Author Paul! Lang

“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!

  • 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 feel a headache creeping up on me like the sun creeping up over the horizon. If I keep busy enough and refuse to look directly at the sun, maybe it will go away. My motivation isn’t as high as it could be today. I want to be making vast strides. I want to feel…

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  • A few things going on with me today: Anyway, my wife is lost in the second level of Devil May Cry 2.  See you in my dreams.

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  • Today is my birthday, so I’m going to make this quick. I like to compare people’s personalities to classical elements. I have a friend who is very stable, reliable and consistent, like earth. Me, on the other hand, I’m passionate, eager, warm, but my energy fluctuates a lot, so I see myself as a fire.…

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  • I’m once again facing the intense desire of the void, the call to stop writing and never write again. I know I must resist this call. If I’m ever going to get anywhere meaningful, or, get where I want to go, I’m going to have to write, keep writing, and not stop writing. Sometimes I…

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  • In tarot, the sun card represents good fortune, energy, and unification. I’ve had a lot more energy to be proactive with my writing lately. Over the last two years I was dealing with some things that kept me physically drained. I have the power to market a little bit now, but I’m trying not to…

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  • I took matters into my own hands and decided to make my own cover using Canva. It was really important to me that my book cover match a certain vibe that I had in my head, and that it have the right set of colors. I’ve been told I’m a synesthesiac before. This book is…

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  • I’m descending into a hurricane of tasks, all of my own making.Scrambling to get my new book processed. That means I need to do final edits, put together a blurb, find good keywords (a shamanistic practice I still haven’t even come close to mastering) and somehow get a cover. Covers drive me crazy. Despite everything,…

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  • I promised myself I’d finish editing my book “Hounds of Ruin” by the end of May and release it May 9th. This one has been in the oven for quite a while. I have a distinct memory of writing out the outline during downtime at my job in October of 2023. That might not seem…

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  • I’ll be real, I’d rather be playing video games right now. It’s a beautiful day out. It’s a perfect day to play video games and stare out the window at the sun-soaked apartment complex. That’s one of my struggles as a writer. It isn’t so much that I’m lazy and like to put things off,…

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  • I don’t usually write on Sundays. That’s kind of a rule I’ve set for myself. I think it’s important to have a day without any work or any expectations of work, if possible. Writing is something I do for fun, but it also drains some of my energy. I don’t always feel the drain at…

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