“You haven’t lived up to your potential. We’re trading you for three squirrels and a hamster.” #writing #life

“When everyone gives up or agrees, that’s when dictatorship takes hold.” #writing

“Sometimes, you need to throw away everything you hold dear to find what you really value.” #writing

“Some people are so self-enamored they are willing to kill not only people but pets, animals, and the planet in order to prove everyone loves them.” #writing #character

“Your life is out for delivery.” “You life has been mis-routed. Please contact your supplier to file a claim.” #writing #throwawayline

“What’s normal about him? He’s everything everyone wants to be. That’s not normal.” #writing

This week has been full of errands and doing non-writing stuff. Next week, I’ll hunker down and start pouring words out of my cracked mind onto the page. #writing

“Denying people medical help, education, and a free “voice” isn’t power. It’s sadism. That’s what they want and what we can’t let them have.” #writing

“He wore a shirt one size too small because he thought it made him look slimmer. The flesh between the buttons spoke otherwise.” #writing #character

“What’s the worst thing that can happen?” “I could be killed.” “We all die. Would you rather die being yourself or live a lie?” “I’d rather live a lie.” “Join the rest of humanity.” #writing #throwawayline

I consider going back and rewriting or re-editing my earlier books. Doing so would change them in a way that reflects the way I am now and not what I was when I wrote them. The mistakes exist to teach me what I have done wrong. Erasing mistakes is never a solution. #writing #life #success

Messing with people’s minds is what authors do. #writing #author

“The way to follow-up success is either with failure, the same level, or a better success. Oh. There is one more option. You don’t follow up. Each brings its own advantages and disadvantages.” #writing

“He was life-adjacent.” #writing

“Exagerrate the impossible. Then do it! That’s how you become a legend.” #writing

“Having ‘a mind of your own’ isn’t something most people have. Most people want to be like everyone else––the cool ones. They want to belong. Belonging means giving up your individuality. You can’t think individual thoughts when you want to belong to the horde.” #writing

Structure auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing

Schedule of sessions for Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity conference is up. creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2025-pres… See you there. #mdc3con #writing #author #books

“Sometimes, nature has no idea what course you’re trying to take.” #writing.

Observed: “They were old. They didn’t understand the music. They sat and drank their wine.” #writing #character

“It’s easy being stupid. That’s why everyone does it.” #writing

Cool. The Genre Bending session of C3 is gone after I told them we’d done it last year. Now I’m on a panel with Jodie Lynn Nye. #writing #mdc3con

Publishing a book is performance art. #writing #publishing

“A mysterious wizard appears through a portal and tells you that you suck at being a human. He tells you that you must save yourself. He hands you a stick and a notebook, and then promptly disappears. What do you do?” #writing #prompt

“Even his closest friends stayed away.” #writing #throwawayline