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The Cryptid Times – December 2025
Warm holiday greetings, friends. As you may have noticed, I skipped the last two newsletter updates. I thought I’d done one for October but as I can now see, I started it and never finished. Without getting too deep into it, a lot happened over the last couple of months, and it’s basically just good…
The Cryptid Times – September 2025
Hello beautiful readers and anyone else who happens to stumble on my ramblings! Fall is basically here, and this cryptid is *thriving* in this weather. At least, as much as I can. Here’s your monthly update on my writing. Unfortunately, I only managed about 1k of words more than last check-in. I’ll be honest, writing…
Newsletter: The Cryptid Times – August 2025
Hello friends! As usual, you can call me Al. I’m going to try and do something different with my website, which is to say, I’ll be doing my best to make monthly posts and let you know what’s going on in my weird little horned hobbit life. I think how I’ll be formatting this is…
Free e-book on me!
Hey friends! I guess better late than never. I’d forgotten it was Indie April and was reminded when I got back on social media. So, for my contribution, The Devil Went Down on Georgia is FREE today and tomorrow (if I set it up correctly. I’m pretty sure I did. Follow the link below and…
2025: The Good, The Bad, and The Frustrating
In an effort to not be immediately cynical or somber, I’d like to start this post by sharing a small victory. I went to my very first book fair, and it was an incredibly positive, uplifting experience. I met people who were legitimately interested in my works, and I sold books! I was only able…
2024 & the human behind the cryptid
Hey friends. It’s your favorite cryptid Al. I’ve always debated with myself as to how much of my personal life is appropriate to share on the internet. I tend to like my privacy, which is why I have almost no ‘personal’ accounts to speak of online. I don’t see the merit, and the people who…
Getting through the dark
Hi friends, your favorite cryptid author is back. I haven’t been posting much on Threads this last week because of the muck I’m trying to sort out in my cranial cavity (where there may or may not be a brain present, honestly I’m not sure sometimes). I didn’t mean for my writer’s blog/website to have…
The meaning behind the books
*Trigger warning: mentions of abuse* Hey friends! Al here, dishing out some fun little factoids about the person behind the mask. In my last post, I mentioned the fact that I was raised in a *very* conservative christian household. As you may have surmised, perhaps from your own experiences, that fucking sucked. Excuse me while…
Plans for the future
Hey friends! Al here, busy as I’ve ever been. When it comes to blogging and keeping blogs updated, I tend to fall short because I have a hard time figuring out what people would want to read from me. I thought about saying ‘oh I’ll start posting every other week’, but I think that’s a…
A Writer’s Heart vs Their Brand
At the time of writing this we are just 13 days away from Blood and Key Lime Pie being released on Kindle and paperback! This cryptid’s heart swells with joy knowing my writing will once again be gracing that cold, capitalist-centric corner of the internet. Though the closer we get to that date, the more…
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