The Writer's Journey: Content Directory

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Hello!

Welcome to The Writer’s Journey, a publication where I, Bradley Ramsey, share my stories, poetry, articles about writing, and my podcast! I post a lot (like a lot), so this is meant to be an always up-to-date directory of everything!

Whether you’re looking to just find poetry, writing advice, or you want to dive into one of my series or connected universes, you’ll find links to everything here!

Table of Contents (Click to Jump to a Section)

• Writing Articles

• Poetry

• D’veen Tales

  • The Order of the Pawn

• Synaptic Sprawl Mythos Stories

  • The Chronicles of Clenchport

• General Short Stories

• The Saved as Draft Podcast

• Power up Prompts

• Writing Challenges

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Articles on The Craft of Writing

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Here you’ll find my advice on everything from finding your voice to dealing with stress, and more to come!

• How to Write Through the Stress

• The One-a-day Reading Challenge for Writers

• Finding Your Writer’s Voice

• 10 Lessons I’ve Learned in Ten Years as a Writer

• How to Fight Imposter Syndrome

• The Three Types of Writers: Plotters, Pantsers, and Plantsers

• How to Choose the Right POV For Your Story

• The Writer’s Guide to Self-Promotion

• Bradley Ramsey: The Man, the myth, the legend (Video Interview)

• The Art of Storytelling

• How to Set the Scope for Your Story

• Substack: My First Six Months

• 10 Tips For Writing Epic Battle Scenes

• The Sunshine Blogging Challenge

• Where Do We Go From Here?

• Level 36

• Mindful Monday Checkpoint #1: Writing as Meditation

• Mindful Monday Checkpoint #2: The Call to Write

• Mindful Monday Checkpoint #3: Your Voice, Your Stories

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Poetry

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Dive into my poems that mix experimental structures with deep and profound topics.

• A Letter to My Demons

• Beauty in The Ending

• The Battle Within

• A Face in the Crowd

• The Writer

• Broken Pieces

• A Version of Me

• Silence

• Burn the Past

• The Soul’s Ambrosia

• The Mind’s Mirror

• Immortality

• Reflections

• Nostalgia Overload

• Unapologetically You

• Heartbreak Defiant

• One More Day

• Not Now. Later.

• The Death of Hope

• The Horror

• The Last Dance

• CHECKMATE

• Darukna’s Dream

• Bathurst Inlet: A Rock on Mars

• You Built Me a Home with Your Words

• A Mile in Your Shoes

• I Decorate My Body with Your Secrets

• Exhale

• Funhouse Mirror

• Running in My Sleep

• The Point of No Return

• Tattered Sails

• A Sharp and Coarse Embrace

• Shelter Through the Storm

• Going Under

• Serenity

• The Planet’s Song

• Playing the Victim

• Perspectives on Eternity

• Inferno’s Reach: The Call to Burn

• A Brave Face

• A Good Listener

• Cursed Ground

• Beneath the Skin

• The Gift of My Curse

• Peace

• Step right up!

• Pretend we have forever

• I’ll take you home

• My Stardust Angel

• Cut Me

• Until the world stops turning

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D’veen Tales

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My fictional realm of D’veen combines science fiction and fantasy into a rich and evolving world. Featuring short stories and an upcoming series!

• The Tomb Where Marigolds Grow

• A Soul, Bound to Steel

• Fate’s Witness

• Storytime

• Isadora’s Final Stand

• Pirates and Pariahs

• The Flames of Redemption

• The Sunken Citadel

• The World of the Living

• A Titan’s Dream

The Order of the Pawn

A new series set in the realm of D’veen. Six Preludes are available now, introducing some of the main cast:

• Rage, My Faithful Companion

• The Last of Her Kind

• Secrets of the Sea

• The Weight of Memory

• The Veil Shattered

• The Fall of Avondale

• The Order of the Pawn: Chapter One

• The Order of the Pawn: Chapter Two

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Synaptic Sprawl Mythos Stories

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The Synaptic Sprawl is my horror mythos set within a vast multiverse beyond which lies the Abyssal Prison.

• Indigo Eyes

• The Not Deer

• I Live to Serve…

• The Forbidden Resurrection

• To The End

• The Uninvited Guest

• A Wayward Soul

• Abomination

• The Forgotten Child

• Until Mother Comes Home…

• Beyond the Sprawl

• I Think, Therefore A.I.

• Home Sweet Home

• Constants and Variables

• Echoes From the Abyss: Chapter One

• Echoes From the Abyss: Chapter Two

• Echoes From the Abyss: Chapter Three

• Echoes From the Abyss: Chapter Four

• Echoes From the Abyss: Chapter Five

• Echoes From the Abyss: Epilogue

• Me, Myself, and Them

• Midnight Sun

• Our Battleground

• The Miraculous Waters of Crescent Bay

• Threat Assessment: The Damascus Siren

• What Lies Beneath

• See You Again

• The Longest Day

• The Abyssal Pits of Abyn’yakthul

• Desire Reborn

• Into the Loop

• Not a Demon

• The Burden of Lifetimes

The Chronicles of Clenchport

An upcoming animated series set within my Synaptic Sprawl Mythos. Below, you can find stories set in and around the fictional town.

• The Chronicles of Clenchport: An Introduction

• Letters From Clenchport

• Keepers of the Black Flame

• The Greater Good

• Lavena’s Sacrifice

• Still, I Rise

• Escape From the Abyssal Prison

• Tape 47

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General Short Stories

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• The Unfathomable Beast of Xanadu-IV (Part One)

• Genesis

• Widowmaker

• Precious Cargo

• Coincidence

• Her Voice: Chapter One

• The Highway at the End of the World

• Faceless

• Ashes to Ashes

• Just in Time

• Eat the Rich

• The Breaking of Kandathu

• Hex Code

• Wrong Place, Wrong Time

• Hushed (Prequel to Her Voice)

• A Failed Experiment

• Chaos Theory

• Another Life

• A Cure for Burnout

• Crush Depth

• Crush Depth Part Two: Into the Breach

• The Game

• No Time for Regrets

• Mindful.Me (SIDE A)

• Mindful.Me (SIDE B)

• STALEMATE: Part One

• STALEMATE: Part Two

• The Eternal Hunt

• Once More

• Reaping the Whirlwind: Part One

• Reaping the Whirlwind: Part Two

• Reaping the Whirlwind: Part Three

• God for a Minute

• Too Close to Home

• Beneath the Ashes

• Island Otherside

• Crossroads Rock and Roll

• Subject AST-217: The Last Human

• Jeremy’s Dilemma

• From Here to Infinity

• The Carmine Canvas

• Almost Perfect

• OATHBREAKER

• Untamed

• In Hindsight

• When It’s Over

• The End of War

• The Blue Ridge Beacons

• Dagavik: Lord of the Unseen

• Dream Girl

• Devour

• An Eternity of Longing

• The Masks We Wear

• The Lightkeeper

• Beneath the Mask

• The Playwright

• Dragonfall

• The Third Mask

• A Living Legend

• The Blight

• The Baptism of Dorian Huxley

• Fata Morgana

• Sins of the Father

• The New Pact

• An Hour to Anywhere: Part One

• An Hour to Anywhere: Part Two

• An Hour to Anywhere: Part Three

• An Hour to Anywhere: Part Four

• Welcome to Clockburn

• The Thing That Lives in My Walls

• Hunger and Rage

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The Saved as Draft Podcast

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My weekly podcast about my writing projects and writing in general!

• Episode One: Snowed In

• Episode Two: Ghosted

• Episode Three: Overnight Success

• Episode Four: Self-Promotion

• Episode Five: The D’veen Challenge

• Episode Six: Power’s out

• Episode Seven: Things Just Got out of Hand…

• Episode Eight: Worldbuilding

• Episode Nine: Keep Writing

• Episode Ten: Plotters, Pantsers, Plantsers, Oh My!

• Episode Eleven: Point(s) of View

• Episode Twelve: An Interview with Animator James Nethery

• Episode Thirteen: The Writing Community

• Episode Fourteen: Interview With Designer and Writer Sarah Rusch

• Episode Fifteen: Marketing for Writers

• Episode Sixteen: The Successful Writer

• Episode Seventeen: Why I Write

• Episode Eighteen: Setting Writing Goals

• Episode Nineteen: Avoiding Writer’s Burnout

• Episode Twenty: Starting a Podcast

• Episode Twenty-one: Setting Your Story’s Scope

• Episode Twenty-two: D'veen Déjà vu

• Episode Twenty-three: Building a Connected Universe

• Episode Twenty-four: Hosting a Writing Challenge

• Episode Twenty-five: Writing Battle Scenes (Part One)

• Episode Twenty-six: Writing Battle Scenes (Part Two)

• Episode Twenty-seven: Juggling Multiple Writing Projects

• Episode Twenty-eight: Writing Through The Stress

• Episode Twenty-nine: Alright, Let’s Talk about AI

• Episode Thirty: The Void Beckons

• Episode Thirty-one: The Power of Poetry

• Episode 31.5: Clenchport Takeover

• Episode 32: Serial Fiction on Substack

• Episode 33: Feedback for Writers

• Episode 34: How Writers Build Their Worlds

• Episode 35: Seeking Inspiration

• Episode 36: Supporting Other Writers

• Episode 37: The First Indulgence Challenge - Week One

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Power up Prompts

Weekly writing prompts with a setting, a character, and a conflict to use however you’d like.

• Power up Prompt #1 (Open genre)

• Power up Prompt #2 (Open genre)

• Power up Prompt #3 (Fantasy)

• Power up Prompt #4 (Horror)

• Power up Prompt #5 (Romance)

• Power up Prompt #6 (Eldritch Horror)

• Power up Prompt #7 (Mystery)

• Power up Prompt #8 (Post-Apocalyptic)

• Power up Prompt #9 (Fantasy + D’veen)

• Power up Prompt #10 (Dialogue & Worldbuilding)

• Power up Prompt #11 (Open Genre)

• Power up Prompt #12 (Slasher Horror)

• Power up Prompt #13 (Sci-fi)

• Power up Prompt #14 (Crime Noir)

• Power up Prompt #15 (Steampunk)

Writing Challenges

I host 30-day challenges from time-to-time! You can find some of the recaps and posts about those here.

• Coming Soon: The First Indulgence

• The First Indulgence: Week 1 Recap