“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 7/20/25 My players only made it through about half of what I had prepared last night. It was fun! But I think there are a few areas I could improve in. I wrote them down for next time. It’s the last day of my work weekend, and I’m pretty spent. I basically always
Creator Journals 7/19/25 Exhaustion is back in style today. I did some writing and some game prepping earlier, but now I’m tired. I’d like to take a nap. But I cannot. I am at work, and after work I will be running the D&D game I’ve been going on about. I’m excited about that, but
Creator Journals 7/18/25 The creative portion of this day has been spent with D&D prep. I haven’t written any fiction, but I have my game Saturday and I want to sand down all the rough edges. I feel good about my worldbuilding and my characters. Running D&D is interesting for me, because it’s like writing
Creator Journals 7/17/25 This is the only writing I’m doing today. I refuse to lose my streak. I will blog. I will blog today and always. I tried to fast today. Well, more accurately, I tried to spend the day only eating fruit. I used to fast a lot, but haven’t done it in a
Voracity Carnal in incarnation Can you lack any visible signs of entry? – Keep the noise locked away? When I saw you last night, you were Not the same Your eyes were like long streams Washing through cracks and crags – At the ebb and flow Beck and call Cradle the motive And we all rise And
Creator Journals 7/15/25 Another good writing day. I expanded what I originally imagined to be a small scene into a full thousand word segment, and it really worked both comedically and for the characters. At the current rate, Beach Knight is probably going to come out somewhere between 100k and 120k words, like a real
Creator Journals 7/14/25 I have some real momentum lately. I just went on a creative thinking walk to try and shore up my villain’s main motivation. The villain in Beach Knight is a particularly sinister one. On some level, I want them to be so villainous that the reader won’t want to relate to them.
Creator Journals 7/13/25 It’s a Sunday so I’m not obligated to think. In fact, I might be religiously required to not think. That’s one interpretation of the Fourth Commandment, maybe. So I’m just going to talk about Thefwin Peachwillow a bit more. The best blog posts come in trilogies, after all. She’s 5’5, which is
Creator Journals 7/12/25 What can I say about Thefwin Peachwillow that wouldn’t spoil the story. Well, first off, she’s not a major character. She’s a character I made specifically to fit a role in a chapter that required a large and diverse cast. She’s an elf, but she’s an elf that leans into her racial
Creator Journals 7/11/25 I’m going to see Superman tonight, and I’m pretty excited about that! It’s a warm, rainy day. I prefer warm rainy days to cold rainy days.Beach Knight is coming along. Chapter 7 is very good so far. I think I’ve started to finally actually find my footing with this one. Who knows,
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