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40 degrees with with a gentle 3 knot northerly wind


Captain's Log: 03/03/2026

Sometimes when enduring the process of writing a long narrative, one sometimes tends to make discoveries along the way. Not only within your own writing, but inside the foundations you've already laid out. With the chilling cold winds of winter prepping its departure, and the warm sunny days of the coming seasons ahead of my bow. While I personally don't fancy the heat of the summer, the longer sunny days do fill my heart with excitement. With March having just begun, it's time to enclose your monthly log entry.


Concerning my Writing:

Currently sitting at a humble 40K words in the first draft of my second manuscript, the second installment in my Last Pirate King series, which will now be forecasted for 5 books altogether. Along the way of beginning the final main scene before, presently in my writing at this very moment, opening up the first main act of the book; I came across a discovery--a revelation within my own writing. It was a shock to say the least, but while brainstorming on the mythological reflections this manuscript would make, as compared to my first, came to me as a chilling phrase. The phrase that hit me, happened to be from, Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, "If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you."

That quote from Mr. Nietzsche hit me like a runaway freight train while writing out the last scene. Among the mythological reflections I make in the first book, the second will have a strong significance towards not a single mythology, but a phenomenon among mythologies. This revelation will not only change how I'm writing out the rest of this manuscript, but I had already laid down the groundwork for this exact phenomenon without even realizing it--in various ways throughout the first 100 pages. Which, for a moment, had genuinely spooked me. Causing me to question who's really in control at the helm of this narrative, me? Or the Creative Monkey? Nonetheless, the current course and heading with the second book is clear and looks like some easy pages will be duked out over the next few months. Because while my biggest challenge is always the first 100 pages of laying down the keel for the plot and story, the rest seems to flow so much easier once everything gets going after the first act.


Concerning my opinion on writing:

Overtime I came to realize that some readers are a fickle bunch, and everyone has their own taste in narration POV as well as writing prose that some may also prefer. But a few weeks ago, I decided to torture myself by reading 1 star reviews of works that are considered to be "classics" or "masterpieces" in the craft of fiction writing. Among these books were The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice,  and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Reading through most of these had me wonder a few things when it comes to writers nowadays compared to writers then. It comes as a little reminder that you will not be able to please everyone, as euphoric as it may sound to think of your own work as a masterful class of writing, there's always going to be that one person that simply won't see the value in the script you offer them. While it genuinely fascinating for someone to read any of Tolkien’s work and find it, as some of those reviews have put it, unreadable. But as the saying goes, you can’t impress everyone. I’m certain even good ol’ Gandalf would find that to be something every writer should keep close to them.

Concerning the Captain:

For the moment I’m feeling well, and have managed to avoid getting sick. With a mild case of the usual coming spring sicknesses. However my health will only get more complicated with the rise of the warmer weather. While I’m not to complain about a pleasant 70 degree day—in my opinion the perfect temperature. But being a walking human heating radiator, the heat and I seldom get along. Making the summer, my least favorite season. The heat, the humidity, the possibility of passing out from heat stroke simply by being out in said sweltering heat; not my idea of a good time. Unless, of course, if I’m out swimming. Nonetheless I’m not a weather controlling mutant, so the heat of the summer will arrive whether I’d like it to or not, I simply need to take care of myself and do what I can to protect myself from the coming heat. For now I’m looking forward to the pleasant temperatures of the spring, and the many walks to the park that will follow; which I’ve very much missed.

Concerning the crew:

Everyone’s more excited for the warmer weather than I am, spirits are electric with anticipation.


Until we next make full sail,

Flynn Forecastle ⚓️

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