Tj Johnston

"Building a real app from scratch. No coding background. Documenting AI, software, and what it actually means to put customers first. @EndoziaApp"

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

I never intended to sell Endozia.
My wife Lindsay has been writing her fantasy series for 20 years. She tried everything to use AI as a creative partner for her work. ChatGPT hallucinated her characters. Got her lore wrong. Every app she tried needed a manual just to get started.

So I built her something better.

When it turned out to actually be good, really good. I realized other writers would like Endozia too. But the price had to be fair. I don't need to get rich off this. I just need to put out good software.

So I built it on three principles I wrote down on day one and never changed.

One - Fair pricing. Always. This isn't a subscription that bleeds you monthly. Writers shouldn't have to choose between their tools and their grocery bill.

Two - Lindsay had to approve everything. She's been in every decision since day one. Not because she's my wife. Because she knows what writers actually need. I don't. She does. Writers first. Always.

Three - It had to follow a writer's natural flow. If you need a manual to use it then it defeated the purpose. Lindsay tried a dozen apps that made her feel stupid. Endozia had to feel obvious.

Those three things never changed.

Everything in Endozia traces back to them.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Please support this GoFundMe by donating or sharing—every bit of help makes a difference. https://t.co/Kwnk9SfYtn

Not asking for anything other then a like or share to help these kids out I made the first 20 dollar donation

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

@SandraRoy242595 "Ask for neked picture I blocked you"

I get this lol. Not that anyone wants to see this middle aged guy naked but the stream of bots / scammers wanting to start a relationship on X with me has prompted me to turn off my chat lol.

Keep up the good fight!

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Nobody talks about how stressful the last mile actually is. Not because it's hard. Because it has to be right. Bug fixes are done on Endozia and frankly it looks amazing I'm very proud of what we have done. Now it's website, licensing server, distribution, payment pipeline. Building the app - getting to put my values into it - was the fun part. This part I just have to execute perfectly so it's ready on my release timeline.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Big news.

Endozia is launching this week. With months of building, testing, and refining with real writers behind me - it's time.

Retail price: $199.99

But if you are an early adopter you wont pay full price.

60 Day Launch Sale: $149.99

And for authors who want to see Endozia in action before they buy - we're hosting an informational webinar and live tour of the app. Show up, see what we built, ask your questions. Complete the webinar and get an additional $50 off.

Webinar Price: $99.99

One purchase. Yours forever. No subscription.

More details on the webinar coming soon. The writers who helped shape this deserve to be first in line. This one's for you.

https://t.co/xAEvcqk2JU

Any questions about the app. what it does. or just anything off the top of your head let me know. I'm happy to answer any questions just leave a reply.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

@Rune_King_Jake Thank you for your story. I know that there is a HUGE debate about AI. Some writers are for it. Some writers are against it. I see it as a tool. Endozia is that sort of tool. Your story, however it was written is still your story.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Things I've learned building Endozia from scratch.
Always trust my wife. Always.
I knew bringing an app to market wouldn't be easy. But I had no idea how much exists outside of actually building the thing.
Lawyers. Trademarks. Website. Code signing certificates. Installers. Distribution. Pricing. Beta testing. Legal structures.
And bugs. So many bugs.
Every time you solve one another one is waiting behind it with a smile saying "yeah you're not done".
Nobody tells you that building the app is actually the easy part.
Everything that comes after it is where it gets humbling fast.
But then you see it running on someone else's machine for the first time. Working exactly like it's supposed to. And every late night, every bug, every lawyer email — feels worth it.
That moment is why you keep going.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Hot take: using AI to write your story kills it. Using AI to review it might save it.

There's a difference between AI as a ghostwriter and AI as a second pair of eyes - one that never forgets a character detail, never loses track of your lore, never misses a plot hole.

Would the writing community get behind a tool that uses ai to make a story bible - not a co-author?

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

You can call Endozia vibe coding I guess I use a 5 layer stack.
Everything goes though me first.
Codex writes the code.
Clause Audits the code.
Gemini Does a second audit on the human values I built into my app.
My wife a writer of 20 years tests everything.
If bugs exist rinse, repeat until its right.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

@araseb_ Yep been in to computers for a while work on a service desk doing level 1,2,3 work. I realized a while ago you either need to learn to use AI or get ran over by it if you refuse to grow with the tech.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

@clarefinds Solo dev here Making a 100% local AI story bible. That wont write your story for you but can be along for your own personal writing journey.

https://t.co/JYoyUYMC7Q
https://t.co/BXVQbxYJLh

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

@itsreallyvivek Ill be launching Endozia Soon. I feel the same way you do, AI doesn't need to be your enemy, its a tool. Don't blame The AI when there is someone behind that AI turning out crap. Endozia wont write your book, because its programed not to. the Check out https://t.co/JYoyUYMC7Q

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Why local AI over subscription?

Ask yourself this — what happens when times get tight?
Do you cancel the tool you've been building your story world in for the last two years? Lose access to everything because you missed a payment?

I hate subscriptions. Personally. Deeply.

The cloud AI writing tools will take your $15-30 a month forever. They'll change their pricing whenever they feel like it. They'll change their terms. And if they shut down tomorrow your manuscript and your story bible go with them.

Endozia runs entirely on your machine. Your hardware. Your AI. Nobody can cut you off. Nobody can raise your price. Nobody can disappear and take your work with them.

One purchase. Fair price. Yours forever.

A writer spending 20 years on a series shouldn't have to worry about whether their tools will still exist next year.
Lindsay taught me that.

Don't let someone sell you a dream they control. Take back your intellectual property and control the whole process.

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

I invite you to follow my journey.

It started with my wife trying to use AI to build a story bible for her fantasy series.
Every chatbot. Every tool. Nothing worked the way she actually needed it to.
So I sat down for 7 months and figured out how to build it myself.
Not alone, she had her hand in every single decision. Every feature approved and designed with her input. Then we tweaked it until it was actually what a writer wants.
That's Endozia. Built by a writer, for writers.

The writer that started all of this
https://t.co/vOfLlS0qVM

Her story and mine
https://t.co/UD5JfOE36x

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

"There's a dark cloud over the writing community right now.
AI slop. Ghost written novels. Tools designed to replace the writer entirely.
Endozia is not that.
I built it to use AI the way a writer actually needs it — to discuss your story, find errors, push through writers block, and understand your own manuscript better.
I deliberately designed it so you can't use it to write your book.
There are plenty of garbage apps that will do that for you.
Endozia isn't one of them.
Your story deserves to be yours."

[Tj Johnston @tj_forgeteam]

Most software is built around what makes the most money. Subscriptions. Upsells. Features locked behind paywalls. I built Endozia differently. No subscription. No nickel and diming. No cloud upload of your manuscript so we can monetize your data. Writers first. Always. Not because it's good marketing. Because I built this for my wife and anyone else that wants to use it by extension.