RedDustMan

Good and Evil and Noise

Creator Journals 9/13/25 Managed to fit a bunch of revisions in today. Last night I went out for ramen and saw the new Demon Slayer movie with my wife. It was a lot of fun, and it made me think about my own fight scenes, which are sort of in the same style as aContinue reading “Good and Evil and Noise”

As a Lamb

I come before you Ragged and weary Raged and bewildered Signalling the attack By the boughs of a cherry tree On the petals as they fall And I am The rain That wears away at your solid embankment Offering universalist water to those Who thirst

Redemptive False Start

Creator Journals 9/11/25 The news is too loud today. Can’t get much of anything done. My business has caught up with me and my head is in a cloud. I managed to do a little revision before the cloud consumed me. I went for a walk. I drank coffee and ate two meals. I playedContinue reading “Redemptive False Start”

Circles

Creator Journals 9/10/25 I started revisions on The Kingdom’s Disdain book 11 today, and let me tell you, the daily Beach Knight grind has improved my writer’s instinct immensely! I’m improving the structure in so many of my old sentences and adding a lot to the word count. So, look forward to The Kingdom’s DisdainContinue reading “Circles”

Kinda Tired

Creator Journals 9/9/25 I released chapter 2 to my beta readers today. It was an off day. I slept till 11 and I’m still tired. I think I need a Sleep Week, where all I do is sleep. I might have enough PTO saved up to make that a reality, but with my luck, I’dContinue reading “Kinda Tired”

Revise or Die

Creator Journals 9/8/25 Revision revision revision. Revision revision revision. Revision revision REVISION!I am REVISING! Can you tell!?Chapter 2 is almost ready for my beta readers, but I wanted to revise it well rather than rushing it, so it’ll probably take me one more day. After that, I think I’ll spend the rest of the weekContinue reading “Revise or Die”

Ralgar in and Out of Love

Creator Journals 9/7/25 Sunday. No writing. Instead I ate sushi and donuts and slept till 10. At the sushi restaurant, my mind tried to associate every song with Beach Knight. It made varying degrees of sense. I imagined various characters in unhappy relationships with Ralgar when “Good Luck Babe” played (twice). I wonder if anyoneContinue reading “Ralgar in and Out of Love”

How Far We’ve Come

Creator Journals 9/6/25 Well, I thought I’d just sit down and fix chapter 2 in one go, but it turns out it’s only 3k words long (as opposed to the later chapters, which are all at least 10k) and really kind of a mess. I think this one may take a bit to reach theContinue reading “How Far We’ve Come”

Starting From the Beginning

Creator Journals 9/5/25 It’s a slow day for creation. I’m mostly resting, but I did revise a section of chapter 2. The early chapters are much, much shorter than the later ones, so I want to add some meat. In some cases, it’s not really even a matter of padding or adding content, it’s theContinue reading “Starting From the Beginning “

Beta Readers

Creator Journals 9/4/25 I finished my revisions on Beach Knight chapter 1 and started sending it out to beta-readers. I’m excited to hear the feedback. Hopefully, I can get the other 10 reader-ready in quick succession. I want to be able to get back to the place where I left off in The Kingdom’s Disdain,Continue reading “Beta Readers”