Personality is what you project and it can change. Character is what you are and drives personality. Your “characters” need both. #writing #character

Hm. Apple sold 200,000+ VisionPros? That’s pretty good, methinks. #visionpro

Hello. Don’t bemoan Tuesdays. They’re not as bad as Mondays. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Time to switch it up. Kaweco Art Sport - Pebble Blue (B) w/Kaweco cartridge. #fountianpen

Everyone . It’s nap time. Then cookies and milk.

Creativity is more than just combining stuff. Originality is being able to create in vacuuo. Current AI is just pretending and failing at both. AI isn’t a tool. It’s just a “As Seen on TV” late at night thing that sells cheap. #ai

Overheard: “My mother had the mouth of a bass.” #writing #character

I’m seeing a lot of “Consent is sexy” posts on Mastodon. You know what’s better? Saying No and meaning it and accepting it. Promoting saying “Yes” as being sexy is for losers and those who want individuals to say yes. #life #failure

I should drop a copy of “Out of Time” at my local library. #books #library

Anyone going somewhere new and exciting on vacation this year? I’m dull and boring.

WANTED: A sense of humor. The one I have struggles and refuses to be tied down.

“He was my favorite husband. He died without a fight.” #writing #throwawayline

“Her husband occasionally had a heartbeat. It was, however, irregular as were his bathroom habits.” #writing #throwawayline

“His wife was a fossil. Not only did she wear an extinct watch, but she was a dinosaur.” #writing #throwawayline #fossilwatch

“The mouse had a mousetache…” #writing #throwawayline

The 2024 election?

Writing prompt: Ian Fleming is abducted by aliens who think he’s Arthur Conan Doyle. #writing #prompt

“He sipped from the glass. He was the only one who used a glass, others used their fists to hold the crude earthen mugs. There was only one glass in all the kingdom, and he wasn’t the king. He did, however, have a very sharp and efficient sword.” #writing

“The Raven and Fetid Foot” Would make a great title or a British pub name. #writing

First drafts are never as good as you think they are. #writing

“His parents were gone. He’d never see them or hear his mother’s laugh or father’s yelling at him. Now that he was suddenly flying upward in the grip of a gargoyle, its talons piercing his shoulders, self-pity wasn’t all that important.” #writing

Many authors are so concerned about form, genre, POV, voice, and all the other technical stuff that they forget that all that is in service of the story,and the point of the story is to entertain. If the story doesn’t entertain, all your prowess in story-building is for naught. #writing

Pre-order your copy of “Out of Time”, while there is still time. https://www.amazon.com/Out-Time-Serg-Koren/dp/B0CR5RH1QP/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706538997&sr=8-1 #books #sf

Justin Timberlake now looks like Elon Musk.

I hate XCode. Programmers need to learn to write simple English error messages. #xcode