The website for PEP Books LLC (the publishing entity for self-published author Paul Eldon Puryear )

You can read selections from my book:

"A Man Living Apart From His World" 

(7/01/2024) Howdy! Update from 5-22-22 & still working on site. Having trouble with loading stuff (pictures).        

Site been mostly dormant for all intents & purposes for a while.

I am going to be (1) adding artwork (as soon as I have it copyright protected), (2) changing some entries

& (3) adding some entries from my Magnum Opus, Part I (c). And some discussion of that work

- plus Parts II & III to follow.

What I call my “professional writing” I cannot include here. Not for public view.

Lot of art work submitted for copyright - paintings, photographic work, etc. Will add when I can.

Drove myself insane with Magnum Opus, Part I - got some good comments on it. One reviewer said major literary work quality, another thought it "cathertic."

A few other positive comments - and some consideration I was too tough on me and not enough on her.

Still read parts at times - get lost in the story, the woman I loved so much and that which I did which cost me her.

The “Magnum Opus” - intended for family & friends.

Some asked over time (primarily) 2 questions. Was difficult to finish. Hurt in some ways, felt good in others. Tried to be fair & complete. Maybe I succeeded. The “Magnum Opus” is not intended for publication I am copyrighting it so be able to use bits & pieces from it elsewhere.

  Once I get Parts II & III reviewed & copyrighted I will turn my attention fully to other projects. Might publish parts. 

I hope those who see & read my “Magnum Opus”  will think I did not waste the 7-8 years I devoted to it. I'll include an excerpt or 2 here in for your viewing. Give one a feel for what I wrote.   

The price of a hardbound copy of my book "A Man Living Apart from His World" is $10. 

My "compilaiton of Poems (in folio) is $6. 

If you want to talk about a book, poetry, artwork or whatever contact me - best way is write me at PO BOX 5902 Arlington Texas 76005-5902. 

I started work on my Great American Novel (they say every writer has one ot fhose in them) this June (2024). Let's see how I do... 

Constantly work on a myriad of projects. Tend not to get much done. Must still be lazy (& crazy) after all theses years (with apologies to Paul SIMON)...