“The dentist pulled out the Bluetooth.” #writing #throwawayline

“Political power is the illusion of power, because it is mostly and easily misused.” #writing

“History is uncertain. That’s why people like to rewrite it.” #writing

Happy Prevent Plagarism Day Yes, it’s a thing, and applies to AI. #writing

Do you spend more time writing or marketing your books? If the answer is marketing, you’re a marketer, not a writer and should market something else. It’s easier than writing. #writing

If your editor or publisher discount your work, get a new one. #writing #editing #publishing

‘Ir/s easier standing up for what is wrong, because you don’t have to die doing it.” #writing

Good writing session today. I wrote the first scene of my short story for the C3 anthology. Now, I hae to throw out/redo my outline. My protagonist isn’t the one I wanted to be the protagonist. #writing #mdc3con #shrotstory

“Some people give away their consciousness and decision making to others.” #writing

OK. I’ve laid out the short story beats while awaiting food. Next, I need to write it out and make it “feel”. #writing

The view at lunch #writing

Well, I have the concept of an idea for the C3 short story. Now I just need to flesh it out. #mdc3con #writing

“If knowledge is power, we are all weaklings.” #writing

“Life may not be suitable for all audiences.” #writing

Yes, I know word origins aren’t important, but they are interesting, and should be preserved/persevered.. Perverse, though it may be. @grammargirl@mastodon.social #writing

“Humans are a Dyson sphere: a lot of vacuum and very little substance.” #writing

“He fell from grace. He surmised that falling from Carol was safer since she knew how to pack a parachute.” #writing #throwawayline

“Life has no participation medals. We give medals to those who do something exceptional, especially when they die.” #writing #life

“Life is an Olympic sport, for which you get no medal.” #writing

“Don’t let your guard down. Be a good commander.” #writing #life

“The hardships you survive are gifts. The ones you don’t survive, well … “ #writing

“Luck of the draw”, does it originate from cards or from being faster “on the draw” in old-timey Western shootouts? It could apply to both. #writing #luck

I guess it’s appropriate I’m trying to come up with a short story idea for Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity on Friday the 13th, give the the story theme needs to be “luck”. #writing #luck #mdc3con

If you were to plot every living person’s “story/life arc”, I wonder if it would be rising, falling, or flat. My guess it would be a bell curve around flat or falling. #life #story #character #arc #writing #statistics

“The problem, isn’t so much about what happened. It’s about people asking why it happens, only to have someone else lie about it.” #writing