“You need more friend.”
“Why?”
“They have money you don’t.”
“I don’t want friends with money.”
“You still need friends.”

#writing #throwawayline

“The Royal Ligatures” should be a title.

#writing #prompt

Practice what you don’t know. Preach what you do. Until the pitchforks and torches come out. Then go back to the beginning.

#writing

Obsidian.
Drafts.
Bear.
Hibernate.
Java.
Coffee.
Mmm.
Homer.
Ulysses.

If you get it, you get it. #poem #writing

“He stood ramrod stiff. It had been difficult the first year or two. He tended to fidget and sway from boredom and tiredness. Now, he was a true tree. Then, the dog came and pissed on him.” #writing

“Shallow water is as dangerous as deep. You can just as easily be shot in the head.”

#writing

Lately, I’ve been getting cold-calls from companies telling me “It’s your lucky day.” Book aquisition spam.

#books #writing

Questions to ask about your characters:
— What are they willing to lose?
— What are they not willing to lose?
— How will they lose it?
— To what end?

I have my antagonist. #writing #planning

“The warm sun is out. The water appears to move across the blue-gray lake against the green backdrop of trees. The birds flutter to and fro like oversized butterflies. It’s a perfect day for the end of the world.”

#writing

Self-goal: ensure every scene or chapter has humor, whether it is obvious to the reader, or not.

#writing #planning #coinsofdestiny