I’m not sure if these are real or dummy copies, but the Chicago Manual of Style is among them. Nice selection in the hotel bar, where I am writing #books #hotel #writing

Readers don’t care about technique. People tend not to care about the structure or the occasional grammatical error. They are more interested in being entertained, moved, and inspired in that order. The story comes first. Everything else is polish. #writing

“You’re only as funny as you look.” #writing #throwawayline

Time for a break. I’m at around 7K words. I need to plan the next set of scenes. This is going to be a short novel at 50K, but longer than a simple pulp story. #writing #pulp

I’m enjoying writing this book. It’s definitely a rough first draft, but, to me, it feels very pulp-like and has a decent amount of humor—stuff, I was aiming for. #writing

“He only ate people who ate vegetables. He was a vegetarianian.” #writing #throwawayline

Woot! Author copies showed up quickly. Holiday gift-ready. Love how it turned out. “To Preserve Health - Coins of Destiny Book 1” Preorder now. My 10th published book. #writing #publishing #book

“Your flaws don’t make you successful. They only make you look lucky. But all luck eventually fails.” #writing

“Sometimes you have to get lost to know where you’ve been.” #life #writing

If you describe something as “remarkable” and then go on to explain why, you are being redundant. If you describe something as “undescribable” and go on to describe it, well… #life #writing

“You’re not an archvilain. You’re not even a villain. You are a poor excuse for a henchman. You are a stooge unworthy or two others.” #writing

“Just because you own a yacht everyone wants to party on, doesn’t mean you are worth it.” #writing

Guy at the AT&T store recognized me and asked me if I have any new books coming out. These random encounters are welcome, but they are a reminder that I don’t want an ego. I still have work to do. #writing #life

“The world doesn’t revolve around you. It never did. You aren’t important enough despite your ego. You inhabit a world of your own making where there is no room for anyone else. It must be lonely.” #writing

I’m not famous. I’ll never be famous. I don’t want to be famous. I write because I enjoy writing. I’ll never make money from my writing. I just hope people read and enjoy the story, I keep improving and i can continue to write. #writing #books #reading #life

Tentative title for book 2 of my “Coins of Destiny” series is “Waking Demons”. …we shall see. #writing #editing

“Life is all do or die. At the end, we all die, so you may as well live.” #writing

“Predicting the future is easy because no one holds you accountable.” #writing

Woot! Just got notified my author copies of “To Preserve Health” are on the way. epub preorders are up. #books #writing

“May your nostrils always rest below your eyes.” #writing #throwawayline

“Humans have a load time of, on average, nine months.” #writing #life

I’m considering republishing my first novel, a kid’s book, “Puffin and Griswold In the Tunnel of Darkness”, but it’s going to be a pain. I lost any draft copies due to hardware failures decades ago, and the publisher is long defunct. I’ll have to OCR a book. Blah. …

“He smelled like an old sock that was still being worn by someone who hadn’t washed since playing sports in high school.” #writing #throwawayline

“What’s the worst thing that can happen? You could die. So what? We all die. So, go for it. Try. Do. Learn. Live while you can.” #writing #life

I’m entangled in this reality. #life