Many envision writing as a lucrative and glamorous job that lands you on the WSJ or Oprah book list and you get movie offers. You live in an Italian villa and bask in the sun. Well, I’m here to tell you writing is work. You can, however, bask in the sun if it’s not raining. #writing

Make informed decisions, then follow through. #life #success

Happy National Goof-Off Day Yes, it’s a thing.

Greetings. Open your heart. Open your mind. Grow. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

You don’t learn anything by being right. #life

There is a difference between a leak and a rumor.

Hm. Vernon Vinge died. Great writer. #writing

How Busy Are You? - Part 1 visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #productivity #time

Happy International Tiramisu Day Yum.

Good morning. Don’t get overwhelmed today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Be gentle tomorrow.

Don’t try to be someone you’re not. You’re already someone. Just be the best you, you can be. #life #success

Amazon has developed a system where packages of products to be shipped are laid by alien creatures to save on packing costs.

What is the best flavor of Peeps®? #food

Novel writing, nowadays, is about writing to formula. The formula of expectation, genre, publishing, or money. Most writers have forgotten that writing is about story and entertainment. Expectation is the straight-jacket of fiction. Flame on! #writing #publishing #fiction

Observed: When someone say “Excuse me”, when they belch and no one is around, they don’t mean it. It’s just a habit they’ve learned. #life #failure #character

Thank you—yes you! (If you follow me). I know I ramble, but the world needs more tumbleweeds. Your interest, support, interaction, and comments are appreciated.

Mind-dump complete. 67.9 gigaquads freed. Caches cleared.

Seriously? Autocorrect auto”corrected” programming to preopgramming? And spell check didn’t’ catch it? #apple #failure

“Your kisses are like wine. They are old and astringent and taste like dirt.” #writing

The problem with Swift is that, being compiled, it is an awful prototyping language. I’ve found that creating code in Python and then reimplementing it as Swift saves time and problems. #preogramming #swift #python

Yes, I have a strange sense of humor, in Earth terms.

Play-doh. Do kids still play with that? I’m assuming it’s still made.

In writing and everyday life, don’t forget that language conveys emotion in addition to meaning. Once it leaves you, the meaning is no longer yours. The language and words you use matters. #life #writing

“I have a sister that goes around killing grocers.” “Why?” “Vegetables.” #writing #throwawayline