Author Paul! Lang

“The beast of the gulch is on the move. It hunts without reason. It kills without eating. Its prey is the sound of a beating heart. Within the shallows of the gulch dwells death.”

Book 9 of The Kingdom’s Disdain is available now!

  • WD 142 “Special Effects”

    A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Special Effects  Chest pain Is a constant  A wall between myself and the body There is a chronology that I am separated from as I hover  Above the flesh, noncommittal Like a prince who can’t make up his mind You’re falling into the water You’re stumbling…

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  • Revising Chapter 3

    Creator Journals 9/16/25 Had a hard day yesterday, but today I’m a bit better. I’m trying to be gentle with myself as far as the writing schedule goes. The original chapter 3 is a bit rough and needs a lot more meat on its bones, but I think I generally know which bones to put…

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  • Waiting on Returns

    Creator Journals 9/15/25 I don’t feel like writing today. I’m kind of depressed. I went for a walk with my wife and got some boba tea. That made me feel just a little bit more like writing. I revised a few pages and added a new scene, but that’s enough for today. I think I’m…

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  • It Ends and Begins

    Creator Journals 9/14/25 Had pumpkin spice three days in a row. That part of my life is good. But I am restless. I want to start working on new projects, but I’ve got a crap-load of Beach Knight to revise and a Kingdom’s Disdain book to finish. This is my problem. This is why I…

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  • Good and Evil and Noise

    Creator Journals 9/13/25 Managed to fit a bunch of revisions in today. Last night I went out for ramen and saw the new Demon Slayer movie with my wife. It was a lot of fun, and it made me think about my own fight scenes, which are sort of in the same style as a…

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  • As a Lamb

    I come before you Ragged and weary Raged and bewildered Signalling the attack By the boughs of a cherry tree On the petals as they fall And I am The rain That wears away at your solid embankment  Offering universalist water to those  Who thirst

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  • Redemptive False Start

    Creator Journals 9/11/25 The news is too loud today. Can’t get much of anything done. My business has caught up with me and my head is in a cloud.  I managed to do a little revision before the cloud consumed me. I went for a walk. I drank coffee and ate two meals. I played…

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  • Circles

    Creator Journals 9/10/25 I started revisions on The Kingdom’s Disdain book 11 today, and let me tell you, the daily Beach Knight grind has improved my writer’s instinct immensely! I’m improving the structure in so many of my old sentences and adding a lot to the word count. So, look forward to The Kingdom’s Disdain…

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  • Kinda Tired

    Creator Journals 9/9/25 I released chapter 2 to my beta readers today. It was an off day. I slept till 11 and I’m still tired. I think I need a Sleep Week, where all I do is sleep. I might have enough PTO saved up to make that a reality, but with my luck, I’d…

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  • Revise or Die

    Creator Journals 9/8/25 Revision revision revision. Revision revision revision. Revision revision REVISION!I am REVISING! Can you tell!?Chapter 2 is almost ready for my beta readers, but I wanted to revise it well rather than rushing it, so it’ll probably take me one more day. After that, I think I’ll spend the rest of the week…

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  • Ralgar in and Out of Love

    Creator Journals 9/7/25 Sunday. No writing. Instead I ate sushi and donuts and slept till 10.  At the sushi restaurant, my mind tried to associate every song with Beach Knight. It made varying degrees of sense. I imagined various characters in unhappy relationships with Ralgar when “Good Luck Babe” played (twice).  I wonder if anyone…

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