“Snark is the knife that cuts without being seen.” #writing

“You don’t need to be a comedian to have a sense of humor. In fact, it helps not to have one if you want to be a comedian.” #writing

“His report card was full of four-letter words, with the trailing three letters omitted.” #writing

“The only rational thing left is to be irrational.” #writing

“The only difference between a bad AI and myself, is that a bad AI apologizes and goes on to make mistakes, whereas, I’ve learned to blame someone or something else.” #writing #ai #life #failure

“Somehow, you survive the pain and move forward.” “That’s what life–including human life–does.” #writing

When you get to the end, stop. Many writers fail to learn this lesson. #writing

“The problem with wanting more is that you are never satisfied when you get more.” #writing

“Wars that never end are driven by the madness of politics.” #writing

“Remember, you are always good as fodder.” #writing

I’m spending the morning editing my short story. There’s a section I feel feels contrived. I need to rework it. #writing #shortstory #damonrunyon

Here’s a book idea: what if the country was being run by an insane AI? What would that be like? #writing #book #prompt

“Be an inspiration, not an expiration.” #writing #throwawayline

“He was dull in an interesting way such that others wondered what he was up to.” #writing

“Most lives aren’t worth the space they’re backed up in. Orange Level are the ones we immediately erase.” #writing

I’m finishing up the draft of “Hank the Hypochondriac - A Damon Runyonesque Story” short story at lunch. It was a good point in the story to end it. #writing #mdc3con

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that.” “Why?” “You see, we are the parallel universe. The other one is completely sane.” #writing

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“I don’t need to be a genius to be smart. I just need to be smarter than you.” #writing #throwawayline

“His neuroses ran deep, ran silent.” #writing

I should post to my writing blog. I have enough to mention. But more importantly, I need to eat lunch. #writing

“He lay on his death bed, feeling more alive than he had ever done before.” #writing

“Jimmy Churry was lonely. That was when he discovered he wasn’t a nice person to be around.” #writing #throwawaylne

Phew! “The Cat and the Warlock” have been submitted to the editor. Now I can take a couple of days off before diving into more of my “Hank the Hypochondriac” short story, and starting on “To Gain Knowledge - Coins of Destiny 3”. #writing #publishing

It’s time for a break. I’m trying to wind down work on “The Cat and the Warlock”. #writing #editing