Author Archives: RedDustMan

Creator Journals 5/6/25

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 feelContinue reading “Creator Journals 5/6/25”

Creator Journals 5/4/25

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.Continue reading “Creator Journals 5/4/25”

Creator Journals 5/3/25

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 IContinue reading “Creator Journals 5/3/25”

Creator Journals 5/2/25

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 toContinue reading “Creator Journals 5/2/25”

Creator Journals 5/1/25

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 isContinue reading “Creator Journals 5/1/25”

Creator Journals 4/30/25

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,Continue reading “Creator Journals 4/30/25”

Creator Journals 4/29/25

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 seemContinue reading “Creator Journals 4/29/25”

Creator Journals 4/28/25

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,Continue reading “Creator Journals 4/28/25”

Creator Journals 4/27/25

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 atContinue reading “Creator Journals 4/27/25”