Your eyes open to find Gray hovering near the window, moonlight shining through his translucent body.
“No peeking,” Gray orders sternly.
You shut your eyes again, placing a hand over them for good measure. Were this being filmed (w...
2022-09-30 06:49:34 +0000 UTC View PostExplanatory Note:
When rewriting Chapter 9, I completely overhauled Kenzie's date to provide a more insight into their backstory and character. When I replayed for my final edit, however, the new version simply didn't work! It w...
2022-09-21 22:08:44 +0000 UTC View PostExplanatory Note:
When rewriting Chapter 9, I completely overhauled Kenzie's date to provide a more insight into their backstory and character. When I replayed for my final edit, however, the new version simply didn't work! It w...
2022-09-21 21:58:27 +0000 UTC View PostEver since I moved back home, it's been increasingly difficult to drift into that trancelike, illusive “Creative Zone” where time becomes an abstract concept and I can no longer feel my body. This has made life hard(er), since I’m pretty muc...
2022-09-10 01:53:24 +0000 UTC View PostKenna’s backyard is enclosed by high trees that block off the view from other houses. Still, kissing her outside feels exposed. Especially since neither of you are wearing clothes.
Neither of you had intended to sunbathe nude. Bot...
2022-08-30 03:02:55 +0000 UTC View PostKent’s backyard is enclosed by high trees that block off the view from other houses. Still, kissing him outside feels exposed. Especially since neither of you are wearing clothes.
Neither of you had intended to sunbathe nude. Both...
2022-08-30 02:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostFor someone who writes about mental health, it’s kinda funny how much shame I have over discussing my own. “Hypocritical” might be the more accurate word than "funny," if we're being honest, but for the sake of my own ego, I choose to view m...
2022-08-29 03:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostI FINISHED WRITING ANOTHER ENDING! That’s 11/15 now fully written; I’m trying to remain positive and not contemplate how much coding awaits me once I’m done with all the fun creation bits 😅
The most recently completed ending sees th...
2022-08-13 21:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post“You’ll rendezvous with the contractor leader in Jelgava.” Adsila pierced Hope with a stern look over the edge of her paperwork. “Play nice.”
Hope’s upper lip twitched with an instinctive sneer of disgust, but she managed to keep...
2022-08-06 04:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostI've come to realize that editing interactive fiction chronologically is almost impossible (for me, at least), as it's easier to code related scenes. Scene A in Chapter 9 will influence Scene B in Chapter 13, so it's easier to go straight from rew...
2022-07-30 04:24:06 +0000 UTC View PostI admit, updates have become a little difficult to write simply because I want to show you all what I’m working on. But, alas, the coding continues to change more frequently than the color of that mood ring I wore at age thirteen (puber...
2022-07-27 04:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe paintbrush strokes down the length of your arm, and you shiver at the streak of blue left in its wake. With a teasing smile at your reaction, Sally swirls the brush upon your open palm.
“That tickles!” you protest, but nonethel...
2022-07-25 03:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostI try to view personal hardship as emotional research for my writing. Which may sound odd, but it helps me power through if I logic myself into a silver lining philosophy. For example: someday, I will do a fantastic dead-parent-who-actual...
2022-07-17 23:16:10 +0000 UTC View PostYou had been raised under strict parental oversight and the constant reminder that you were not an individual, but rather a Wiseman, and thus must act accordingly. A family was only as good as their reputation, and your family’s reputation was w...
2022-07-01 03:52:34 +0000 UTC View PostYour entire life, you were raised under strict parental oversight and with the constant reminder that you were not an individual but a Wiseman, and thus must act accordingly. A family was only as good as their reputation, and your family’s reput...
2022-07-01 03:41:28 +0000 UTC View PostYou had been raised under strict parental oversight and the constant reminder that you were not an individual, but rather a Wiseman, and thus must act accordingly. A family was only as good as their reputation, and your family’s reputation was w...
2022-07-01 03:25:05 +0000 UTC View PostYour entire life, you were raised under strict parental oversight and with the constant reminder that you were not an individual but a Wiseman, and thus must act accordingly. A family was only as good as their reputation, and your family’s reput...
2022-07-01 00:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: The bug that prevented people from finishing the chapter is now fixed. Looks like the "return" command got left out when I updated the code (this took me way to long to figure out). Long story short--it works no...
2022-06-27 05:42:43 +0000 UTC View PostI'm code-running Chapters 8 & 9 right now (and adding a million more edits as I do so, because I CAN'T STOP), but fingers crossed that I can get it all fixed today! It's taken longer than anticipated to comb through the new edits for bugs, as ...
2022-06-23 21:54:18 +0000 UTC View Post“To be immortal is to be inhuman.”
Despite being a werewolf, the Roman philosopher Plaubius succinctly summarized the dilemma faced by all vampires. The human psyche simply isn’t resilient enough to exist eternally, and most v...
2022-06-23 06:08:36 +0000 UTC View PostLife has finally settled down enough that I was able to figure out a roadmap for the rest of the month! I’ve been in a bit of a writing rut (stuff’s hard right now, as most my creative energy is currently dedicated to cracking morbidly inappro...
2022-06-14 02:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostI spent most of today struggling with a wonky keyboard—apparently, there was a reason that the fancy ergonomic one I’d gotten was on clearance (the guy at OfficeMax said that they no longer carry the model, even). There was some confusion give...
2022-06-06 02:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post