“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 6/30/25 Well, it looks like the waiting room at the dentist’s office is the perfect place to get writing done. I drilled through a quick thousand words today while I was waiting for my wife. The scene I’m writing is going on longer than expected. I planned for a quick info dump with
Creator Journals 6/29/25 My spirit is churning. My trip out of town is continuing this week, so I still haven’t had any time to write, but I am going to see the new How To Train Your Dragon movie. I do not expect it to be good. The original was amazing and a live action
Creator Journals 6/28/25 I didn’t really write today, I’m visiting a friend out of town, but I did finish chapter 5, and I’m excited to get into the meat of chapter 6. Saw a movie, M3GAN 2.0, and it was really good. I love horror and slasher movies, and I love when a villain gets
Creator Journals 6/27/25 I did a chunk of revision, then deflated. I spent several hours afterward being deflated. Sometimes that happens to me. However, I am determined to finish revising chapter 5! I’m going over it now as I type this blog post. I’ve got a little more passion for my story. I’m coming up
Creator Journals 6/26/25 Do something besides writing. Find a passion that doesn’t hinge on narrative or fiction. GO have fun. I’m stuck here in this computer revising. I’m dragging my feet a bit revising some of my latest chapters. I’m trying to bring them from draft 0 (misspellings, sections skipped over, characters talking the same
Creator Journals 6/25/25 600 words in at 10:10am. I’m fighting the good fight, surrounded as I am by gardening sounds and power tool sounds and a lot of talking. I have some confidence in what I’m doing today. The story is coming out a lot better now that I’m not as focused on getting it
Creator Journals 6/24/25 I completed a lot of writing tasks today. I wrote 500 decent words. I outlined, and I revised some of chapter 5. How did I do this? Idk, just by being chill. Sometimes it helps to ramp myself up and make a whole ordeal out of writing. Other times, I just need
Creator Journals 6/23/25 Today I drove my wife to the dentist and while I was sitting in the waiting room, I cranked out 1000 words on my phone. I did it within a span of 15-20 minutes. It was just that easy. Is the lesson here that I need to go to weird locations and
Creator Journals 6/22/25 They say that going to new places, uncommon places, even little things like taking a different path to work in the morning can stimulate the mind to be more creative. I worked at a different location for most of the weekend, and I did different kinds of jobs. I’m looking at Beach
Creator Journals 6/21/25 Work has never been busier. I haven’t written any Beach Knight at all today. I ate my lunch at 130pm (I usually eat it at 10am). It’s been a wild and crazy weekend. The upside, writing-wise, is that I learn for the Beach Knight. I want to write about him. I crave
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