“We all come from nothing…just look at your parents.” #writing #throwawayline

“She literally threw herself at me. I was littered by her body parts.” #writing #throwawayline

I need to discover my next writing project. I’ve tossed out my soap opera idea as untenable. As a writer, I’m not like George RR or @JonathanMaberry. I have to dig, scratch, and shed blood for a new idea. I’m full of ideas, few are worthy of a book. #writing

“The hills you cross are of your own making.” #life #success

I should bake something this week… even though it is summer.

Overheard “Do you want a different bag?” Me thinks: “No, this wife is fine.” author problems #writing #humor

Apparently, dragons roamed the state of Delaware in olden times. That would explain why the most popular tattoo here is that of a dragon. Or everyone escaping Drexel U came here. #netde

What if: Apple AirPods were capable of working as stand-alone iPods… Make it so. #apple #airpod @tim_cook #music

I’m still coin-flipping to decice who to publish with. I want to get away from the current company. They charge an arm/leg to readers. #writing #publishing

I’ve narrowed down the cover image to one of two. I want to overlay the title text to see how they “play”. #writing #publishing

“The lens through which you view life is cloudy.” #writing

I don’t put blurbs on the front cover of my books. I don’t even put tag lines. The point of the cover is the title and the art, and my titles tend to be simple and straight-forward. #publishing #writing

Overheard: “How do you do it wrong?” This says something about the person asking. #writing #character

“All the OGs hang out at OG.” #writing

“He whipped up 3 blurbs for the back of his noir. Each was better than the last–except the first, one which was awful. Don’t read that one. A thrill-ride of words with no real point. Never to be made into a movie, but should be, because the money is better. This books is great!!!!!! Or would be if …

Back in my day, this was funny: “Euell Gibbons died of natural causes.” If you get it, you get it, and are old. #humor

I hate writing blurbs. I hate editing blurbs more. #writing #publishing

“We had to put our father down.” “That’s awful!” “Not really. He started biting strangers.” #writing #throwawayline

Time for lunch and some free-writing. I need to write a blurb, as well.

Lots of code refactoring/simplification this morning. It’s time to switch back into editing my noir. #SwiftUI #writing

Happy Typewriter Day

Hello. The thing to do now is what you are doing now, and not what you plan to do. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

I’m tempted… #apple

Trust and respect are always linked. #life #success

Plan for tomorrow: finish editing. write blurb maybe iOS stuff if I have time. eat stuff.