Thank you all for your patience this last month and a half as I've been quieter. Not only have I started a night job at a hotel (which is great for my writing, but training has eaten up my month) but I've also been hard at work on a few projects. Here is a look at what I've been up to and what is coming to the channel.
1. I'll get the channel stuff addressed up-front. Here are some things you can be looking forward to. a) The Amazing Digital Circus reaction b) Dispatch reaction c) Finishing off Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Doki Doki Lit. Club d) Some organized video essays about content I've reacted to and been thinking about, starting with one about Hamilton
2. This is what the hook was referring to in this post... I have finished my semi-final draft of The Seven Rangers: Volume 2!!! Volume 1 was 74k words, the prequel novella was 30k words... This second volume is coming in closer to 120k words! It explores the ins and outs of the war against the angels and how it affects and Fractures the people within it. Book 1 explored "What does winning even look like?" Book 2 explores "What must we become in order to stand a chance?"
I know many of you are just here for the reactions, but I am SO excited about this and wanted to share it! Aiming for a December release, but time will tell.
3. I am publishing a character workbook I just finished called Character Building for the Slightly Unhinged. It is a full regimen to learn your characters better and inhabit them. It's research-backed and a ton of fun to make and to go through (for the right kind of person.)
Anyway, that's my update! Thank you all for being here.
Hey all! Sorry for the radio silence the last month, but I've been cooking up some fun projects, both reaction videos and my own writing.
One of the projects I'm most excited about is a new workbook I'm putting out called "Character Building for the Slightly Unhinged." It's a 5-unit deep dive to help you become fully fluent in writing your characters, guiding you from creation to a complete understanding of who they are.
I'll be selling the workbook for about $29.99, but I know that price isn't doable for everyone, so I'll also be putting together a full seminar, completely free, here on YouTube.
As part of that, I'll be creating a brand new character for a new novel (that I may or may not ever actually write) throughout the seminar, to demonstrate the method in real time.
To make sure I'm starting fresh, I need your help.
Give me your idea for a protagonist in this story in just one sentence. Include a name and a BRIEF description.*
The story pitch: After a church camp trip to a celebration festival, the group accidentally finds themselves trapped in a city that's been marked by a divine force as ground zero for judgment day. As people are attacked by this force, the protagonists have to find a way to fight back.
*Submitting a character idea doesn't guarantee it won't show up in a future novel beyond this workshop — you'll get credit, but no further claim to the character.
Hey all! I shared my audiobook on YouTube today but it had a few glitches in the render that snuck through. I’m gonna clean it up and re-upload tonight! Thanks for the patience. More reaction content soon!
Alright so I was prepping my latest video when I mentioned the writing of Train lyrics as an example of what not to do. That led me into a “quick” journey to analyze every Train song from a writing perspective, treating it as poetry. That turned into a head to head tournament bracket of the sixteen biggest train crimes.
In my head this was going to be a quick 20-30 minute video.
It is now a multihour Train experience.
I need another day to polish it off… I’m not sure who this is for but someone is going to have to experience this with me. Someone else has to bear witness to “So gangsta I’m so thug” and “Looking for a two ply hefty bag for my love”.
This weeks video is a shorter one to buy me some time to finish editing my audiobook. Rather than a full media reaction, I will be reacting to the one Broadway song that pisses me off more than any other from a writing perspective. Literally on par with the rage I feel when I hear anything written by Train.
Just finishing up production on the official audiobook for my upcoming book, Beautiful Wild Things. It will be coming to Audible, but also for FREE here on YouTube.
If you’ve ever wanted to check out my writing and have an entry point into my series, this is a great way to start. People seem to be enjoying it so far!
The book (in all formats) will be coming out on May 25, 2026!
Alright, I have been on a wild, wild journey in an effort to bring you all my Star Kid twisted reaction. Along the way, in search results, I came across this book called Twisted. The cover surprised me because it looked like a dragon, but if you look closer, you'll realize it's actually a monstrous roller coaster, and so I picked up the book and I started flipping through it, and my life hasn't been the same since.
This is a story about a were-roller coaster. That's right, it's a man who turns into a roller coaster named RailRunner, and it's also a cannibal roller coaster that eats people. There's something about this inter-dimensional space called the Amusement Park Between.
I might have to make a video about this once I finish. This is the strangest book. The protagonist works as a full-time engineer at a cake factory, but then is fired, and by fired he means the company ran out of money and everyone lost their jobs. He finds an old man putting out an ad in the newspaper for an amusement park technician. He doesn't have any experience, but decides to apply anyway.
To test his expertise, the old man just makes him sprint across the railroad tracks and then pulls him aside and asks him if he's aware that he was orphaned. When he was shocked, he explains about this Amusement Park Between place, and mayhem ensues as he turns into a cannibalistic way roller coaster and murders a bar full of people.
Free on Patreon, I am starting my journey through Tolkien! Right now, I'm introducing the project and starting my read. If you are interested in a sort of pseudo-reaction/book club, go check it out!
It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and (if you'll indulge a long post) I want to share a personal story and talk about why I wrote my book.
Growing up, we knew something was different about how I experienced things , but I didn't have the language for it. Doctors speculated: ADHD, autism, OCD, and eventually cyclical mood disorders.
As a child, I'd be so depressed I could barely move, then hours later dancing down the hallway spinning brilliant ideas, then shortly after that so angry I was throwing chairs across the room as hard as a ten-year-old could throw them.
My parents did their best, but it felt impossible, and every medication I tried came with difficult side effects. At seventeen, I had my first full manic episode. By 22 they were coming more often. At 25, I was finally diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar type 1.
It was a 15-year journey of being disbelieved, feeling crazy, and not knowing what I could trust about my own mind. Pediatric bipolar is a controversial diagnosis, so they understandibly were wary of it, and it looks less like the adult version than you would think.
It took me through multiple hospitalizations and even spontaneous trips across the globe. But I've been able to find a sort of stability, even with breakthrough episodes now and then. Along the way, advocating for bipolar education has become something I deeply care about.
Part of that advocacy happened almost by accident. I discovery-wrote my way into depicting bipolar through Gwynn, a character in my fantasy series, the Seven Rangers. It was essential to me that she not be a caricature of an illness, that she be a whole person who happens to live with one. Nothing pulls me out of a story faster than it grinding to a halt for a PSA. I wanted the illness embodied rather than explained.
I fell in love with the character, and I went on to write her origin story: Beautiful Wild Things.
It is the story of an eleven-year-old girl in a fantasy world whose "storms" are just beginning to manifest. She has brilliant (hypo)manic bursts of creativity, crushing depressive lows, and crucially, no idea what is happening inside her own mind.
Beautiful Wild Things is my attempt to render that experience from the inside. Bipolar representation in fantasy is rare, but more than that, this is my best effort to show what a mind like this actually feels like. The prose itself distorts time, inflates bad ideas into brilliant ones, and grinds to a halt under depression.
In one sense it's a simple novella. In another, it's a testimony that people like this (and like me) exist.
Linking a preorder on a post this personal feels tacky, but if you've read this far and a story like this interests you, you can find it on Goodreads and add it to your Want to Read list for later this month.
InkWrites
And just like that, I am done!
Thank you all for your patience this last month and a half as I've been quieter. Not only have I started a night job at a hotel (which is great for my writing, but training has eaten up my month) but I've also been hard at work on a few projects. Here is a look at what I've been up to and what is coming to the channel.
1. I'll get the channel stuff addressed up-front. Here are some things you can be looking forward to.
a) The Amazing Digital Circus reaction
b) Dispatch reaction
c) Finishing off Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Doki Doki Lit. Club
d) Some organized video essays about content I've reacted to and been thinking about, starting with one about Hamilton
2. This is what the hook was referring to in this post... I have finished my semi-final draft of The Seven Rangers: Volume 2!!! Volume 1 was 74k words, the prequel novella was 30k words... This second volume is coming in closer to 120k words! It explores the ins and outs of the war against the angels and how it affects and Fractures the people within it. Book 1 explored "What does winning even look like?" Book 2 explores "What must we become in order to stand a chance?"
I know many of you are just here for the reactions, but I am SO excited about this and wanted to share it! Aiming for a December release, but time will tell.
3. I am publishing a character workbook I just finished called Character Building for the Slightly Unhinged. It is a full regimen to learn your characters better and inhabit them. It's research-backed and a ton of fun to make and to go through (for the right kind of person.)
Anyway, that's my update! Thank you all for being here.
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Hey all! Sorry for the radio silence the last month, but I've been cooking up some fun projects, both reaction videos and my own writing.
One of the projects I'm most excited about is a new workbook I'm putting out called "Character Building for the Slightly Unhinged." It's a 5-unit deep dive to help you become fully fluent in writing your characters, guiding you from creation to a complete understanding of who they are.
I'll be selling the workbook for about $29.99, but I know that price isn't doable for everyone, so I'll also be putting together a full seminar, completely free, here on YouTube.
As part of that, I'll be creating a brand new character for a new novel (that I may or may not ever actually write) throughout the seminar, to demonstrate the method in real time.
To make sure I'm starting fresh, I need your help.
Give me your idea for a protagonist in this story in just one sentence. Include a name and a BRIEF description.*
The story pitch:
After a church camp trip to a celebration festival, the group accidentally finds themselves trapped in a city that's been marked by a divine force as ground zero for judgment day. As people are attacked by this force, the protagonists have to find a way to fight back.
*Submitting a character idea doesn't guarantee it won't show up in a future novel beyond this workshop — you'll get credit, but no further claim to the character.
Thanks! See you all soon.
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Hey all! I shared my audiobook on YouTube today but it had a few glitches in the render that snuck through. I’m gonna clean it up and re-upload tonight! Thanks for the patience. More reaction content soon!
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Alright so I was prepping my latest video when I mentioned the writing of Train lyrics as an example of what not to do. That led me into a “quick” journey to analyze every Train song from a writing perspective, treating it as poetry. That turned into a head to head tournament bracket of the sixteen biggest train crimes.
In my head this was going to be a quick 20-30 minute video.
It is now a multihour Train experience.
I need another day to polish it off… I’m not sure who this is for but someone is going to have to experience this with me. Someone else has to bear witness to “So gangsta I’m so thug” and “Looking for a two ply hefty bag for my love”.
May god have mercy on us all
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This weeks video is a shorter one to buy me some time to finish editing my audiobook. Rather than a full media reaction, I will be reacting to the one Broadway song that pisses me off more than any other from a writing perspective. Literally on par with the rage I feel when I hear anything written by Train.
Make your prediction!
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Just finishing up production on the official audiobook for my upcoming book, Beautiful Wild Things. It will be coming to Audible, but also for FREE here on YouTube.
If you’ve ever wanted to check out my writing and have an entry point into my series, this is a great way to start. People seem to be enjoying it so far!
The book (in all formats) will be coming out on May 25, 2026!
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Alright, I have been on a wild, wild journey in an effort to bring you all my Star Kid twisted reaction. Along the way, in search results, I came across this book called Twisted. The cover surprised me because it looked like a dragon, but if you look closer, you'll realize it's actually a monstrous roller coaster, and so I picked up the book and I started flipping through it, and my life hasn't been the same since.
This is a story about a were-roller coaster. That's right, it's a man who turns into a roller coaster named RailRunner, and it's also a cannibal roller coaster that eats people. There's something about this inter-dimensional space called the Amusement Park Between.
I might have to make a video about this once I finish. This is the strangest book. The protagonist works as a full-time engineer at a cake factory, but then is fired, and by fired he means the company ran out of money and everyone lost their jobs. He finds an old man putting out an ad in the newspaper for an amusement park technician. He doesn't have any experience, but decides to apply anyway.
To test his expertise, the old man just makes him sprint across the railroad tracks and then pulls him aside and asks him if he's aware that he was orphaned. When he was shocked, he explains about this Amusement Park Between place, and mayhem ensues as he turns into a cannibalistic way roller coaster and murders a bar full of people.
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Free on Patreon, I am starting my journey through Tolkien! Right now, I'm introducing the project and starting my read. If you are interested in a sort of pseudo-reaction/book club, go check it out!
www.patreon.com/posts/free-journey-pt-157556337?ut…
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It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and (if you'll indulge a long post) I want to share a personal story and talk about why I wrote my book.
Growing up, we knew something was different about how I experienced things , but I didn't have the language for it. Doctors speculated: ADHD, autism, OCD, and eventually cyclical mood disorders.
As a child, I'd be so depressed I could barely move, then hours later dancing down the hallway spinning brilliant ideas, then shortly after that so angry I was throwing chairs across the room as hard as a ten-year-old could throw them.
My parents did their best, but it felt impossible, and every medication I tried came with difficult side effects. At seventeen, I had my first full manic episode. By 22 they were coming more often. At 25, I was finally diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar type 1.
It was a 15-year journey of being disbelieved, feeling crazy, and not knowing what I could trust about my own mind. Pediatric bipolar is a controversial diagnosis, so they understandibly were wary of it, and it looks less like the adult version than you would think.
It took me through multiple hospitalizations and even spontaneous trips across the globe. But I've been able to find a sort of stability, even with breakthrough episodes now and then. Along the way, advocating for bipolar education has become something I deeply care about.
Part of that advocacy happened almost by accident. I discovery-wrote my way into depicting bipolar through Gwynn, a character in my fantasy series, the Seven Rangers. It was essential to me that she not be a caricature of an illness, that she be a whole person who happens to live with one. Nothing pulls me out of a story faster than it grinding to a halt for a PSA. I wanted the illness embodied rather than explained.
I fell in love with the character, and I went on to write her origin story: Beautiful Wild Things.
It is the story of an eleven-year-old girl in a fantasy world whose "storms" are just beginning to manifest. She has brilliant (hypo)manic bursts of creativity, crushing depressive lows, and crucially, no idea what is happening inside her own mind.
Beautiful Wild Things is my attempt to render that experience from the inside. Bipolar representation in fantasy is rare, but more than that, this is my best effort to show what a mind like this actually feels like. The prose itself distorts time, inflates bad ideas into brilliant ones, and grinds to a halt under depression.
In one sense it's a simple novella. In another, it's a testimony that people like this (and like me) exist.
Linking a preorder on a post this personal feels tacky, but if you've read this far and a story like this interests you, you can find it on Goodreads and add it to your Want to Read list for later this month.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/251268315-beautiful-wi…
Thank you for listening.
(P.S. Than you to @cygtastic for my beautiful cover art!)
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Kicking off one of my more ambitious projects. Here’s a hint! This one is going to be cooking for a good while.
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