JD McLerran

Shoutout to @NatGeo on page 4 of my new book, Primitive Gods: "It was the National Geographic, after all. They don't sensationalize or make things up." Nominated for the 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award, Available on Amazon: amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #NatGeo #ShoutOut

"It was a fearsome feeling, knowing I was likely sailing through the oceans of my own mind..." From p.82 of Primitive Gods. Read FREE with Kindle Unlimited on Amazon: amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Sailor #SeaLife

"There were no vessels anywhere. A few times, I procured my pocket telescope to scan the horizon, but we were utterly alone." From p.82 of Primitive Gods, available now on Amazon: amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Sailor #SeaLife

"...and not exactly knowing if I was headed toward what would prove to be a return to my old life or what would possibly become my death." From p.82 of Primitive Gods, available on Amazon: amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Sailor #SeaLife

"I sailed forward in my thoughts and in the sea, toward the sun, as I had been instructed..." From p.82 of Primitive Gods. Read FREE with Kindle Unlimited on Amazon: amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Sailor #SeaLife

"I've never been so close to the face of death before & its wanton grimace is one from which I cannot look away."—p254 Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) Ever been this close? amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #KindleUnlimited #FacingDeath

"People build their homes based on a favorite tree or a view they enjoy, not because the road's led them to a certain set of coordinates designated for building a home."—p285 Primitive Gods Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads

"The homes are speckled about in a random order, yes, but the chaos itself is its own type of order, and it is beautiful."—p.285, Primitive Gods 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination Read FREE w/#KindleUnlimited amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #SuburbanLife

“So, you will teach them to fail?” I ask. “Yes,” he replies, “& it is through that failure wherein they may discover their success.”—p.348 of Primitive Gods FREE w/Kindle Unlimited Nominated 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Failure #Success

Primitive Gods is the book you & your 6th-Grader both can read & talk about why it's blown your mind. The #HungerGames is like this too. amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #YAFiction

"A small & stagnant society of dubiety, growing only in the way one measures a growth in population.”—p247 Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) Which society fits this description? amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #KindleUnlimited #Society

This book takes a look at our dreams in a way you may have never considered before. What if they're not just figments of our imaginations after all? What if we can actually do something about it? 📘Available now on Amazon: amazon.com/Dump-Joe-Specu… #GoodRead #SciFi #LucidDreaming

"An honest person understands the simple beauty of the truth: there’s only one story to remember & you don’t have to choose who hears it."—p281 Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #KindleUnlimited #Honesty

"A liar lies to everyone, but he’ll make you feel special if he does it in front of you, like you’re the only person who gets the truth."—p281 Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #KindleUnlimited #Narcissist

"Honesty's always been very important to me & logic dictates that if he’s been lying to Tiago, then he’s probably doing the same to me."—p281 Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #KindleUnlimited #Honesty

“Anything learned can be unlearned, just as anything not yet learned can also be taught.”—p.196 of Primitive Gods (2025 Kindle Storyteller Award Nomination) Read Free w/#KindleUnlimited amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #GoodReads #Teaching

If you've ever wondered about your dreams—that maybe there's more to them than just pieces of your day played out in the theatre of your mind... then this book is for you. 📘Available in paperback and hard cover: amazon.com/Dump-Joe-Specu…

“...So when life gets dark and dreary, you will always see most clearly that because you are together, no affliction lasts forever.”—p.185, Primitive Gods Nominated 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award FREE w/#KindleUnlimited amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #RelationshipGoals

“Pick a mate who knows thee; a mate who holds thee dearly; a mate who makes thee smile and will hold thee close awhile...”—p.185, Primitive Gods Nominated 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award FREE w/#KindleUnlimited amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #RelationshipGoals

"If we do not implement some type of order to this common vision, then the results, again, are chaos and a universe in shambles.”—p.169, Primitive Gods Nominated 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award FREE w/#KindleUnlimited amazon.com/Primitive-Gods… #PrimitiveGods #Chaos #Government