This is a good day to thank everyone who follows, interacts, and puts up with me. You are appreciated. I hope you find something interesting, informative, or amusing in my posts.I’ll never meet all of you, but I’m grateful to be able to call some of you friends. #thanksgiving #life

Good morning. It’s Thanksgiving in the US. Even if you don’t celebrate, you have more to be thankful for than you realize. Take time to acknowledge it all. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“One nice thing about dying is you dont have to put up with people.” #writing #throwawayline

It’s time to relax and wind down. Have a quiet night.

Plan for tomorrow: — eat breakfast — write — relax — have Thanksgiving dinner at an Irish restaurant

Gratuitous food pic. Bread pudding. #food

Write a captivating story with no conflict. It’s doable. But probably won’t sell. #writing #prompt

What, if anything , are you looking forward to tomorrow?

I’ve said this before. You need a sense of humor. I fyou don’t have one, rent one.

My mind works in mysterious ways. Misread this as “Hamster Lite” #beer

Cool! I think I sold a couple of copies of my book at the hotel bar. Always carrying your book starts conversations and thats how I sell most of my books since I don’t market. #books @marketing

I’m contemplating bread pudding for dessert.

‘There is no greater cathedral than Life. There is no greater god than the living. There is no greater power than kindness borne of knowlege #writing

It’s called the holiday “travel rush” here in the States to spend time with people you don’t like or agree with? Relatives you scorn and avoid most of the year You’re better off spending time with those you love and your pets. There is no law that says you have to spend time with elatives. #life

Dinner. Salmon. #food

Wake up tomorrow. Be grateful that you did. That’s enough for tomorrow and every day. #life

“I don’t know what I am doing, but I do it better than anyone I know.” #writing

People who buy fiction books do so to escape their lives, and rarely seek perfection. #fiction @writing

An opinionated life should be based on fact, not belief or conjecture. #life

‘A totem pole with just your face would be boring and sad.” #writing

Be a grateful being. You don’t need a reason or holiday. If you believe you have nothing to be grateful for, you are focusing on what you don’t have, not what you do have. #life #gratitude

Learn to tell a good story first, then worry about style and technique-unless you are trying to write “literature”. #writing

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

Ok I found a nearby Irish restaurant open tomorrow.