“Pain is gain when you’re in the lane.” #writing #life

“I have a bone to pick with you if you think you’re humorous.” If you get it, you get it. #writing

“The tin can of life has a hole in it.” #writing #throwawayline

I think I know how I want to end this short story. I need some time away from it. Tomorrow, I get back to transcribing/editing “The Man With All the Cards”. #writing

“The sound of the paper slicer soothed him. It reminded him of the sound a guillotine severing through a head, unlike a garrote.” #writing

“The Zombie God” should be a title. I #writing

I have almost finished the first draft of this #mdc3con story. I need to think about how to end it, and what to eat. #writing #food

I’m at the point in this short story where I need to resolve into the climax/conflict, but have only a vague notion of what and how to do it. #writing #shortstory

“There is a new app. It has a button labeled ‘Redeem Yourself’”. #writing

“He was the albino version of Billy Idol. Or maybe, he was just really really old.” #writing #throwawayline

Be trendy. Be trashy. Be cheap. Be rich. Be useless. #poetry #writing

I need to work out how to end this short story. The lead-up is decent in the first draft, but mild. #writing #shortstory #werewolves

“I’ve had stomach pains lately. I’ve been eating too much. I eat the souls no one else wants.” #writing

“Once you kill, you can never go back.” #writing

I just came up with a good hook for my next “Drunken Werewolves” story. This one is going to be different. I hope I can make it work. #writing #werewolves

“Bring your own rainbows and sunshine, when others just bring darkness and clouds.” #writing #throwawayline

“The sound of sorrow filled the room. To him, it was silence deep and poignant that smelled of old death.” #writing #throwawayline

“You don’t have to be the Light to be the Dark.” #writing #life

What dark verse? What pain will you suffer? When reading a book you no longer enjoy? #writing

I just reviewed my goals for this year, writing-wise: #writing

— “The Singular Case of the Three Witches” - done/published. — Write a drunken werewolves story. — Edit/publish “Out of Time”. — Start editing “Coins of Destiny 1 - AL”. — Plan/write “Coins of Destiny 2”. — Plan/write “Coins of Destiny 3”. — Transcribe/edit/figure out what to do with “The Man WIth …

“The Easter Bunny Massacres” - should be a title. #books #writing

“She pulled herself up with an arm, the other hung limp and shattered by her side. She stared through a swollen and bloodied face, her lips set in a thin line. There was no way to win, she realized. She gave in, but not up.” #writing

“His shoes were like his stories, full of holes.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m beginning to lay out a broad outline of “Coins of Destiny - II” I didn’t feel like transcribing/editing today. #writing

“I died a strange and mysterious death.” “But you’re still alive” “…” #writing #throwawayline