title: Fall of the Ages Book One: Risen
author:  Ashley 
description: I started both my writing and my photography in high school. The writing started rough, but over time and many short stories I began to get the feel for the story telling process. Writing became a dream of mine, even though I treated it as more of an escape. Then I started a short story that began to write itself, forming itself into a book, then a trilogy, and by the time I finished the third book, it seemed to be destined to become a series. <span></span>It seemed I had no control over where the story went as I had let the characters do all the driving and I discovered a need to share the story with as many people as possible. The first book in the series was published in 2011 and my goal is to publish the second book in 2012. Along with those I hope to release a first installment of my short stories and perhaps finally begin to share some of my poetry.<span> I've been getting back into the poetry I had enjoyed when I was younger, writing more now, helping with workshops, and moving into reading my poetry publicly at shows.</span>
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
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  [INTRODUCTION](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [EPIGRAPH](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [PART ONE: SPRING](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER ONE: BAPTISM OF FIRE](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER TWO: RICHARD JOHNSON](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER THREE: FALLING IN LOVE](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [PART TWO: SUMMER](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER FOUR: ARTHUR R. OLSON, ELDER](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER FIVE: GOD](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER SIX: FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN](part0013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER SEVEN: MAN](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [PART THREE: FALL](part0015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER EIGHT: TROUBLE](part0016.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER NINE: GOD'S PURPOSE](part0017.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER TEN: MORE TROUBLE](part0018.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [CHAPTER ELEVEN: GOD'S ORGANIZATION](part0019.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [PART F