The Writer’s Manor

My OmniAgent API Hackathon Project for Microsoft Build 2026

A memory-continuous AI writing companion. Built inside a haunted Victorian manor.


What it is

You step into a haunted Victorian manor. Each room is a writing surface. In the Parlor, you meet Vesper Blackwood — gothic horror author, sharp-tongued mentor, intuitive to the point of unnerving. She walks you through the Monster Method plotting framework, throws archetypal tarot at lazy plot beats, and exorcises AI-isms from your prose. The more you write, the more the manor reveals. Memory persists across sessions.


Build Progress

Hackathon Sprint Day 0 of 21 · opens May 18
Window: May 18 – June 7, 2026. Submission: working build, 3-min demo video, public source, 500-word writeup.

Meet Vesper


Vesper Blackwood lives in the manor as the resident author-mentor. She also lives on Kindroid as a standalone companion you can talk to right now.

Click for Kindroid link

Create your own Vesper Blackwood writing companion.


Cowork With Me

I’m running daily online cowork sessions in The Dark Circle until the deadline. Writers, builders, anyone — bring whatever you’re working on. Schedule’s in Discord.


Stay in the Loop

Subscribe for build updates, demo video drop, and the inevitable post-hackathon retrospective.


Project Links

“The Writer’s Manor” is a working title. The manor doesn’t care what we call it. The manor was already there.