A weird fiction and psychological horror audio drama wrapped in Filipino & Western mythology. "Do not look directly at the shadowed moon. If you must, you may watch it within the well." https://themooncrown.com/https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lyn74oqk7k2ewhen one of the most beneficial things you've learned via sound design is how to cut remixes so you only get the parts that won't drive you up the wall... literally tightened it from 5:17 to 2:45. In another I cut a scream, because I listen to it on repeat for hours. No more stress every 3 minutes 💀12 Sep 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn74oqk7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lqzc4ysszk25spies??? in MY cosmic horror romance novel? it's more likely than you think07 Jun 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqzc4ysszk25https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lqf7664zpc2cLast night I told my partner I figured out the solution to so many things for my book and he was ready for something mind blowing and I just said, "Birthday party. It solves *everything*" btw it's a horror novel30 May 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf7664zpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lprs6j77fk2itrying to describe one of my MC's mundane lives living in a cosmic horror entity and... Finally pinned it down. "It's like a middle manager working in FiDi, commuting in NYC, but in hell."22 May 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprs6j77fk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lncel7u62k2wYUP I'm really into the audio drama spinoff of the novel I've been working on. As in, the making playlists kind of "into it". TMC's season 1 finale will come out eventually, but I haven't been able to find my PC parts since moving. So that's the hold up on that one.21 Apr 2025 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncel7u62k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lmxnpui35k23Wouldn't be me if I didn't get 90% into a project and went "what if I adapted this to another medium?" Book's nearly there and I'm out here wanting to make a pilot episode for tv for a series about of the main antagonist's arrival in "Hell" and his descent I love the idea though16 Apr 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxnpui35k23https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lgy46qeukk2gSup y'all, finally throwing something TMC related on here! If you follow or have followed the show elsewhere, just be aware that any updates that are meant for social media will be on bsky and tumblr at the most. Still considering removing TMC from a certain platform.30 Jan 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgy46qeukk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lgnzzetsic2lokay BUT the wild thing is, splitting this up means I'll have written three novels. Holy smokes. Kind of cool. This includes my cyberpunk novel from 2012. I didn't finish it until 2017 but it HAS been beta read and I've worked on it a tad over the years, including last month. Hot damn26 Jan 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnzzetsic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lgnz4lakr22lugh there's no way anyone's going to go for a duology so I just have to forget telling Nate and Nila's perspectives. Which means giving up rep for Nate being demi and minimizing my focus on GAD. Damian's identity might need to be rewritten if I cut out everything in part two26 Jan 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnz4lakr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lgjtuv6dqs23Cut around 3k down today and placed pivotal backstory sooner so that it feels less like "plot twist, tragic past!" It's so much nicer in this chapter! It's better thematically too ahhhhh25 Jan 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjtuv6dqs23https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lggatk5kus2qMore book stuff, it's now less Inferno and more so a twisty cosmic horror katabasis And it's looking like it has to be split in two 😭23 Jan 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggatk5kus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lf3nm5lmpc2uYO I just realized you can add IMAGES to your Spotify playlists?! WHAT today's time sink had been unlocked 👍06 Jan 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3nm5lmpc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lennnl62rk2lalso my favorite recurring joke is the love interest walking into the middle of a serious discussion between two characters and immediately sneezing idk WHY that's so funny to me, but every time I edit, it makes me bust out laughing and have to explain to my partner that someone sneezed again01 Jan 2025 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lennnl62rk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lenk7w7zhc2kin typical chaotic evil writer fashion, I've been stuck with my current project, so decided to switch to writing the sequel 👍 Been trying to get my last few chapters finished but instead I've been spending my time editing finished ones instead. Here's to the new year, time to get things done 🎉💜01 Jan 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenk7w7zhc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3le7sb7gmdk24I'm going to die I'm another 7k up from my last update, and there's still major beats to hit I'm sure I'll be able to get it down... It's not like it's PERFECT right now. But that feels so crazy, I'm going to have to be ruthless about killing my darlings when I'm done and I am not ready for this 😭26 Dec 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3le7sb7gmdk24https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3ldx6rtgt622zAH out of curiosity over my own writing style's evolution, I opened up my 1st finished novel which was critiqued and fully beta read *7 years* ago. Never edited it bc I'm a scaredy cat. Guess what my new fixation is. I DID work on Minos in Momo's Inferno today like I mentioned, though!23 Dec 2024 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldx6rtgt622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3ldvm4dav7k2nI've been struggling with what to do about these DANG mythological figures Dante put in because they're good conflict/plot devices in the OG. I've just been writing them in as is, but I thought of the silliest solution to rework the small nods I have and I'm kind of excited to give them another go 🎉22 Dec 2024 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvm4dav7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3ldt6jxhszk26writing scripts for 2 years shows in how much dialogue I use 💀 one of my fav things to write is my cinnamon roll decimating people. So Lamb coded. The dream of one day hearing these monologues performed ahhhh HONESTLY, I feel all of the MCs are cinnamon roles. Opposite of my usual writing21 Dec 2024 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldt6jxhszk26https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3ldj3rsvvrs2wI'm at 128k in the novel and I've been trying to cut it down and refine it but it's so tough! I hope something comes of this. I know it's tooting my own horn but I think it's a really sweet love story (I wouldn't still be writing it if I didn't love it, after all) and I'd be so happy to share it 😭17 Dec 2024 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj3rsvvrs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lcha7ldad22jFocused on fixing telling and nuance in the first four chapters and trying to slash the word count today, and I've jumped in wc working on a new chapter. Ultimately, numbers don't mean a whole lot! It's just a question of finishing and gutting what doesn't work. I'm glad I wrote at all today tho 😵04 Dec 2024 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcha7ldad22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3lcc7zegl7s2mdaily crisis over how I have 114k words, and this monster isn't done, and it's going to be so hard to pitch if I can't edit it down to sub-110 must focus on finishing, do not look at pubtips, do not play with query letters 💀 Listening to "Write Your Novel from the Middle" though 👍02 Dec 2024 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcc7zegl7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3l7mjr4wiig24so, like, here's what 80k words looks like in 25 days (i got the wrist brace for drawing last month, multipurpose tools hell yeah)29 Oct 2024 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7mjr4wiig24https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3l7ipntymal2qnow that I'm here and it feels like a little bit of a reboot from using twitter, I may post a little bit of my writing celebrations even if they're not TMC related I hit 76k words in this surreal horror romance novel I'm writing, during a big edit session! p cool, v much left to do off i go again27 Oct 2024 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7ipntymal2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3kfiwj3omov2cGuess what's coming soon 🌚 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Q3EZsERb60y5EzTDbWFEO?si=8d8353be05be4d6401 Dec 2023 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfiwj3omov2chttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3k5fnwzpp5d27You better believe I'm bringing all of my bird app posts to this here site. I'm not even to the bulk of the sfx yet, and so so far away from the modulation. I love sound design but the more blocks I highlight to make time for scenes in the middle, the more terror I feel20 Aug 2023 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5fnwzpp5d27https://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3k5dq4ai53c2vSince they're not here, I'm giving a shout-out to the Twin Stranger Production's Syntax IndieGoGo! I love the show so much. The worldbuilding is fantastic and I adore the characters, so I'm scared out of my mind every ep. release https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/syntax-season-three/x/31595813#/19 Aug 2023 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5dq4ai53c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/themooncrown.bsky.social/post/3k5dpsbv3nw2mWhile I'm here, guess who's been listening to death screams and compiling bloopers. I don't think I'll be getting pure chaos from all of the 20+ cast members in the finale, but what I do have is *giving me life*19 Aug 2023 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:ki3e6mcsjideeoeviqunwslc/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5dpsbv3nw2m