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!

  • 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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  • How Far We’ve Come

    Creator Journals 9/6/25 Well, I thought I’d just sit down and fix chapter 2 in one go, but it turns out it’s only 3k words long (as opposed to the later chapters, which are all at least 10k) and really kind of a mess. I think this one may take a bit to reach the…

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  • Creator Journals 9/5/25 It’s a slow day for creation. I’m mostly resting, but I did revise a section of chapter 2. The early chapters are much, much shorter than the later ones, so I want to add some meat. In some cases, it’s not really even a matter of padding or adding content, it’s the…

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  • Beta Readers

    Creator Journals 9/4/25 I finished my revisions on Beach Knight chapter 1 and started sending it out to beta-readers. I’m excited to hear the feedback. Hopefully, I can get the other 10 reader-ready in quick succession. I want to be able to get back to the place where I left off in The Kingdom’s Disdain,…

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  • Rage

    I cry out silently  My heart Shaped by the chaos that invoked it High and low the sages searched for the answer to The great question What completes but does not destroy? This is not a quiet walk in the rain A day rotting in bed or  Even the edge of the abyss But a…

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  • Words Fixed

    Creator Journals 9/2/25 Had to travel back home at 4am this morning. 2 hour drive. After that, I had to do some training for work. When I got home, I slept for three hours. Any optimistic projection about how many words I might write or revise today was delusion. But I’m writing a blog post.…

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  • This Post Is A Placeholder

    This might be cheating, but I do not want to lose my posting streak. I was at a theme park all day without my laptop and literally just got home. Today’s writing tip: Write before midnight.

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  • Sunday Funday

    Creator Journals 8/31/25 No writing today. As much as I’d love to dive head first into revisions, it is Sunday, and I am only allowed to blog, not really write. Tomorrow I’ll be at an amusement park, and between you and me, dear reader, I hate and fear rollercoasters, so I might get some writing…

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  • I HAVE DONE IT!

    Creator Journals 8/30/25 Completed Chapter 11 AND the Epilogue! As I suspected, a wave of fragrant peace has wafted over me! I’m finally free! But am I? No. I am not. I must now revise. I must get the story ready for my beta readers, and after that, I’ll probably move on to a new…

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  • Creator Journals 8/29/25 Chapter 11, the final chapter, should be done tomorrow, then I just have the epilogue and a bunch of revision to do. I got emotional writing the climax. I got emotional thinking about how far this project has come, about Ralgar’s growth and how much more he’s going to grow in the…

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  • Creator Journals 8/28/25 I had to get up and clean early this morning. Afterwards, I did not feel like writing at all. I just felt like laying on the couch with my eyes closed. So, after a long youtube video-essay, I ended up reheating some old coffee at 1PM and taking a glance at my…

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