“You can’t defeat time. But you can circumvent it.” #writing

“The secret of success is not failing. Good luck with that.” #writing

“Your parents knew you were a failure before you were born. What makes you think you can prove them wrong?” #writing

I still wish I could find a good local writing retreat. Or another local writing conf to go to. #writing

“Guilt is a form of currency. Th emote you can leverage, the better off you are.” #writing

The closer you are to a person, the more violent the dynamics. #life #character #writing

“Most life is tedious and boring to the observer. More so to the participants. Until you come of a certain age. Then ,you spend a lot of time discussing diseases, real and imagined.” #writing

“Gods apparently like to hang out in nature: deserts, bushes, and that sort of thing.” #writing

More words added to Coins of Destiny 3. Brutally slow progress, but it is progress. #writing

“The Kaiju At the End Of the Block” should be a title. #writing

Tout is a seldom-used word, nowadays. As is frilly. #writing #wordage

“Slow isn’t always the opposite of fast.” #writing

“Throw up…no, I meant your hands.” #writing #throwawayline

“Would you rather have an angry spouse or a pestilent child? Me? I’d rather have a pestilent child. It’ll probably die.” #writing #throwawayline

What line has no one ever said? #writing #prompt #life

“Find life inside yourself. It’s there, if you look hard enough.” #writing

“Sleep until you can no longer wake.” #writing #throwawayline

“Sleep is a dream of the insomniac.” #writing

I’m slogging through writing this book. At least I’m moving it forward. I think following the detailed outline, is slowing me down. Live and learn. Or, live and wing it. #writing

“She spat phlegm, mucus, and spittle. ‘No one insults me,’ she grumbled, pulling a rusty and decaying revolver from her Fanny pack. She pulled the trigger, and the ancient weapon spat a bullet, clean and new at her target.” #writing #throwawayline

“The undead rained down on him the way rain did, but harder.” #writing #throwawayline

“The Thinking Machine” by Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen , was one of the more enjoyable short story series I read while growing up. It didn’t involve computers or Ai. Just a human, thinking. #life #writing

“The darkness came because they gave up on the light.” #writing

“The holidays are coming! The holidays are coming!” The man on the tired horse trotted through the countryside repeating the call. Most turned away in disgust. Some put up a representation of a tree. Others, just stared at their phones hitting the “Submit Order” button. #writing

“You haven’t lived if you have never died.” #writing