“When you search for gold, you often miss all the silver around you.” #writing

“A point in his favor skewered him in the chest.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m still waiting to hear back from the editor re “To Preserve Power”. #writing #editing

Ok. I did some work on my Damon Runyon-esque short story. I tweaked the voice a bit closer to what it should be. Now I just need to write the rest of it. But for now, I shall eat some lunch. #writing #shortstory

“Chivalry is dead, and I killed it.” #writing

“If you’re OK with others doing bad things, you’re obviously the problem.” #life #failure #writing

“He was king of all the lands, and he hated everyone and everything in it.” #writing

“Don’t wish for a death that never comes. Eventually, you’ll just go through the motions of living like you do now.” #writing

“We the AI Consortium, bring you what you desire most. An AI companion that helps you, but spies and reports on you. In addition, it will tell you what you should do, think, and buy. Why bother with old-fashioned mind-work when you can leave the thinking to us.” #writing

“He was out of his mind and down at the corner grocer’s buying milk.” #writing #throwawayline

“If you can’t spend your time wisely, you have no right to waste someone else’s.” #writing

“Reading too much is sometimes as much trouble as reading too little. It is like the guy who loves a doll, so he locks her up in some tower thinking the doll will age like wine only to discover a lot of vinegar.” #writing

“We all make choices, have choices thrust on us, and decisions made for us. Some choose to let others make their choices for them or to take them away. We call these people failures.” #writing

“Doing evil is worse than being evil. Being evil doesn’t mean you act on it.” #writing

“Life is always dry on the outside.” #writing

“Whenever I see myself in the mirror, I’m beside myself.” #writing #throwawayline

“Some of us consider failure a success.” #writing

“He was a gnarly old man in thought and deed.” #writing

“Deliver unto us, one pizza large with extra pineapple.” #writing #throwawayline

“The limousine of life is driven be a mobster.” #writing. #throwawayline

“His epitaph read: He tried to jump the shark.” #writing #throwawayline

“He was a casual sniper.” #writing

“Some people come and go. Others come back like unwanted visitors or annoying relatives. These always have a way of thinking they know how to live your life.” #writing

“Some of us live long enough to regret the mistakes we’ve made.” #writing

“Some people develop late. Some develop when they are ‘the late and recently deceased.’” #writing