Good morning. It feels like autumn on the first day of fall, or maybe vice versa. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Great writing day. Some days you get into a zone and you end up with hippos instead of elephants when you write. Everyone knows you want hippos. #writing

“Documentaries” that have music/soundtrack are trying to influence via emotion and are not documentaries. Flame on! #documentary #failure

Well, that’s cool. One of the servers told me that someone stole a book they bought from me and now they want another one. I guess my books are worth stealing. Please don’t. Support authors. We don’t make a lot of money on books. #writing #reading #author

Do you still buy books to add to your TBR Tsundoku pile knowing you won’t live long enough to read them? #books #reading #tsundoku

“Life is a misconception.” #writing

Crab cakes should have salmon icing.~ #food #baking

Goofiness is not stupidity. Be goofy. #life

Theoretical question: Will computer hardware become so complex that creating games for it will be cost-prohibitive? #gamedev #technology

Good morning. Enjoy the last day of summer. Time for the ceremonial coffee

C3 shutting down for another year. Another great conference. Saw a lot of old friends, made some new ones, and sold some books. Also, bought some. #writing #mdc3con

Good morning. Conference winding down. Time for the ceremonial Coffee.

Fun day. Good panels. Good one on one convos. The stuff i auctioned off brought in around $300 for the conference. I also had a mead tasting w/my mead. The beet mead was a surprise hit. #mdc3con

Well that’s a first. Someone told me I have a calming affect on the conference. #mdc3con #writing

Good morning. Up early to get some writing done before the conference kicks in for the day. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #mdc3con #writing

Phew! First day done. Fun and, as an introvert, stressful. More of the same tomorrow. The AI panel for writers was somewhat contentious but we had some important discussions. Short story panel was fun. #mdc3con #writing

Observation: some authors wear the same clothes year in and year out, no matter where they go. #life

Ego is a poor substitute for knowledge, #life

Still waking up. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #mdc3con

The Vase He: “I didn’t want to upset you.” She: “Hand me that vase.” He, in horror: “What are you doing?” She: “We have to drain the blood.” #writing #flashfiction

Well, I got talke into doing a class on flash fiction next year. #writing #mdc3con #flashfiction

Dinner

Do hotels still have “house detectives”? Doubt it. #hotel #writing

Checked in. Got some writing done. Caught up with a bunch of people. Fun. #mdc3con #writing

I’m back in Columbia MD for C3 #writing #conf