2026 Writing Log, Part Eighteen
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rynling- I posted Chapter 9 of my Tears of the Kingdom Modern AU story, The Archives of Hyrule, on AO3 (here). This chapter is a bridge to the Act One conclusion that consists of two scenes from perspectives other than Zelda’s. It’s short and snappy and ends on a nice... not a cliffhanger, exactly, but a nice boost forward.
- I put together a tentative outline for Act Two of the story, plus more substantial outlines for Chapters 11-14. These chapters are going to be a lot of fun to write.
- I finished writing the “item card” flavor text for a series of ten illustrations of Zelda artifacts (tangentially related to the Archives of Hyrule story) that I’d like to post during this year’s Linktober art event. I also collected all the visual references. I don’t think anyone will care about this project except me, but I’m really enjoying myself. I feel like I was born to write flavor text for video game items.
- I got started on an essay called “Creativity at the Margins” that I’d like to publish as a zine illustrated with nature photography along the lines of “In Praise of Moss: An Argument for Sustainable Disability Positivity” (on Itch.io here). The point I’m trying to make is that there’s immense value in doing creative work even if it’s not popular according to social media metrics.
- I finished my “Barret Wallace Was Not Wrong” essay and sent it to my editor at Unwinnable. It’s a fun essay with a good message, I think. Fingers crossed that everything goes well. If too much time passes without a response, though, I think I might pitch the essay to Comics Beat, which now has a gaming editor!
- My review of The Art of Slay the Princess is now live on Comics Beat (here). Instead of writing an essay about the game’s story, what I tried to do is explain how and why its graphic novel adaptation works. It was an interesting review to write. And the devs shared the social media post on Bluesky!
- While comparing this book to the Homestuck graphic novels, I went off on a tangent about why the original Homestuck webcomic is no longer available to read online, but I ultimately deleted this paragraph from the review. Someone should really write a research essay about what happened to Homestuck, but that person is not me. I’m not touching that mess. Nope.
Hello from Munich! I came here to eat bread and buy books and look at art, and that’s what I’ve been doing. Life is good. I feel like I didn’t get to see enough of the Black Forest when I drove through Germany last summer, so later this weekend I’m going to rent a car and disappear into the woods.
- I put together a tentative outline for Act Two of the story, plus more substantial outlines for Chapters 11-14. These chapters are going to be a lot of fun to write.
- I finished writing the “item card” flavor text for a series of ten illustrations of Zelda artifacts (tangentially related to the Archives of Hyrule story) that I’d like to post during this year’s Linktober art event. I also collected all the visual references. I don’t think anyone will care about this project except me, but I’m really enjoying myself. I feel like I was born to write flavor text for video game items.
- I got started on an essay called “Creativity at the Margins” that I’d like to publish as a zine illustrated with nature photography along the lines of “In Praise of Moss: An Argument for Sustainable Disability Positivity” (on Itch.io here). The point I’m trying to make is that there’s immense value in doing creative work even if it’s not popular according to social media metrics.
- I finished my “Barret Wallace Was Not Wrong” essay and sent it to my editor at Unwinnable. It’s a fun essay with a good message, I think. Fingers crossed that everything goes well. If too much time passes without a response, though, I think I might pitch the essay to Comics Beat, which now has a gaming editor!
- My review of The Art of Slay the Princess is now live on Comics Beat (here). Instead of writing an essay about the game’s story, what I tried to do is explain how and why its graphic novel adaptation works. It was an interesting review to write. And the devs shared the social media post on Bluesky!
- While comparing this book to the Homestuck graphic novels, I went off on a tangent about why the original Homestuck webcomic is no longer available to read online, but I ultimately deleted this paragraph from the review. Someone should really write a research essay about what happened to Homestuck, but that person is not me. I’m not touching that mess. Nope.
Hello from Munich! I came here to eat bread and buy books and look at art, and that’s what I’ve been doing. Life is good. I feel like I didn’t get to see enough of the Black Forest when I drove through Germany last summer, so later this weekend I’m going to rent a car and disappear into the woods.
