Crawl to the surface Of the waking world. Your queen calls to you Absent though you have been I have Been Making plans for your arrival To remind the wind what my name is To resurrect the old logos Will and way and reason The keeper and the crossroads demon Until night and day are Continue reading “Midnight Bus”
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Revising Chapter 3
Creator Journals 9/16/25 Had a hard day yesterday, but today I’m a bit better. I’m trying to be gentle with myself as far as the writing schedule goes. The original chapter 3 is a bit rough and needs a lot more meat on its bones, but I think I generally know which bones to putContinue reading “Revising Chapter 3”
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”
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”
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”
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”
Rage
I cry out silently My heart Shaped by the chaos that invoked it High and low the sages searched for the answer to The great question What completes but does not destroy? This is not a quiet walk in the rain A day rotting in bed or Even the edge of the abyss But aContinue reading “Rage”
Eleven
Creator Journals 8/9/25 I’m proud of the work I’ve done, and the work I’m doing. Chapter 9 is well underway, and I believe this story will have 11 chapters. That feels like a strange number. It feels more proper to end things on an even number. “Why is that?” I ask myself, and there isContinue reading “Eleven”
Churning Out Words
Creator Journals 8/8/25 I’m not sure which group of characters to start revealing next. A lot of them have reveals and first-appearances which I would rather keep to myself until it’s time to publish. I got my thousand words in today. I’m writing a segment from the POV of a side character and I’m tryingContinue reading “Churning Out Words”
Thursday BK Update
Creator Journals 8/7/25 No character bio today. I think I want to reveal the 4th member of the Sea Larks in the story proper. Any good band of troubadours needs a vocalist, and the Sea Larks are no exception. I just finished drafting chapter 8 and it’s very different from the rest of the book.Continue reading “Thursday BK Update”
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