It’s National Novel Writing Month so I’m going to keep this monthly agenda short to get back to writing.

As I’ve said, most of this month is going to be spent on writing an entry for National Novel Writing Month. Despite a small setback, I’ve already written about 2000 words, which is what I typically aim to write for a day when it comes to this competition. I think that once I really get into writing, I’ll be able to breeze through NaNoWriMo no problem.

Let’s talk about the other projects, starting with the podcasts. I intend to catch up with the movies on the backlog for Gettin’ Real with the Reels this month, regardless of how NaNoWriMo goes. Additionally, as it is required as part of a honors contract for a class I am in, I am hoping to publish some podcasts covering the history of Kansas this month as well. So, there is going to be content coming out this month even though I am focused on NaNoWriMo.

Moving on to the bad news, I do not see how I can finish the first episode of the League of Dungeons and Dragons by the 6th. There were delays due to schoolwork, and although the script is done and there’s been some video recording, I’m way behind on that, and again, I want to focus on NaNoWriMo. Thankfully, I found out that Netflix is releasing Arcane in three parts, so if this video doesn’t come out on the 6th, it may come out on the 13th or the 20th. The idea I have right now is that if I can get significantly ahead of writing for NaNoWriMo, I can focus on that project just enough to get it done.

Let’s talk about the plans moving on to December. Schoolwork is a priority and I am a little bit behind on that as well. After that’s all taken care of, I’m going to focus on writing more chapters of Rise of the Adept, which I hope to have published either late spring or early summer of 2022. Finally, there is a minor video project in the works as part as my effort as an author to reach out to different schools about my book. The rough draft of the script is done and I expect to begin filming shortly. It could be a project that comes out this month or it could come out as late as January, but it is coming out.

That’s about all there is to cover. Back to writing.

Until next time.

There is only three more months before the year comes to an end but the monthly agendas will continue.

So, September was a slow month given the readjustment to college. Now that I’ve had time to adjust, I believe that I now have a good time to record podcasts. The current priority will be given to Gettin’ Real with the Reels given how many movies I am behind on.

I would also like to give a quick update on Rise of the Adept, the sequel to House of Virgil. While there hasn’t been any new written chapters written yet, I did take some time to do minor story editing, making sure that everything fits. I hope to continue writing but I think that at this point, it won’t be coming out in winter. I do apologize but I am a college student so school comes first.

The reason I bring up my book is that National Novel Writing Month is next month, and as always, I intend to participate. I don’t really like the idea of using a writing I’ve already started for it, even when I could follow the rules NaNoWriMo lines out for what counts. Additionally, given the last two times I’ve participated have given me incomplete works of books I’ll publish one day, I’m going to hold off on starting another project. Instead, this year, I’m just going to write something simple that will not be published. That way, if I do not complete the project (which may be likely given the last two years) I can shift my attention to other projects without worry.

Speaking of other projects, I would like to give a solid update on two projects. The first project is the Journal of Runark. There haven’t been any updates recently but I am going to say that it will be completed before the end of the year. It may mean I rush through during the last weeks of December but I want this done before 2022.

Finally, and I remain somewhat hesitant to announce this, but I think I have a solid plan for the premiere of the League of Dungeons and Dragons. Even with schoolwork, I hope that I can post a video on November 6, the release date of Arcane. I believe that it is possible.

That’s it for now.

Until next time.

I have just started my final year of school, which will impact the content produced by me, but there will always be a monthly agenda.

This will be a shorter update. So, let’s get right to it. I’m back in my senior year of college, which is likely going to be the most important year so I can graduate. Due to this, content uploads will be affected as any classwork is given priority over my other projects. I do apologize but this will be the last year this is the case.

Moving onto some bad news, I unfortunately have to say that the Tome of Kalvar writing that I had planned alongside the Journal of Runark will no longer be happening. I had to drop out of the game that Kalvar played in as it conflicted with school. At the very least, I have learned an important lesson: don’t announce writing projects based on recapping Dungeons and Dragons sessions until the campaign is wrapped up.

But onto some good news, I am pleased to announce a new podcast series. I have yet to come up with a name for it but it will revolve around explaining the history of Kansas. For those of you who are wondering, yes, this is a class project, but it is one that I can link to the site. I have always been fascinated with different parts of history so I do have high hopes for this project.

Finally, the Journal of Runark and Gettin’ Real with the Reels will continue, although I do not have set update times for either.

One more year of school and I can focus on the creative projects here.

Until next time.

Honestly, I’m having a hard time believing it’s August already, but it’s the start of a new month now.

Let’s start off with some good news. Significant progress has been made on the sequel of the House of Virgil. While I have given the description of the plot before, I had yet to come up with a title. Thankfully, I have a title along with several chapters. Be on the lookout for more news regarding the Adventures of the Stylish Simon and the Rise of the Adept coming soon.

But now, it is time to shift towards some bad news. Due to the dungeon master of the game having personal problems to go through, I am cancelling the planned Expedition Log of Gravoll series. This dungeon master was also a player in the Curse of Strahd game I run, which is now on hiatus, along with the Journal of Darius Ballester. This will not affect the Running Curse of Strahd podcast, which will continue soon.

Additionally, the whole deal regarding Activision Blizzard is just leaving a bad feeling. Before, I was finding it hard to invest myself into Warcraft, which also meant trying to find motivation for Dungeons and Dragons and Warcraft. Now, I can say that it is going to be placed on hiatus. I may come back to it, I may not. I do not know at the time of writing.

But there is some good news to leave off on. As you can see, the Journal of Runark and Gettin’ Real with the Reels have both been updated with new entries over the past month. I have plans to continue both moving on.

I am not sure what all I will be able to accomplish with school coming up in a few weeks but I will do my best.

Until next time.

The hunt comes to an end at Easthaven. Torg set up camp outside of Easthaven where we found her. Through questioning, we found out that the culprit was Sephek Kaltro. We realize that he is likely stalking his next victim in Easthaven, someone who is avoiding the sacrifices. Preparations are made for a confrontation.

Before, we met with the speaker of Easthaven one last time for payment of the magical cauldron. There was a robbery going on for the cauldron that we were able to foil and even dealt with a ghost haunting the town hall, which the speaker was thankful for. The payment was good but there was more that needed to be done.

We tracked down the killer to the streets of Easthaven. Sephek was unlike any other man in the Icewind Dale as he was left untouched by the cold and fought with dark ice daggers. The fight dragged on. Sephek knew how to fight as the killer he was but he was outnumbered four to one and ran.

My companions pursued after them while I decided to take a different approach. Went down a different alleyway, and when I came out, I had a clear shot on Sephek. My arrow didn’t kill Sephek but it did slow him down enough for Keeneye to finish him off with a swing of his sword. Our work was done.

The rest of the day was spent traveling back to Bryn Shander. We left the body in Easthaven and arrived at the Northlook to meet with Hlin. She paid us for the job. From the looks of it, my new companions have no intention of going separate ways. Which is good given the many rumors of what is happening.

We settled to rest in Northlook so that we can travel to Caer-Dineval tomorrow to look for Huarwar. I intend to wake up early. There is work that needs to be done before we travel. We’ll need the help we can get to deal with the threats plaguing my home.

Woke up in Targos with the others. We encountered a dog before we left town that took us to a house and met Keegan. Keegan told us his husband was hired by adventurers to find Oyaminartok at Kelvin’s Cairn, which matches the rumors I heard, but that the dog means something has gone wrong. We agreed to find him after tracking down the murderer. I hope to meet with Oyaminartok and am glad to tend to the dog, who is named Boy.

Spent most of the day traveling to Easthaven across the cold arctic land, covered by white snow. Mostly uneventful aside from a brief skirmish with a group of harpies. Two were slain when their songs failed, although the third failed.

Easthaven is another of the big towns in the Icewind Dale. We arrived in time to see an execution. Thought it was a sacrifice until the captain of the militia explained that the victim was an evil wizard. The captain helped with the investigation, confirming what we knew about the victims avoiding their sacrifices. We figured that Torg would have to come back to Easthaven so we decided to stay in the area.

The captain told us about fishers going missing on Lac Dinneshare. We traveled on Lac Dinneshare by rowboat and found a series of caves. Wish I could say we found them alive but it was not to be. A hag murdered them and devoured their flesh. We fought the hag and her minions, among them a skeleton of a giant. We passed by this skeleton before it was animated, not thinking of it much until it was behind me in the backlines, as I took shots with my bow.

The first swing of its giant axe would have killed me if not for my orcish blood. The second one did knock me out into darkness. Didn’t kill me though. No one healed me but I regained consciousness on my own. With my staff, I struck at the skeleton, and helped bring it down. Grav took care of the hag. 

When all was said and done, we had a magical cauldron the hag kept, capable of conjuring food. We didn’t need it ourselves, so we gave it to the speaker of Easthaven. I hope that small steps like this make the push to end human sacrifices. In exchange for the cauldron, we were given a bag capable of conjuring animals. The group allowed me to hold onto it.

It did come into use later that night, when we stopped by the White Lady Inn to sleep and took part in a seance. This was to learn about the rumored treasure at the bottom of Lac Dinneshare. The spirit didn’t take kindly to us and attacked. The panther from the bag helped banish it.

I grow tired of the dead not staying dead. At the very least, we hope that the murder investigation comes to an end tomorrow.

So, there have been some unexpected problems that have come up that will need to be addressed.

It turns out that I was going to be more busy over the summer than I expected. Not only do I have a summer class but I also have a new job. Both of these will keep me very busy. I hope that, on my days off, I can write one new entry for the Journal of Runark, and publish one podcast, which I am falling behind on.

There is hope in the future though. I will get time off work for a trip to the beach, where I get the best writing done. It was this same trip last year that I finished editing the House of Virgil. This year, I hope to get a lot of writing done towards the House of Virgil sequel. I will have schoolwork during this time, so I will have to wait and see what comes up.

And, as much as I hate to say this, but I have to close this agenda off on some bad news. I was reviewing the footage for the Iron Man challenge series, and unfortunately, it would seem that I accidentally uploaded the wrong videos. I am missing the content from Eversong Woods and Silverpine Forest and only have footage of Hillsbrad Foothills, where the run came to an “end” (I died due to my Internet disconnecting me, so I was interested in hearing if people thought I should continue after that). In the future, I may consider trying the challenge again, but for now, I am going to have to cut that off from planned content.

I do apologize for the delays but I hope to give more content shortly.

Until next time.

Traveled to Targos. It’s a decently sized town, not as big as Bryn Shander but it had plenty of people. We continued our investigation and met with the captain, Skath. He told us that the victim was trying to escape from the sacrifices Targos performed, much like the one from Bryn Shander. There’s the trend.

Afterwards, we traveled to Bremen to follow a rumor of a monster in the Maer Douldon. I wanted to see about the adventurers looking for Oyaminartok but the others weren’t interested. I’ll find her eventually, with or without the others looking.

Bremen’s a smaller town but had fishing. When investigating the rumors of the monster in the lake, we met with one dwarf in charge of the fishers who recruited us to fish for knucklehead trout in exchange for copper coins. We agreed so we could get to the lake. I wanted to help the people of Bremen and knucklehead trout are good for eating. A half-elf named Tali recruited us to study the creature the people were talking about and to bring notes to them at the Buried Treasure Inn.

We took rowboats to the Maer Douldon, Grav and Thana in one boat, and I was with Keeneye in the other. Fishing was good for some of us at least. I fished up two trouts as did Grav. Thana and Keeneye did not catch any.

The monster came for us. It was a beast but not one that I knew of. It attacked our boats and dived low so we couldn’t attack. I pulled out my bow to strike and landed a few hits even when it was submerged. Grav and Keeneye made the risk to jump into the freezing water to engage it in a melee battle. They killed it. I thought that it tried to run when they did. It did have some intelligence to it but maybe I was wrong.

The dwarf paid us some copper for the trout we brought back and Tali gave us a few gold coins along with a shared meal at the inn. The rewards were measly in all consideration but I wouldn’t pass on free food. It’s hard enough to survive on my own.

The innkeeper, Cora, told us her story while we ate. Her son, Huarwar, was nearly killed due to frostbite, and after he recovered, he became ill-mannered. Cora spoke of how she found a shard of black ice in his room and that he joined two tieflings to Caer-Konig. My companions agreed to find him especially as we found out that our potential suspect was heading there.

We asked for rumors throughout the day and found another connection. A merchant named Torg led her company through Bryn Shander and Targos at the time of the murders. She was a good lead and word has it she is at Caer-Konig. We made it back to Targos and stopped at the Luskan Arms to rest.

Summer break is here, and with the free time I have, it’s time to get to work on writing, podcasting, and more.

So, I can’t say for sure what some of the big projects for this month are going to be. I should be able to continue writing the Journal of Runark, which I am expected to finish before break is over. Additionally, I will publish multiple podcasts throughout the month, likely focusing on Running Curse of Strahd and Gettin’ Real with the Reels.

I would also like to say that I have started to get back to writing the House of Virgil already over the past weeks. While I will not be able to get it ready to publish over the summer, I remain optimistic that I will get enough of it done for a winter release, either during December or January. I will keep everyone updated on if that changes but for now progress is happening.

Summer is a time to relax but I am going to get work done on different projects whenever I can. Not much left to say for this update.

Until next time.

So, I have final projects to get on to finish off another year of college, so I’ll keep this monthly agenda short.

Only three weeks left of college for me and then I’m on summer break, where I will be able to work on my projects. Priority will be given to my writing, as I hope to get started on writing the House of Virgil sequel. Additionally, the campaign Runark was in has ended, I have compiled all of my notes together, so I am hoping to finish the Journal of Runark writing series over the summer as well.

While I have fallen behind with my writing, I would say that I have been keeping up with my podcasts. I fully expect for more podcasts from my series such as Running Curse of Strahd and Gettin’ Real with the Reels to continue. Additionally, the podcast covering the history of broadcasting will be posted this month.

Overall, summer break is meant as a way to catch up with projects I have fallen behind on. I doubt I will start anything new, except for maybe a new series of writings, but we’ll have to see for that. Finally, I hope to make significant progress with updating the website over the break.

Summer break is coming up, so expect for me to give more attention to my website and its projects coming up.

Until next time.