“The sea was calm. What lurked beneath was not.” #writing #throwawayline

“You are not too good for me.” #writing

Write an epic poem in ten words. #writing #prompt

“He trudged through the snow, leaving footprints to where he’d been.” #writing

“Joy is for the bringer.” #writing

“His crosswords puzzles always had a lot of empty spaces that mapped nicely to the ones in his mind.” #writing

Write what you know. Write what you read. Write what you experience. Make stuff up. #writing

“He was a vegan by choice, carnivore by nature.” #writing #throwawayline

“Son, sometimes you have to wear in your wallet, jeans, and mind enough so that it feel comfortable-like. Otherwise, they feel stiff and not what you want.” #writing

“His parents couldn’t figure out how to spell Noel, or were from another planet. They, however, had money so they asked a faulty AI what to name their son.” #writing #throwawayline

“In a previous live, I’ve had many, I was Shakespeare shaking my spear and yelling at kids to get off my portico.” #writing #humor

“I miss people. My aim is off.” #writing

“Don’t be the person with all the money and none of the brains. Money can by brainpower, but you still won’t be smart.” #writing

Yeah. My handwriting is that bad. But the recognition on Manta is top notch. #writing #eink #manta

“It’s never a bad time to come up with a good idea.” #life #writing

“He was as dim as a burnt out picture tube.” A lot of people, nowadays, don’t know what a picture tube was. #writing #throwawayline

“You can love everyone, but many try to hate everyone instead.” #writing

“If you burn yourself out, there will be nothing left to complain with about how tired and fed up you are.” #writing #throwawayline

Phew! From a beta reader. I seem to have pulled it off. #writing #pulp

I Wrote My First Pulp Novel auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing #pulp

Sipping a sparkling grape juice to celebrate finishing this novel. #writing

Final word count: 51321. Nice quick read as far as novels go. #writing #pulp

I’ll take a day or so off and then start rewrites and edits on “Coins of Destiny - Book 2”. #writing #editing

Phew! 3500 words today. And that concludes the first draft of “The Cat and the Warlock. This was the hardest ending I’ve ever had to pull off. Lots of threads, lots of questions, lots of promises to fulfill. I’m hoping editing will be easier. #writing #pulp

“He sat banging his head against the piano keyboard. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m playing it by ear.’” #writing #throwawayline