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An Author's Journey: A Return to Blogging after a Year and Half of University Teaching!

An Author’s Journey: A Return to Blogging after a Year and Half of University Teaching!

Happy New Year, Everybody! I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for a while, but with good cause: after many years away, I’ve returned to regular teaching duties at a local university! This job change was a surprise because my wife and my plans for raising our two kids for the last twenty-one years hadn’t included me returning to active duty on a college campus. While parenting, any free time I…

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due to a mistake on the admin’s part, please unfollow :

@fvllencastles​

due to not sending in their accouints within the allotted time, the following are reopened:

belle french, evie mcclaren ( applicant ; marie )

jay halstead ( applicant ; riley )

joel miller ( applicant ; lark )

the following blogs did not post within the allotted time, please unfollow:

@andhiraeth​

@oromeomontague​

@pessimiistic​ ( sheev palpatine )

@properdoctory​

@littlelcttes​

due to deactivating without warning, the following characters are reopened:

deacon st. john ( @diesabierunt-deactivated2019060 )

tony stark and emma gilbert ( @hiddenmvses-deactivated20190611 )

the following blogs have been inactive for five days and their roles have been reopened. please unfollow :

@pessimiistic​ ( joaquin desantos, theon greyjoy )

@shesadorable​

@skelefright​

@scsiebcnes​

@mcssymvsed​ ( kelly aldrich, hanna marin )

@apriloop​

@extrvgalactic​

@mystvcfalls​ ( stefan salvatore, hayley marshall )

@pandoramvses​ ( brooke o’shea ) - do not unfollow, mumu blog !

@deepscan-kennedy​

@bookslooksad​

@xquiet-fitchx​

@ofinfinitxs​ 

@photobitchesis​

@codcnvmcvillanelle​

@akidtrickster​

@dcpravities​ ( billy kaplan, grizz visser )  - do not unfollow, mumu blog

@jukebcxhero​ ( jigglypuff ) - do not unfollow, mumu blog

@pcriwinklxs​ ( ava jalali, sameer ‘sam’ rugman / the magic carpet ) - do not unfollow, mumu blog

@woundedwrldd​ ( donna noble, margaery tyrell, percy jackson ) - do  not unfollow, mumu blog

@tragcdysewn​ ( thumbelina ) - do not unfollow, mumu blog

@watchthecrxwn​ ( fai d. flowright, noctis lucis caelum, luma, scornbunny, rin yamaoka, spyro, xiao de gula, yorha no.9 type s “9s”, yuna lee )  - do not unfollow, mumu blog

the following blogs have been inactive for four days, and now have 24 hours to make an in character post :

@notadefault​

@jcncvillanueva​​

@chloefknprice​

@rvdliips ( naomi campbell )

@catasttrcphe​ (  ben florian, caradoc dearborn, carlisle cullen, cedric diggory, clark kent, clarke griffin, elissa cousland, groot, lila barton, peeta mellark, salazar slytherin, wyatt halliwell ) --  note, you must post once a week while on semi-hiatus

@madeinatube​

@thexwarriorhearts​ ( arthur pendragon )

@thexmagickbxtches​ ( gabriel )

@wishfvlsinking​ ( sam eliot )

@irresistiibles​ ( pansy parkinson )

@watchthecrxwn​ ( sunny kim , callie cuttlefish )

the following players are currently on hiatus and are excused from activity :

tyrande, ari, ellie, caroline, issy, chloe, maig, ry, gabby, jessi, ernst, kashmi, mel, aj

the following players are returning from hiatus and now have 24 hours to post in character, or risk being reopened :

nyx  ( @wingedshxtheads​ )

annie @uirtutishonos​ )

sixx ( @venmousbite​ )

paty ( @xdirewolfghostx​ ; @xserjorahmormontx​ )

dawn ( @aerclites​ )

nina ( @fcrthehopefuls​ )

rowan @luminousmuses​ )

c ( @erica-bing​ )

eleni ( @virmagicus )

poppy ( @logicguided​ )

salsa ( @rainbowmuses​ )

brianne ( @serpentxcyborgs​ )

blue ( @shadestepqueen​ )

allie ( @heartcndsoul )

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An Author's Journey: A Return to Blogging after a Year and Half of University Teaching!

An Author’s Journey: A Return to Blogging after a Year and Half of University Teaching!

Happy New Year’s Eve, Everybody! I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for a while, but with good cause: after many years away, I’ve returned to regular teaching duties at a local university! This job change was a surprise because my wife and my plans for raising our two kids for the last twenty-one years hadn’t included me returning to active duty on a college campus. While parenting, any free…

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Carlisle Blog: An Author’s Journey: Mythological & Religious Inspirations for Medieval Epic Fantasy, 2: Moon Gods and Dragon-Slayers in Ancient Mesopotamia

Carlisle Blog: An Author’s Journey: Mythological & Religious Inspirations for Medieval Epic Fantasy, 2: Moon Gods and Dragon-Slayers in Ancient Mesopotamia

Marduk’s symbol animal, the mušḫuššu or “snake-dragon” at the Detroit Institute of Arts. This is a glazed brick relief from the city of Babylon itself, dating to Neo-Babylonian period (oracc.museum.upenn.edu)

Carlisle Blog: An Author’s Journey: Mythological & Religious Inspirations for Medieval Epic Fantasy, 2: Moon Gods, and Dragon-Slayers in Ancient Mesopotamia    

Lecturing and testing is…

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Carlisle Kickstarter Update: "The Codex Lacrimae" at Friday's DCPA Off-Center's "Kick-Off Cabaret!"

Carlisle Kickstarter Update: “The Codex Lacrimae” at Friday’s DCPA Off-Center’s “Kick-Off Cabaret!”

AJ promotes Kickstarter project “The Codex Lacrimae” (Off-Center at the Jones Theatre, DCPA; Friday, March 13, 2015)

Carlisle Kickstarter Update: “The Codex Lacrimae” at Friday’s DCPA Off-Center’s “Kick-Off Cabaret!”

Good Morning, Everyone!

I just wanted to give you an update on how things went at this past Friday’s “Kick-Off Cabaret,” where I promoted my Kickstarter project http://kck.st/1KRP10j

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An Author's Journey: Epic Fantasy & the Literary Middle Ages (6) Medieval Literature (Reading List for Would-Be Epic Fantasists, Part 1)

An Author’s Journey: Epic Fantasy & the Literary Middle Ages (6) Medieval Literature (Reading List for Would-Be Epic Fantasists, Part 1)

Inspiration of Medieval Language & Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The Decameron” (art by Sandro Botticelli, 1482-83)

An Author’s Journey: Epic Fantasy & the Literary Middle Ages (6) Medieval Literature (Reading List for Would-Be Epic Fantasists, Part 1)

Good Afternoon, Everyone!

Still working through some suggestions about how we can reboot & universalize epic fantasy for the 21st Century,…

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3.10.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences, Part 4.9: What is Literary Epic Fantasy? (4) The Sources: #10 (Troubadour Culture)

3.10.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences, Part 4.9: What is Literary Epic Fantasy? (4) The Sources: #10 (Troubadour Culture)

3.10.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences, Part 4.9: What is Literary Epic Fantasy?  (4) The Sources: #10 (Troubadour Culture)

A.J. Carlisle’s Inspiration for Epic Fantasy: Medieval Courtly Romance

Good Morning, Everyone!

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Sophia’s groaning about this latest series of blogs that feature my suggestions for how to redefine the “epic fantasy”…

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3.3.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences in Crafting The Codex Lacrimae, Part 4.7: What is Literary Epic Fantasy? (1) The Scope and Settings

3.3.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences in Crafting The Codex Lacrimae, Part 4.7: What is Literary Epic Fantasy? (1) The Scope and Settings

3.3.14 An Author’s Journey: Some Inspirations & Influences in Crafting The Codex Lacrimae, Part 4.7: What is Literary Epic Fantasy?  (1) The Scope and Settings

Good Morning, Everyone!

A few weeks ago I took a break from my 28 blogs on Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, to discuss how important characterization is in any work of literature, but especially in the epic fantasy…