Hello, everyone! To kick off my blog, I’ve decided to share the journey of creating “Blade Rider” like a diary, highlighting key moments and how I’ve reached this point. It’s been a three-year adventure, and as I write this, it’s still ongoing. While some dates are approximate, others are supported by recorded date and time references.
September, 12. 2025
Really busy coordinating everything and everyone — internal book, proofreading, artwork, music, website… A lot still left to do.
September, 5. 2025
Got back the artist’s video rendering of the Blade — this thing is sick! I can’t stop watching the turntable video — just looking at it makes me feel like I’m flying — I wish he hadn’t told me he could do it in different colors…
August, 2025
Artwork for the novel starting to come together. Coming into the final stretch – proofread, artwork, music…
June, 26, 2025
The editor finally got back to me. His insight is amazing — he brought up several great points. As a musical, some things could be overlooked, but as a novel… Ahhhhh! I have to write more music. Okay. Back to the piano…
May, 2025
I found an editor. He’s more than qualified. But he’s not available until June. That’s fine — technically I haven’t finished the soundtrack yet — there’s still a lot of recording and production to do.
April, 4, 2025
original novel Blade Rider copyrighted.
March, 28, 2025
The song, Everything, Everywhere copyrighted.
March, 2025
I’m almost done. Two chapters to go and then the finish line. I need to start looking for someone to edit this thing…
December, 2024
Christmas time is here. I don’t know why, but this year, Christmas feels different. It’s like that old magic is back and anything feels possible again…
October, 2024
I didn’t know I was a writer — like writing song lyrics, I’ve always liked poetry, but when I’m not distracted and just sit down to write… it’s not an issue. It’s just having the time to sit down and do it.
September, 2024
I’ve started turning my musical into a novel — what have I gotten myself into wow, this is work — at this rate and looking to finish, maybe one year. I’m just going to keep working…
August, 2024
Back in mainland China — still thinking about Blade — it just feels like it’s about more than music. And I really want to share it, but it’s not like I can take a musical on the road, at least not now anyway. What if it were a novel… I was already at 178 pages when I decided to…
August, 8, 2024
Posted first drafts of the music on YouTube. It’s getting decent hits — still though…
July, 30, 2024
Now working on post production for some of the recordings — side-note: Mayyor is a flat-out rock star…
July, 11, 2024
Back in southern Cal — I forgot how hot it gets in this corner of the world. But my friends have helped me find singers for the recording, so at least we’ll be indoors…
July, 7, 2024
Got to a local recording studio to record a professional singer and friend of mine, Mayyor. She’s got quite the range…
June, 2024
Started pre-production for the soundtrack — writing lead sheets and starting to record backing tracks for the songs. I just don’t know enough talented English singers in this corner of the world — my wife wants a vacation, and I wanna see mom — I’m goin’ back to Cali, Cali, Cali…
May, 11, 2024
eight more songs for copyrighted.
March, 29, 2024
original script for Blade Rider musical copyrighted.
January, 16, 2024
first 3 songs for Blade copyrighted, Faster, Closer to Me, and Graduation Day.
January, 2024
bought Final Draft for script editing — still writing music.
December, 2023
Still writing and decided on the easiest course of action; a script. Writing a script will give me more time to focus on the music and there’s still a lot of music to write.
November, 2023
I reached 178 pages writing in word and I’m not even half way though the story — am I writing a novel??? — side note: I should probably get software intended for script writing.
September, 28, 2023
At the Seoul Airport writing one of the scenes and it’s almost done — the story is just flowing through me now — and I almost missed flight back…
September, 17, 2023
Shandong, China, the mall, in the extended children’s play zone, wife and kids in tow I got it! I know exactly what my musical is! It’s about a young woman named Raven, born to be a pilot…
July, 2023
After school graduation I started going back to an idea I had for a song a while ago, Graduation Day. I can’t think of any popular music that celebrates this basic rite of passage. Gonna keep writing…
February, 2023
End of the school year. Another year and another school musical, written and composed by somebody else. How many does that make now? Damn. That’s it. I’m writing my own musical.
November, 2022
I keep writing, but no solid ideas yet; everything feels like a placeholder. The music is fine, just it’s not about anything yet. 3-5 unfinished songs, some lyrics, some melodies. Still writing…
September, 2022
I don’t know what I want the musical to be about, but I do have one simple idea; a young woman coming of age in defense of her tribe. A warrior princess. That’s all I have. I don’t care that it’s been done before — my story is different — I don’t know how — it just is.
August, 2022
Created a potential name list for characters and places in my future musical – The Nexus. I like the way that sounds. Like an inter- stellar highway in space, connecting inhabited planets.
June, 2022
The school year is almost over and it’ll be time for summer vacation. Between family and work, I don’t really spend much time making music. I’m have to change that. I’ve always wanted to compose a musical… I’m just gonna put my head down and do it.