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DJ Jones
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Author of The Underground Narratives, owner of a dramatic black cat www.colloquypublishing.com
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I recently published the final book in my trilogy The Underground Narratives. Have a Black Heart of Gold is Taken but with a badass female main character. Oh, and she’s also a terrorist.
#booklaunch #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy
The cover of a book titled Have a Black Heart of Gold by DJ Jones. The cover features a woman running into a burning city.
September 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I did it! I published my trilogy! The full Underground Narratives are finally available wherever you get books.

Like dark urban fantasy, a hint of cosmic horror, and a lot of quirky characters? They’re interwoven stories, so start anywhere.

#booklaunch #writingcommunity #indieauthor
Three books by DJ Jones are fanned out on a dark table. The book to the left is titled Colors of the Initial Noise with a pink and blue cover featuring a close-up of an eye. The book in the center is titled Have a Black Heart of Gold with a pink cover featuring a woman running into a burning city. And the book to the left is titled The Antagonist’s Prison with a purple and blue cover featuring a man facing towards a dark city in the rain. He is askance to the left with his silhouette reflected in the puddles of rain water.
September 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Received the proof copy of the third book in my trilogy. I am all the way excited to be doing the penultimate edit and finally finishing my first trilogy. Almost two decades to make this happen. #dreamcometrue #indieauthor #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy #fightpower #theundergroundnarratives
In a sunlit room with plants inthe background, the author DJ Jones holds his book titled Have a Black Heart of Gold. The cover features the protagonist, Raile, running toward a burning city, long, blue black hair and worn leather jacket buffeted behind her.
August 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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In Portland for the hot sauce festival, my wife wanted to take me to see OMSI. But after hours of standing and capsaicin triggering a pain response, I wasn’t sure I could do it. Thank a god for #ada. We got a wheelchair and had an amazing time at the museum. #accessibility #chronicpain #bestwife
A view from above of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry lobby. A suspended walkway enclosed in glass has an OMSI sign in red letters. The windows in-the background are shades of the rainbow.
August 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Second draft done. A quiet triumph. Still a ton of work until this novel is complete. The work is endless. #solarpunk #authorlife #wip #amwriting #writingcommunity
A glorious vista from the top of a peak. In the foreground is a gnarled tree, sagebrush and dried grass. The middle ground is a golden field cast in sunset. And in the background mountains and rim rocks stretch into a pale blue sky.
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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My wife went to the Rage Against the Regime protest yesterday, and this was her sign. It’s her favorite colloquy right now. #colloquies #itsnotyouversusme #fightpower #protest
A cardboard sign that reads, “Billionaires don’t care about us. It’s not you versus me, it’s us versus Power.”
August 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The third and final book in my trilogy is coming out soon! I am in a bit of disbelief that I almost have a trilogy. After two decades of writing, querying, learning to self-publish, and editing, editing, editing. #authorlife #indieauthor #bookrelease2025 #urbanfantasy
Have a Black Heart of Gold is written in black on a swirling pink background. Below the first text on a black background is written Coming Summer 2025.
June 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Current read: Trans/Rad/Fem. I’m not even through the first essay, and I know this is going to be an amazing book. #transawareness #bookofessays #authorlife #feminism
A red book is on a brown table. The cover features a person dressed in a black robe with its hood up. Their face is painted blue, and their eyes are closed. The title reads: Trans/Rad/Fem, Essays on Transfeminism by Talia Byatt.
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Colloquies are phrases that center a group when they’re in the heat of working toward a goal. Shatter your rose colored glasses - looking at a situation as anything but what it is isn’t helpful in a moment where a decision needs to be made. #colloquy #haveablackheartofgold #urbanfantasy #indieauthor
In white lettering outlined with gold is written: Shatter your rose colored glasses, let the reality of a situation burn your retinas. In the background is a wave of golden sparkles on black.
May 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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I got my book in another local Central Oregon bookstore - Oliver Books in Prineville! I am honored to be placed next to the talented NK Jemison. If you’re in the area, you can find Colors of the Initial Noise and The Antagonist’s Prison in Redmond, Sisters, and Prineville. #indieauthor #shoplocal
Four white bookshelves full of fantasy and sci-fi books in a room well-lit by a large window. Thirteen fantasy books on a white shelf including The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, Colors of the Initial Noise and The Antagonist’s Prison by DJ Jones and The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.
May 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Enjoyed my first punk show in over a year. So happy it was @laurajanegrace.bsky.social , a punk icon and personal hero. #punkmusic #bendoregon #musictherapy
Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals play guitar, drums, and sing on a stage lit blue and pink. An audience of a couple hundred dance in the foreground. The picture has been taken from the balcony. Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals play guitar, bass, drums, and sing on a stage lit blue and pink. The background is a skull licking ice cream.
April 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I celebrated finishing my #solarpunk novel with red wine and steak. Now it’s time to shelve the novel before the next pass. My cat could have cared less. #finishednovel #authorlife #cozybooks #treatyourself
A bottle of wine labeled Fathom from Babcock Winery next to the decanter full of that same red wine sit on a counter on top of a black cloth. A piece of raw steak is placed in the foreground on a white cutting board. A black cat lays on a bag full of clothes in a living room lit by afternoon sunlight. The cat peers disinterestedly over her shoulder.
April 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I nearly cried as I finally made my first meal of the day after suffering through an all-day migraine. The triumph I felt rivaled the day I published my first book. #chronicillness #feedyourself #selfcare
A bowl of noodles on a kitchen counter.
March 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Today was an errand day, no writing. Which is always hard when I’m in the middle of a first draft. But the unexpected beauty of snow made me smile. #littlewins #authorlife #wip #snowyday
On a partially cloudy day, the mountains in the distance are speckled with snow. The photographer stands in a snowy field with a wire fence enclosing the property to their left.
March 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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It’s been a while since I plugged my novels, so here are the covers. They can get a bit dark and deal with mental health, but overall The Underground Narratives are about what we can do to subvert and dismantle corruption.

#urbanfantasy #selfpub

Check them out at www.colloquypublishing.com/novels
The cover of a book titled The Antagonist’s Prison. A man stands silhouetted by the city he faces. He stands on a ground tilted at a sharp angle in the rain. His shadow is reflected in puddles on cobbled streets, and the shadows of the buildings look like prison bars. The cover of a book titled Colors of the Initial Noise. A large eye with strands of hair falling over it dominates the cover. Neon blue and pink lights fall across the person as if they’re in a club.
February 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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I fight Power through writing. My first trilogy, The Underground Narratives, is punk rock. My next will be Solarpunk. A response to Cyberpunk, which presupposes future dystopia. But what if we create a utopia by stepping away from capitalism? Fighting through community? That’s the future I want.
“No Fascism,” spray painted in white on the side of a corrugated building on a snowy winter day.
February 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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My cat looking for her treat. Spoiler alert: it took her another couple of hours to find it.
A black cat sitting on a couch and looking over her shoulder. A treat lays by her backside, but she doesn’t see it.
December 3, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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MY SECOND BOOK IS FINALLY AVAILABLE!! You can order it from your local bookstore (or the big corporations if you prefer).

Elevator pitch: A man who turns into a monster that was a weapon for Power to take out the ultra wealthy returns to their depraved, underground world.

#booklaunch2024
November 11, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Finished the final edit of my book! I did a little dance in the living room with my wife, and I’m not the dancing type. Now she goes through it and we make the changes. And then . . . No one deserves Critch. The Antagonist’s Prison, October 2024.
October 27, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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Despite power outages, the editing must go on! Always be drowning.
#authorlife #booklaunch2024 #editing
An author standing in his candle-lit living room editing his book.
October 26, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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Now that I have the physical book to work with, editing is a little bit easier on my chronic pain. I can do it sitting down or standing up. I’m so excited to finish editing this weekend and make my book, The Antagonist’s Prison, available. #booklaunch2024 #darkurbanfantasy #authorlife #chronicpain
An author standing by a sliding glass door, reading his book proof with a red pen ready to make corrections. The cover of a proof book titled The Antagonist’s Prison by DJ Jones. The main colors are purple and black. At a sharp almost 45 degree angle, a silhouetted character in a trench coat with hands in pocket, stands in a rainy city scape. His shadow among the shadows of the buildings seems to be behind bars.
October 23, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Learning to write full time with chronic pain and fibromyalgia has been a journey of self-realization and acceptance. Some days I can’t get any work done because the pain is so distracting. I don’t need to wake up before noon to be productive. The journey continues, some days easier than others.
September 6, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Waiting for the artist to finish my book cover and my wife to finish formatting is like standing on the bridge and looking down at the chasm I’m about to jump into. One month until my 2024 book launch. Here we come Book #2! #booklaunch #authorlife #precipice #selfpublishing
August 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Felt good in the forest around Crater Lake. Enjoyed fancy meats and cheeses with my wife. Fun fact: my last meal would be a fancy charcuterie board. What’s yours? #lastmeal #authorlife #craterlake #exploreoregon
August 4, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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My cat gives me healthy reminders to take breaks and enjoy the sunshine. #authorlife #catsofbluesky #writerestrepeat
July 25, 2024 at 11:56 PM