Somedays I just want to take a nap.

I love Joseph Campbell. But his ‘Hero’s Journey’ is terribly limited in scope. Here is a wonderful look at Japanese fairy tales.
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New release for my Fantasy Realist story Up The Corner Stair is out. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...

My ‘Big Goal’ is to write a North American fantasy that draws from American folklore AND has a magical system based on Methodist theology (broadly speaking, I only kinda sorta loosely not really want to be the progressive CS Lewis). The current thing I’m serializing does have a Sasquatch in it!

Not to brag but when your self-employed your always employee of the month.

Serializing 'Up The Corner Stair' on Medium as well medium.com/@derrjason50...

When my oldest was 5, we watched LJ. At the end he asked 'what does it mean that Luke won without violence', 'is Kylo Ren evil, or just hurting' and 'can Kylo ever fix what he did to Rey?'. Those are the right questions. I'll love this movie forever. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Check out these fantastic drawings from 1917 for the Brothers Grimm. www.themarginalian.org/2016/02/29/a...

There are fewer hell's harder than convincing your Communist Manifesto reading 13 year old to get dressed in the morning for middle school.

First release of my serialized fantasy story 'Up The Corner Stairs' is released. New releases weekly. Subscribe to get updates! Releases will be free for a week before it goes behind a paywall. jasonderr.substack.com/p/up-the-cor...

Jason's Substack
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New reading list challenge. bsky.app/profile/theb...

As part of my new writing business - to bring together theology and fiction (my two loves) - I am setting up a substack. Please subscribe if you want regular fiction from me. I will be serializing novels and novellas, sharing shorts and microfiction. open.substack.com/pub/jasonder...