Ghosts of Jokes

Creator Journals 8/16/25 I’m on chapter 10 now, 2k words in. This is the penultimate chapter. I’m getting close. A lot of what I have left to write is action scenes and dramatic resolutions.  Starting chapter 10 involved going back to the original draft of the climax and trying to figure out which parts IContinue reading “Ghosts of Jokes”

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”

Character Bio: Carmolask

Creator Journals 8/4/25 I’m going to be continuing with the character bios. Today we will be talking about the second of the four Sea Larks; the lutist, Carmolask. Carmolask Height: 4’9 (1 claw, 54 tip) Weight: 106 lbs (35 Scale, 5 flake) Hair Color: Bright RedEye Color: A brown so dark some would call itContinue reading “Character Bio: Carmolask”

Character Bio: Aina

Creator Journals 8/3/25 I said yesterday that I would be running through some character bios for Beach Knight characters this week, so I guess I’ll start that. I may not say much about the most central characters, since I think I want their stories to unfold with the narrative.  I’ll start by introducing a bandContinue reading “Character Bio: Aina”

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”

Anatomy of Thefwin Peachwillow

Creator Journals 7/13/25 It’s a Sunday so I’m not obligated to think. In fact, I might be religiously required to not think. That’s one interpretation of the Fourth Commandment, maybe. So I’m just going to talk about Thefwin Peachwillow a bit more. The best blog posts come in trilogies, after all. She’s 5’5, which isContinue reading “Anatomy of Thefwin Peachwillow”

Drill It Into My DNA

Creator Journals 7/10/25 It was a busy day today, and I still managed to get out 1500 words and finish chapter 6. I’ve been busy and stressed, but I think I’m getting stronger. I think I’m gaining a better immunity to distractions. I’ve also started going on daily walks and drinking more water, so it’sContinue reading “Drill It Into My DNA”

The Bad News and The Good News

Creator Journals 7/8/25 Can you believe it’s already the 8th of July? It was the 7th just yesterday! Man! For mysterious reasons, the headaches are back today, so that’s limiting what I can write by a lot. I’m finding difficulty just writing this blog post, in fact. I think I need to reconfigure my publishingContinue reading “The Bad News and The Good News”

The Fifth of July

Creator Journals 7/5/25 Last night was the 4th of July so I watched “Sinners”. It was really well written, direct and acted, but I wasn’t sure what it was trying to say.  I also drank way too much wine. Today I am suffering the consequences of that wine while I hide away in a littleContinue reading “The Fifth of July”