Creator Journals 7/28/25 Chapter 8 is off to a good start. It’s definitely a departure from the tone of the rest of the book, but I love departing from my tone, it creates a good sense of contrast in the world. If I try to make the first section sound more down-to-earth and realistic, theContinue reading “Rapid-Fire Googling”
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Assorted Sunday Night Rambles
Creator Journals 7/27/25 No writing on Sunday. Just blogging. Last night I watched “Death of a Unicorn” . It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Paul Rudd play an unlikable character. A unicorn horror movie is a great idea. I wish I had come up with it.Later today, I’m seeing The Fantastic Four. I hopeContinue reading “Assorted Sunday Night Rambles”
Opportunities To Eat Strange Animals
Creator Journals 7/26/25 Today I ate a gator on a stick. I saw a cow made of butter. I went to the state fair. So . . . I didn’t really do any writing. I definitely sat and thought about writing while I was on the drive up. I’m still trying to put together myContinue reading “Opportunities To Eat Strange Animals”
Four Previews
Creator Journals 7/25/25 Chapter 7 of Beach Knight is complete in its roughest form possible. 10K words of me just trying to get from plot-point to plot point. In celebration of that fact, I thought I might just share some totally random text snippets with zero context and glue them to the chalk-board of myContinue reading “Four Previews”
Six Things That Make Me Happy
Creator Journals 7/24/25 I was pretty negative in my last post, so today I’m going to balance it out by listing some things that make me happy. Feel free to comment things that make you happy as well, reader! Finishing a blog post. That feels pretty nice too. Today’s writing tip: Write more and you’llContinue reading “Six Things That Make Me Happy”
Priestly Divide
Keeper of the cross Judge me and find me wanting More, for angels have numerous eyes and None of them see the way men do.– I extend my hand From the pulpit Reaching down to you who are Weary and heavy laden Can you save me from this place?– Beast of the circle Hunt meContinue reading “Priestly Divide “
RANT: I HATE Writing
Creator Journals 7/22/25 I’ve got a headache today, and I’m not really in the best mood, so I’m going to rant. This is going to be kind of a moody, negative rant, so be warned. I hate writing. That’s the short version of it. I hate how much the process itself has to take upContinue reading “RANT: I HATE Writing”
The Purpose of This Blog?
Creator Journals 7/21/25 The main purpose of this blog is for it to function as a personal journal of sorts. I wanted to get used to the idea of posting something daily, and since I try to write fiction daily, I thought that talking about my process might be the best approach. I do worryContinue reading “The Purpose of This Blog?”
What Builds Your World?
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 alwaysContinue reading “What Builds Your World?”
Having Trouble Staying Awake At 1:56PM
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, butContinue reading “Having Trouble Staying Awake At 1:56PM”
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