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J.R. Johnson

Today I'm a firm believer in brownies.

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“Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” — G.K. Chesterton

This is the online home for all things J.R. Johnson, including my blog, links to my fiction work and whatever miscellany I feel the urge to post.

I am a social scientist, writer, maker, archer, and unlicensed librarian. I find fantasy and science fiction appealing because I like the idea that there is more to the world than meets the eye, and that the human race has a future.

I grew up in the folded Appalachian hills, where I learned to love Fall, blueberries straight from the bush, and the stream beneath the willows near my house. The fact that Fall is inevitably followed by Winter, that picking berries meant crossing paths with bears, and that the stream was laced with dioxins may also have had some impact on my outlook.

I now live and write in Ottawa, Ontario.

  • Recent Posts

    • An Unexpectedly Long Day
    • What Matters
    • Testing, Testing
    • Book Magic
    • Not Fade Away
    • Epiphany, with Dragon
    • The 2021 Hugo Finalists
    • Mmm, Tasty
    • It’s Been A Day
    • You Got This
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    “I want your loves to be multiple. I don’t want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it. It’s got to be with a great sense of fun. Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.

    The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year. I want you to envy me, my joy. Get out of here tonight and say: “Am I being joyful?” And if you’ve got a writer’s block, you can cure it this evening by stopping whatever you’re writing and doing something else. You picked the wrong subject.”

    ― Ray Bradbury

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