“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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I came up with some pretty essential backstory today. I don’t know if I have it in me to write much more. Most days writing and storytelling are my passion. Some day I’m weirdly repulsed by all of it and it feels like an exercise in futility. I wonder if other writers experience this. I
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Today I don’t even feel like thinking about writing. I still did it, but after this blog post I’m not going to think about it at all. I wish I could stop writing for like a whole week, but I think I’d lose too much momentum. I think I’ll at least take a short break
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Trigger Warning: Discussion of transgender identities and discrimination. Research. Research. Research. Even writing something as silly and intentionally anachronistic as Beach Knight, my intellect and conscience require me to do research. Early on I had to research the origins of different swimsuits and beaches as vacation spots. Now I’m digging into different gender identities and
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There is a man hammering something in the room next to me. It is literally impossible to write. Loud noise completely disables me. I’ve tried forcing myself to write with music on in order to become stronger, but it can still be very difficult. My attention flickers like a flame. It can be hard to
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I think I’m getting somewhere. When I write a novel, it usually starts to come together at about the midpoint. When I start writing, I just go with my gut and write what feels fun and engaging, once I get to the middle I start to figure out the themes, ideas, ending and emotional core.
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