I am J.R. Warden—fantasy author, wanderer, keeper of maps and moons.
This blog is my living grimoire: a record of the road I walk toward authentic, self-sovereign life, and you can walk it with me.
Here you’ll find traces of real magic woven into the everyday:
- The slow forging of stories and worlds
- The quiet arts of living deliberately
- Tools of privacy, wellness, and inner strength
- Photographs, sketches, and fragments from the trail
The moon is my blog's calendar.
Every lunar phase brings additional gifts to your inbox:
Traveler – Free
For the curious newcomer just stepping onto the path
- The Warden’s Way ebook: A Minimalist Guide to Living Authentically
- Waymarks: short, frequent dispatches from the road—exclusive photos, fantasy sketches, fleeting thoughts, or a single sentence that changes everything
- Ability to comment and join the conversation
🌘 Companion
- Waning Whispers: When the moon shrinks, the masks come off. Long-form, uncensored pieces on creativity, true sovereignty, and the art of living well—things I only say in private.
- The Full Vault: every resource, reading list, and hidden guide unlocked
- My quiet, unending gratitude for keeping an independent creator on the road
🌕 Pub Regular
- Gifted Ebooks: every future full-length release bought and sent to you on announcement day
- Full Moon Missives: When the veil is thinnest, a letter arrives from another world—an ancient (real-world) divination practice and its prophecy about what I’m writing right now
- “Pub Tipper” role & shout-outs on thefantasy.pub Mastodon server
🌒 Scribe
- The Writer’s Logseq Template: my complete pre-built world-bible and novel organization system
- Waxing Workshop: First-quarter moon craft posts—story structure, world-building, revision sorcery, lore consistency, the writer’s path
- Direct support customizing the template for your world
🌑 Warden’s Council
- Signed physical copies of future books with personal thank-you note
- Dark Moon Wards: When the moon vanishes, the strongest truths emerge—deep lore, unpublished maps, secrets too potent for daylight
- Name a Piece of the World: collaborate with me to name a tavern, street, minor character, or shop in an upcoming story (subject to final approval)
Thank you for being here and supporting an indie creator.
The moon is rising. Shall we begin?
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