“We are not the ones we pretend to be. Why do you insist on pretending to be someone you are not?” #writing

“Do what you are told or you will be shot. You have, by your actions, agreed not to question or think.” #writing

“Childood has never been left up to children.” #writing #life

“Time has gravity. The longer you spend in time, the faster you go.” #writing

“Some days I bemoan not having vultures circling overhead.” #writing

“It is better to be inept than their inept-but-power-hungry leader” #writing

Writing view. #writing

Hey, if you’re a marketing company who is trying to market my books, feel free to do so but don’t expect me to pay you for my work. #book #writing #marketing

“Dictators who look up to other dictators are weak and dependent on others.” #writing

“Power clings to power. It wouldn’t be so bad if the weak didn’t cling to the powerful.” #writing #power

Growing up, cackling only occurred in books about old witches. Now, it’s ever-prevalent. Wither there are more old witches or old witch-wannabes. #life #writing

“Justice and laws aren’t just a convenience for the abuse of those not in power. Privilege only exists because those in power give it to themselves.” #writing

“Just because you have power doesn’t mean you get to abuse it.” #writing

“There’s not enough love to go around.” #writing

“How many last names should a sane person have?” #writing #throwawayline

“A country ain’t a country if it denies others.” #writing

“Murder Most Rare” “Murder Most Obnoxious” “Murder Most Vile” “Murder Incoming” “Murder Deserved” “Murder Most Gratuitous” “Happy Murder Town” “Murder On the Mind” #writing

“The dead pool at the bottom eventually.” #writing #throwawayline

When writing, if you prefer going down rabbit holes than writing, you should be a researcher instead of a writer. #writing #research

“Delaware isn’t where the cool people go. It’s where they go to die.” #writing

“Words flowed out of him as they did with a writer struggling to find a word.” #writing

Cool. I got the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity panel assignments. I’m moderating two: AI-Assisted Writing & Ethical Considerations, Animal Characters That Jump Off the Page, and on a panel for Short-Form & Serial Content. It should be fun. #writing #mdc3con

Another decent writing day. It’s time to start pulling the strings together. #writing

“I find humans are always lost.” #writing #throwawayline

“Wars are meant to be fought, and never about arbitration or ‘talks’. Politics, is about making wars acceptable.” #writing