“You don’t need all the power in the world. You just need enough to make others feel bad that you do.” #writing #character

“Some people don’t have a sense of scale. That’s why they don’t see how small they really are.” #writing

What is the best advice for an aspiring author? Keep your day job and write for fun. #writing

“Someone who believes they have no one to answer to believes they are a god and therefore incapable of error.. Belief is always wrong.” #writing

“As a god he was a failure. But as a god, he had no one to answer to.” #writing

“The guillotine is a cut above.” #writing

“The Life of a Clam” should be a philosophical title. #writing #prompt

I think I have a concept for the covers of “To Wield Power” and “To Gain Knowlege”. I want them to be riffs on “To Preserve Health”. #writing #cover #design

What obscure word do you wish people knew and used more? #writing

“He stared at his leg. He wondered if it tasted like jerky. After all, it was dry, brown and shriveled.” #writing #character

The plan is to finish formatting “To Wield Power: Coins of Destiny 2” and push it to the publisher some time next week. That and do taxes. :/ #writing #publishing #editing

“Empires are about resources, human and mineral. They are never about people. Land grabs are about empire.” #writing

“You see,” he began. “People love to complain. It’s not that there is anything wrong with their lives, apart from lack of someone to feel sorry for them. Pity is the key to friendship when you have no friends.” #writing #throwawayline

“Wearing a suit says you agree to conform. It is the uniform of the dull and controllable.” #writing

“He was a step stool of life. Everyone kept stepping on him.” #writing

“The rich, having everything, have nothing and no one to aspire to. That’s why most of them look to themselves for inspiration. This creates a feedback loop which drives them insane.” #writing

“Keep a smile in your heart and a knife under your pillow.” #writing #throwawayline

“You’re like this loaf of bread. You’re old, hard, and stale.” #writing #throwawayline

“Academics had a way of pontificating about the things they didn’t know but had learned.” #writing

“Life is a symptom of a bigger issue.” #writing

“Struggling may be hard, but it’s a lot easier than death.” #writing

“The world needs more you. Just bring dessert.” #writing #throwawayline

“Writers are just normal people who seek followers outside social media.” #writing

“The most powerful person in the world doesn’t have to be the smartest, or even the most powerful. They just have to have people around them that believe it.” #writing

Authors don’t need publishers the way publishers need authors. #writing #publishing