“Everyone suffers. It’s the degree to which one suffers and what others do about it that matters.” #writing

“A well-meaning murderer is still a murderer.” #writing

“Efficiency isn’t about reducing the number of workers. It’s about reducing the number of chiefs.” #writing

“Why do you feel someone you hand power to will use it better than you? Doing so is a form of laziness at best and a shrugging of shoulders at worst.” #writing

Be like Shakespeare. Don’t worry about words. Make up your own. #writing

“He relentlessly walked the earth as he sought the ill, the weak, and the poor. It was his job, his mission, his hobby. He killed those he found. Death had to be believed, but he wasn’t Death. He was just a politician.” #writing

“He was a shadow of his former self, but only when the sun out. Otherwise, he roamed the night in his full glory and power.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m beginning to throw around concepts for the cover design of my pulp novel, “The Cat and the Warlock”, which I’ll start editing once I’m done with “To Wield Power: Coins of Destiny 2” #writing #editing #design #publishing

Not every story needs an origin or spinoff. #writing #failure

“Life is the in-between times.” #writing #life

Phew! I’m exhausted. Finished the final editing pass through “To Wield Power: Coins of Destiny 2”. I’ll take the weekend off, and then do a final readthrough and formatting pass next week. #writing #editing

“When I go out at night and look up at the sky, I see less than I did when I was a child. Of course, that’s the plan. Obscure nature, deliberately or inadvertently, to isolate us from the universe and the infinite options we are born with.” #writing

I’m looking forward to the day (coming soon) when I won’t have to edit and can go back to writing stuff which I’ll have to edit at some point. #writing #editing

“Words spewed from his mouth the way fireworks blaze in the sky, or a fountain spews water into the air, or a toddler spews food all over the floor.” #writing #throwawayline

“The Grand Vizier whispers to the king, ‘Don’t listen to the kid. Your clothes are gorgeous.'” #writing #throwawayline

“We are living in Chernobyl. People are going to die until those that are left agree that dying is worth it.” #writing

“It’s time to stretch. May I suggest the rack?” #writing #throwawayline

“We ate all our young. That’s why population growth is down.” #writing #throwawayline

“When your Viceroy’s kid thinks you’re an idiot and that you have no clothes, you instead lash out at the innocent peasants you’re supposed to protect instead of the viceroy or his kid because you fear the consequences.” #writing

Popular culture is all about live-action adaptations of animated stories. There are no new stories, just poor retreads and reboots. Creativity is dead. #writing #story #failure #creativity

“His father was insane and ran a madman’s house of nightmares and delusion. It was so bad that, over time, the family came to accept it and fear the normal world.” #writing

“A sinister fog hung over the city blanketing it like a smothering hug.” #writing #throwawayline

“Remaining silent is akin to cowering in fear.” #writing

“In all of humanity’s existence, humanity has not solved any of its problems. Humanity is a failure.” #writing #life

“Why are you so annoying?” “I’ve spent a lot of time honing my craft.” #writing