In case anyone wonders, I use the Micro.blog API to scrape my posts by hashtag to extract my thoughts/ideas by topic.. It’s easier than doing text searches or plowing through handwritten journals/lists.That’s why I mind dump. #writing #idea

“He slammed his fist against the table. It hit hard, bounced, rolled onto the floor and onto the sleeping cat who promptly batted it behind the fridge with all of his other body parts and various dust bunnies.” #writing #throwawayline

“I don’t write life. I write fiction. Life is to be lived, not read.” #writing #life

“He stood around, waiting for life to drive by. That’s what it did. He stood wondering why it hadn’t stopped and passed him by.” #writing #2024

“Everyone is old enough to die. There is no such thing as someone being ‘too young to die’. We die when we die. Whether a single person or an entire country, death doesn’t value any life more than any other. After all, that young person may have grown up to be a total shit.” #writing

I could probably pump out the last 5K words tomorrow, but I don’t want to kill myself on New Year’s Eve, so I’ll write the usual 2.5K a day and finish on the first. #writing #newyearseve

It’s time to wind down the day. More words have coagulated onto the story; 2520 to be exact. I have around 5K words to wind this story up/down. #writing

It’s time for a break. I’m making good progress. I’m in the middle of the climax now and working up to the all is lost moment. That’s how I do it. #writing

2024 Writing Year in Review and Plans for 2025 auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing

I’m always amazed when I write a complete story / book. This year, I published my 10th book. I think I probably amaze too easily. #writing

Phew! 2600 words written today. #writing #pulp

Repeat after me: I will never write a prequel. Prequels should’ve been written first. And usually, they are bad and a way for someone to try to make money. You’re better off trying to sell a film adaptation. Flame on! #writing

If you’re an author, do you sell signed books? Does it help your sales? Do you know or just guessing? Do you charge extra? #publishing #books #writing

My WIP is as close as I’ve gotten to a cozy mystery. Of course I’ve never ever gotten near a mystery, cozy or otherwise. Maybe that’s why. #writing

Fountain pen just ran out of ink. Switching over to the Manta. I’ll fill up the next pen in rotation once I get home later. #writing #fountainpen #supernote

“The Knight Who Slept During The Day” Seems like a good title for a book about a gallant knight vampire. #writing

Yes, I’m in a weird randomly entropic mood. I have a book to finish writing, and I’m dumping non-related thoughts so I can focus on what matters. Doing a mind-dump helps focus, as long as you dump properly. #writing #focus

“You have to experiment in life in order to learn what you are capable of. Unless, of course, your experiments kill you.” #writing

“He collected chickens the way some people collected stamps and coins or the way Death collected souls. He was always a step ahead of Death.” #writing

“She wore her nobility on her head and finger. Everything else about her was crass and debaucherous. Royalty has its privileges and she was royalty with a capital R and small t around four o’clock.” #writing #character

“You have to struggle in life, because you hate dying.” #writing

“Did you ever look in the mirror and wish you looked like Colonel Sanders because you loved chicken? I did. But I hate chicken.” #writing #throwawayline

“Her nostrils exuded a liquid not unlike gelatin which hadn’t set. If anyone were brave enough to taste it, which she did, they would have found it to be more disgusting than lime-flavored gelatin. This made her cry, which just produced more of the substance.” #writing #character #throwawayline

“Each year winds down like an old-timey clock that needs winding. Each year, politicians and stress wind it back up.” #writing #time

“He was a small man. He was lacking in stature, wisdom, honor, honesty, kindness, and manhood. His bravado was the biggest part of him, but that was still as small as he was.” #writing #character