“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.”
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
Creator Journals 8/9/25 I’m proud of the work I’ve done, and the work I’m doing. Chapter 9 is well underway, and I believe this story will have 11 chapters. That feels like a strange number. It feels more proper to end things on an even number. “Why is that?” I ask myself, and there is
Creator Journals 8/8/25 I’m not sure which group of characters to start revealing next. A lot of them have reveals and first-appearances which I would rather keep to myself until it’s time to publish. I got my thousand words in today. I’m writing a segment from the POV of a side character and I’m trying
Creator Journals 8/7/25 No character bio today. I think I want to reveal the 4th member of the Sea Larks in the story proper. Any good band of troubadours needs a vocalist, and the Sea Larks are no exception. I just finished drafting chapter 8 and it’s very different from the rest of the book.
It’s gray out But the warm sun blasts through the ceiling of clouds Filling my body with Essential heat Vitamins And a means to alchemically produce Happiness In material form But we long for the dark So that we can peer down empty streets with Lightless eyes And claim that we see the world for
Creator Journals 8/5/25 More character bios. More Sea Larks. Two more to go! Dierdret Height: 5’4 (2 claw, 8 tip) Weight: 110 lbs (36 Scale, 10 flake) Hair Color: Light green, tapering off to white at the ends.Eye Color: A dark shade of blue. Age: ??? Race: ??? Dierdret is the Sea Lark’s dancer. While
Creator Journals 8/4/25 I’m going to be continuing with the character bios. Today we will be talking about the second of the four Sea Larks; the lutist, Carmolask. Carmolask Height: 4’9 (1 claw, 54 tip) Weight: 106 lbs (35 Scale, 5 flake) Hair Color: Bright RedEye Color: A brown so dark some would call it
Creator Journals 8/3/25 I said yesterday that I would be running through some character bios for Beach Knight characters this week, so I guess I’ll start that. I may not say much about the most central characters, since I think I want their stories to unfold with the narrative. I’ll start by introducing a band
Creator Journals 8/2/25 Chapter 8 is coming along. It’s definitely coming along. Some of it borders on obscene. There are many things I may change in the next draft. Generally, my schedule is looking like this: I’m going to try and finish draft 1 of Beach Knight by the end of August, then, in September,
Creator Journals 8/1/25 August begins! That means its pre-pre Halloween season! I can slowly start to lean into autumnal activities! Halloween season usually doesn’t last long enough for me to do all the spooky things I want to, scary movie marathons, scary videogames, cider chugging, etc. So I usually start to soft-launch Halloween in the
Creator Journals 7/31/25 It’s 3:20 PM and I’m not at the height of my powers, but I still have enough strength to do what needs to be done. July is ending, and, instead of finishing, Beach Knight is becoming longer. Today I wrote 500 more words. I also began outlining the second book. I hope
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