“It was a sliver lining n a cloud of platinum.” #writing #life #throwawayline

“God is busy arguing with all the others.That’s why the world is screwed up.” “God is in the Bahamas with Santa.” #writing

Cool. Someone just asked me, jokingly, if I was writing a book. I sold a couple books as a result. Don’t underestimate writing in public, or carrying your book around with you. #writing

“Turn the world upside down and what do you get? A different perspective.” #writing

“He discovered the light within. It consumed him.” #writing

Pitch 3 “Rachael, suffering from PTSD, accuses her friends of betrayal when her daughter disappears. She strikes out on her own, unable to trust anyone, only to discover the President of the United Staes holds the Coin of Knowledge and wants the two coins she possesses.” #writing #coinsofdestiny3

Pitch 2 “When her daughter vanishes, Rachael turns against her friends and embarks on a quest to find her. However, she encounters the government and a power-hungry President who desires her coins, only to discover that he possesses the last and final coin.” #writing #coinsofdestiny3

Pitch 1 “Rachael must save her daughter fron the government and a power-mad President who wants her coins. Suffering from PTSD and paranoia, Rachael must fight everyone and everything around her, only to realize she can’t return to her life and survive alone.” #writing #coinsofdestiny3

“He died by the sword. He had mortgaged his life to the hilt.” #writing #throwawayline

Just heard someone say: “He’s a sandwich looking for a picnic.” #writing

“He wasn’t so much worried about what to do, but to whom.” #writing #throwawayline

“A god is just something with more power or technology than you who doesn’t notice if it squashes you like an ant. A god who worries about the ants has weaknesses and no god. A god needs no followers, believers, supplicants, pets, or servants. Those are human needs.” #writing

“He raged through the hardware store, destroying all of the tools. It was a chainsaw massacre.” #writing #throwawayline

“Politics is apolitical. It’s all about power and greed.” #writing

“You reinforce the junk in your mind by wondering, thinking, and contemplating on it rather than focusing on thinking rational thoughts. You relive your past successes and mistakes, and dream and dread your future rather than focusing on what is happening now.” #writing

“Your mind is full of clutter, misplaced ideas, knowledge, and litters of trash. You need a mind-wipe, but you’ve been wired to accumulate junk.The best you can do is toss out the things you hold on to, whether dear or not and start over. Maybe the percentage of debris will be lower.” #writing

For every hundred good lines I throw out, I find one that I use that is mediocre. #writing #throwawayline

“Follow your muse. Just don’t let it laugh at you. Too many amuse easily.” #writing #throwawayline

“Violence is the obvious way to murder someone, be it a gun, knife, or poison. Better to kill with kindness. That way, they don’t know they’re dead until it’s too late and there is no evidence.” #writing

“Gods are for those who worship people and power.” #writing

“There is a veil across reality, but it it moth-eaten.” #writing

“Fear and greed, are a potent mix that control the majority of humans. One takes advantage of the other. That leaves little room for everyone else.” #writing

“Life is a window waiting to be reframed.” #writing

“He was a powerful man, but short-sighted and could only see down his nose.” #writing #character

“He sent a message to Nil, expecting an answer, but all he received was the wisdom of silence.” #writing #programming