“Many don’t deem influence as being power, because they see power as overt and devastating.” #writing

“Squirrels aren’t big on nuts. After all, they stay away from you.” #writing #throwawayline

“I have what it takes. Luckily, it never takes anything.” #writing #throwawayline

“The best way to attract someone’s attention is to spend more money than what everyone would spend. He did that. Unfortunately, he attracted the wrong type of attention.” #writing #character

“Contrivance” is an underused word, nowadays. We should bring it back into fashion. #writing

“Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! If you have any live ones, they’re two-for-one today.” #writing #throwawayline

“I never take life seriously. The outcome is inevitable. Why fight it? I want to meet Death with a smile on my face and joy in my heart.” #writing

“His story was short, too short to be a short story. His life was a flash fiction no one ever read.” #writing

PSA: Registrations are still available for Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity 2025. creaturescrimesandcreativity.com Yes, I’ll be there making a nuisance of myself, or maybe others. #mdc3con #writing

Making notes on ideas for “To Preserve Knowledge - Coins of Destiny 3”. I have the theme, and a glimmering of a plot. I have the antagonist and several “surprises”. I know how I want to conclude the character arc, but I don’t have a story yet. #writing #planning

Having reread the ending, I’m surprised and shocked that it reads better than it did when I first wrote it. I was thinking I’d have to rewrite the ending. Now, I think a few minor tweaks is all it needs. It’s time to call it a day. Tomorrow, I start real editing. #writing #editing

“The beautiful thing about life is that you are here.” #writing #life

“Some people hate people because they think it’s the cool thing to do.” #writing #throwawayline #life

“You fed the cat?” “No. That was autocorrect. I refueled the car.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m going to push to get editing of “Coins of Destiny - 2” done by EOM. Then, I’ll either plan out CoD3, or start editing “The Cat and the Warlock”. My goal is to publish three books this year. That will be a first, for me. #writing #editing #publishing

“His novels were random words and bits of words. He called it abstract writing. He made millions.” #writing

You know you have a problem when each day you come up with a new book idea. #writing

“A box of luck costs you more than what you should pay for it.” #writing #throwawayline

It’s time for a break. I’ve been going through doing a reread and making notes. Nothing major needs to be rewritten—apart from the ending. I wasn’t thrilled by it when I wrote it. #writing #editing

“I miss the raucous clickity clack of dot matrix printers churning out reams of greenbar paper like ecology doesn’t care.” #writing

I’m planning on getting “Coins of Destiny 2” out to the publisher by EOM. With luck. #writing #editing #publishing

“Birth and death are but fractures in memory. Education is only a passing on of degraded history.” #life #writing

“I don’t have a problem with where people stand on a topic, as long as it’s far far away from me.” #writing

“Two miles down the road. That’s where they live. That’s why you could never visit. They were always two miles down the road, no matter how fast you drove.” #writing #throwawayline

“Fireworks! That’s was her kiss: bright lights, loud sounds, multicolored starbursts. Or maybe it was just a missile attack that would kill him.” #writing #throwawayline