Zena Marlowe is an English teacher in Okinawa, Japan with a ghost problem. After she and a few students discover disturbing happenings at their school, a supernatural struggle for her soul begins. Read it here: keithhayden.net/gates-of-oki…

Weapons research

Favorite line from today's writing: “We were hunted refugees violating curfew during military blockade instigated by a tripartite geopolitical contest. There was no time for this.” Then I talk avoiding research dumps in fiction

"For centuries, this island has been a crossroads of blood and conquest... Historians call that the past. Locals know better." sound design coming back

"Dictation through AI got my ideas on the screen faster, but I had to take extra time to adjust the tone, style, and sentence quality." yapping about dictation in fiction writing Full video: keithhayden.net/can-ai-dicta…

Favorite line I wrote for the horror novel today: "The coast bleeds beneath the stars tonight."

Favorite line I wrote today for horror novel: "Times like these choices are like yachts, rare luxuries with expensive upkeep. Don’t trouble yourself over it."

Favorite line I wrote today for horror novel: “Amazing the resources and speed the American machine will mobilize to eliminate one they find undesirable.” How it was written: keithhayden.net/how-i-draft-…

Favorite line I wrote for the horror novel: "We were all psychically stranded." (non-dominant handwritten page)

Time for the annual Halloween "Saw" watch

Favorite line I wrote today for the horror novel: “To feel, FEEL the droplets tearing down on the jungle canopy among brightening skies they take for granted, to taste unboxed air, we will achieve it.”

Favorite line I wrote today for the horror novel: "Mannerly as a skunk on the front porch in the heat of summer, that was Frank Tower." (pg 1 of handwritten draft)

Watch how to put together horror audio youtu.be/I18I3VQAHwM

Best line I wrote for a @48hrbooks writing contest: “I was back in Okinawa, but this time without a badge or authority, just a wedding band.”

Fav novel line I wrote today: “One man can carve Heaven on Earth.”

Best line I wrote for a YA mystery adventure book: “There’s a mysterious ferry that takes passengers but goes nowhere. Your first task is to find out where it’s going, why, and who or what is causing it.”

Page from today's writing session

Favorite horror novel line I wrote today: “As we sleep, keep us together even in dreams. And if we get lost in bad ones, help us find this fun family again.”