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Some people notice damage before it’s visible. Some carry information they can’t safely use. Some continue functioning because stopping would cost more. This feed exists to record those conditions. #TheRiftwalkerFiles

@canopycritique I would appreciate that, actually. Go ahead and drop me a DM.

@riftwalkerpress I love the serialized format, it must be exciting to release each issue like that. If you’re looking for feedback, would you need a beta reader to go through it and give detailed notes?

Some stories you write because you want to. Some you write because they won't leave you alone until you do. The Riftwalker Files was the second kind. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #TheRiftwalkerFiles

@canopycritique I'm still writing it. The Riftwalker Files is a serialized story that I started publishing just this month. Each chapter, or issue as I like calling them, is published on the 2nd & 3rd Wednesday of the month. Issues 1 and 2 are already live on Substack and Patreon.

@riftwalkerpress Love that! Are you still writing The Riftwalker Files, or is it finished now?

The eyes see nothing. The mind disagrees. Darkness doesn't empty a room. It lets your brain fill it with what might be there. What could be there... What you hope isn't... And the things in-between. #TheRiftwalkerFiles #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

@SDDonovan There's a lot involved. I mean, it's not complex, but you have to be doing it constantly, and when you're done you have to find more ways to market and then work those. Rinse and repeat.

@riftwalkerpress I am trying and failing at the marketing 😭😅

Hot take! Most writers don’t fail from bad writing, they fail because nobody knows they exist. Marketing and visibility is huge.

@SDDonovan This has heavy Hunter S. Thompson vibes. #gonzo #huntersthompson #wherestherumgone

I ate an ENTIRE thing of popcorn while drinking rum. Editing draft 5 of my WIP? Fire. So emotional, I can see why Stephen King wrote the way he did. The popcorn though? Massive mistake.

Deep in Issue 3. One scene keeps resisting. Sometimes that means the scene is wrong. Sometimes it means I'm not ready to write it yet. Still figuring out which. #TheRiftwalkerFiles #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

The emergency shutdown was designed by people who believed emergencies would wait for the shutdown. #SciFiFri

Two Founding Members away from my goal this week. Lifetime access to all issues of The Riftwalker Files, bonus material, and more, for a one-time payment. Help support Riftwalker Press Studio. Become a Founding Member. ko-fi.com/riftwalkerpress #TheRiftwalkerFiles #WritingCommunity

This is my second release day and I must admit I'm still not used to it. The draft for Issue 2 lived in my head for months. Now it's out there in the wild, roaming world now. Doing whatever it is that published works do when they go out on their own. Strange feeling...like sending the kids off to college.

Twenty-five witnesses...that's all. Your name in every issue. Every volume. Permanently. Not a subscription. Not a tier. A mark that holds in a story about things that fracture. $75. 25 spots. Then this closes and never reopens. bit.ly/483Ckn9 #TheRiftwalkerFiles #ReadingCommunity #IndiePublishing

Issue 2 is live! The Riftwalker Files continues. The story that started in Issue 1 goes deeper and darker. Available to read now for subscribers. Check it out now. Substack - bit.ly/47B4y8T Patreon - bit.ly/4tlJmw3 Issue 1 is still free and will always be free. Find it now on Substack and Patreon. #TheRiftwalkerFiles #ReadingCommunity #Seattle

Tomorrow morning, 3/25/26. 9 AM PDT. Issue 2 goes live. #TheRIftwalkerFiles #Seattle #ReadingCommunity

*READER FEEDBACK REQUEST* If you've read Issue 1, I want to hear from you. What landed? What didn't? What stuck with you after you finished? Looking for honest reactions. Reply or DM. I'm listening. #TheRiftwalkerFiles #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

The thing about serialized fiction is you're already writing the next issue while readers are still finding the last one. No pause button. Just momentum. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TheRiftwalkerFiles

Issue 2 is two days out. The proofreading is done. There's nothing left to fix. That's the worst part... Sitting with a draft you can't change anymore. #TheRiftwalkerFiles #ReadingCommunity #AmWriting

The danger isn't visible. Instability doesn't announce itself... It accumulates... Quietly.... Until the thing that was holding suddenly isn't. #Noir #Seattle #WritingCommunity

A character's silence hits harder when you've established they always have something to say. Set patterns, then break them. That's where the weight lives. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #TheRiftwalkerFiles

Noir doesn't punish characters for being bad. It punishes them for wanting something badly enough to compromise. The fall starts with the reach. #ReadingCommunity #Noir #TheRiftwalkerFiles