“If your kid screams, they better be getting painfully killed.” #writing

I should write a book full of emoji… (emoji is plural. Not emojis.) Emoji are the hieroglyphs of today, and just as inscrutable. #writing

I’m still fighting my way through the deep snow of writing the latest book–or so it feels. I’m about 1/4 of the way through the first draft (not draught). Granted, I’m not pushing myself with this book and don’t have a self-deadline. #writing

“I’m in the no.” “Yes, you are.” #writing #throwawayline

What story do you wish you could write, but choose not to? #writing #story

“Murphy is a bad jokester. Karma is the ninja.” #writing

“Old white dudes, full of vinegar and scorn tend to claim godhood, believing they are closer to god because they are of a certain age and male.” #writing

“The greatest lie alien creatures ever told was that they were human. The greatest lie humans have ever told was that they care.” #writing

The reason dystopian fiction works is to remind everyone that things can always be worse than they are. This applies to all of us living in our dystopia–personal or otherwise. #life #writing

“Playing god without god’s power amounts to being an ant without an ant’s power. Too may, nowadays, play at god while being an ant.” #writing

“You don’t own your timeline. You don’t even rent it. You just take up some dank, dark, dusty corner of it, looking for some light.” #writing

“Few people, nowadays, remember the comedy team of the Marx brothers: Vladimir, Karl, Mao, and Tito.” #writing #throwawayline

“The job of a good prophet is not to foretell the future, but to warn of potential disaster, real or imagined. Prophets, sane or insane, are god’s mouthpiece. And god always speaks in riddles–not because god enjoys jokes, but because god is insane.” #writing

“It’s not about who you can overwhelm and subjugate. It’s about who you can raise up to your own level or higher. That is the true metal of a leader.” #writing

“He cried, as an infant cries. Which was appropriate since he was an appropriated infant.” #writing #throwawayline

“Magicians are charlatans, because they have no source of power. That’s why sorcerer’s are to be taken seriously.” #writing #throwawayline

“Why do human infants get slapped at birth? Other animals don’t get slapped into existence. It’s because human adults want obedience and power—and it makes the parents feel good.” #writing #character

“An interesting character is one who either does something you want them to do, or does something unexpected that makes you want to do what they did.” #writing #character

“A blank page, like a blank person, can be molded and shaped into something almost human.” #writing

“He went around sniffing chairs to see if anyone had sat in them.” #writing #character

“The Reliquary of Endless Caffeine” #writing #throwawayline

“Just because someone hates you doesn’t mean they don’t want to kill you. Still, that’s no excuse to killing them first.” #writing

“Put your nose to the litterbox.” #writing #throwawayline

I’ve written paranormal, but I’ve never written a novel based on a magic system. Which makes me wonder. What is the difference between “genre” and life? And why do people focus on one over the other? #life #genre #writing

Conflict happens because you disagree with the universe. #writing #character