“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!
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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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Creator Journals 8/24/25 I shouldn’t have to blog on Sunday. I shouldn’t have to move or breathe on Sunday. I can’t believe I have to voluntarily abide by the laws I’ve invented for myself. What fiendish oppression. I went for a long walk with my wife. I talked about religion with some friends. My wife…
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Creator Journals 8/22/25 I am a fan of this story and where it is going. After several days of work, I’m finally off, and very tired, but the creative release has helped me. Turns out, I can write better when I’ve had more than five hours of sleep. When I started on this project, I…
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Creator Journals 8/21/25 Busy day today. I have to drive four hours for work, so I made sure to fit all of my writing in early in the morning. I would like to have nothing left to do when I get home. I would like to collapse into a pile, regress into a deathlike stupor,…
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It’s been a long time since you Spun in the circle Conjuring the light from The lightless living and Dead Pray Tell and Report What is it that keeps a man from becoming Something else? A nameless kind of magic? The Word of God, or A solemn promise to himself? Or are we merely reflective…
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Creator Journals 8/19/25 Dentist again today. It is a dental kind of week. I got about 500 words in before I had to take off. I might just accept that for what it is. The mind and body need rest, and I’m on the path to the home stretch. Before today, I’d been completing about…
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Creator Journals 8/17/25 No writing today. It is the day of rest. I think that lately, I’ve had trouble turning off Creative Mode: The high energy version of myself that feeds off inspiration and constantly wants to produce more. This version of me is super useful and fulfilling, but he’s kind of bad at having…
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Creator Journals 8/16/25 I’m on chapter 10 now, 2k words in. This is the penultimate chapter. I’m getting close. A lot of what I have left to write is action scenes and dramatic resolutions. Starting chapter 10 involved going back to the original draft of the climax and trying to figure out which parts I…
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