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What My Art Teaches Me About Writing (And Vice Versa)
How to steal problem-solving methods from crafts you don't practice. Intimate moments zoom in—whether you're drawing them or writing them. Most writers…
Nov 11
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How to Make Your Officers Look Like Gods: what happens when you bring Gothic symbolic density to naval fiction
Naval fiction has given us competence. I want to give you apotheosis. What happens when you bring Gothic symbolic density to naval fiction. A craft…
Nov 4
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October 2025
A Dossier on Lt. Marion Gore
He doesn't perform superiority. He simply is superior.
Oct 28
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How to Write Licensed IP: A Technical Breakdown of Character, Subtext, and Constraint
Analyzing my Burnt fanfiction to demonstrate constraint-based narrative design, character fidelity—or: how to make two chefs having a conversation feel…
Oct 26
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Thunder and the Void
If Origen Thule is the crushing pressure of the deep ocean, Saren von Aurastor is the storm that screams across its surface—all thunder, lightning, and…
Oct 20
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How to conlang without making readers cringe
Culture-first conlanging for fantasy writers who want their worlds to feel lived-in
Oct 14
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The Architecture of an Arch-Inquisitor
A craft-focused look into the design and psychology of Origen Thule
Oct 13
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Charting a course on Maritime Obsession and Why The Reply Had to Exist
I've spent 570 hours building a sentient, malevolent ocean. This is about maritime horror as spiritual language, the moods of the Fathom, and why some…
Oct 7
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September 2025
The Rhumb Atlas: When Your Map is a Weapon
How I Designed a Navigator's Bible for a World Where the Sea Lies
Sep 30
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A Dossier on Cpt. Henry Somerset
Madness is a tide that comes for every sailor.
Sep 23
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A Dossier on Daud van Richter
Trust is the anchor that drowns the most fools.
Sep 20
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Welcome to the Scriptorum
A craft-focused exploration of original Warhammer 40,000 worldbuilding
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