tags: storytelling

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“Name none of the fallen, for they stand in our place, and stand there still in each moment of our lives. Let my death hold no glory, and let me die forgotten and unknown. Let it not be said that I was one among the dead to accuse the living.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

tags: philosophical-reflection

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

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