Taetime
The blog Notes that drifted in on the tide.
Featured dispatchCharacter Spotlight: Itachi "Fukurou" Kurogane
Character spotlight on Itachi Kurogane — the ghost story the Abyss underworld tells itself.
- AI Music: How I Actually Make It My actual process for AI music: lyrics, tools, character difficulty, and the Cenere problem. AI Music: How I Actually Make It
- Vitrium: Building a Fictional Band How I built Vitrium — a fictional K-pop-inspired international band — across ten bots and eight albums. Vitrium: Building a Fictional Band
- Silverwood Chronicles: Origin How the Silverwoodverse started with two OCs and became a world with its own map. Silverwood Chronicles: Origin
- Why I Make What I Make The honest answer to why I make AI characters, and what keeps me going. Why I Make What I Make
- Character Spotlight: Rhys Vale Character spotlight on Rhys Vale — the billionaire who couldn't stay gone. Character Spotlight: Rhys Vale
- The Board Behind the Bots: How I Use Trello How I use Trello to manage a 100+ character portfolio without losing my mind. The Board Behind the Bots: How I Use Trello
- A Bot That Didn't Work: Carina Vaerin The character that didn't work, what I learned, and why failure is part of the process. A Bot That Didn't Work: Carina Vaerin
- Character Spotlight: Vyra Silverwood Character spotlight on Vyra Silverwood — the OC who started an entire universe. Character Spotlight: Vyra Silverwood
- The Lore Question How much lore is too much, and how to thread it without losing the reader. The Lore Question
- Slow Burn Is a Design Choice Why slow burn is a deliberate craft choice, not a default setting. Slow Burn Is a Design Choice
- Platform Talk: Where I Build and Why Which platforms I use, why, and what I'd tell someone starting from scratch. Platform Talk: Where I Build and Why
- Writing Morally Grey Without Losing the Reader Four characters, four kinds of grey — and how to keep readers on the hook anyway. Writing Morally Grey Without Losing the Reader
- On Collaborations Two kinds of collabs, all the moving parts, and why the snowball method is my favourite. On Collaborations
- Character Spotlight: Kaien Aurelian Darielle A deep dive into the political marriage concept and the character who drove himself. Character Spotlight: Kaien Aurelian Darielle
- What Makes a Greeting Scene Work What separates a greeting that lands from one that doesn't — dialogue, presence, and the hook. What Makes a Greeting Scene Work
- How I Build a Character From Nothing The four phases of building a character: sheet, visuals, greeting, HTML card. How I Build a Character From Nothing
- Who is Taekhesis? Name origin, writing history, how the whole thing started. Who is Taekhesis?