If you had to start a new career and you couldn’t choose something you’ve already done, what would you choose? Me? Brewing. #life #choices

“The way to follow-up success is either with failure, the same level, or a better success. Oh. There is one more option. You don’t follow up. Each brings its own advantages and disadvantages.” #writing

“He was life-adjacent.” #writing

“Exagerrate the impossible. Then do it! That’s how you become a legend.” #writing

“Having ‘a mind of your own’ isn’t something most people have. Most people want to be like everyone else––the cool ones. They want to belong. Belonging means giving up your individuality. You can’t think individual thoughts when you want to belong to the horde.” #writing

Do you keep or trash all of the packing materials and manuals that come with a product after the warranty has expired? If keep them, why?

It feels like autumn here. Too early. All of the holiday stuff is out in the stores.

Got a great review of “The Cat and the Warlock” from an acquisition editor. Granted, it’s not an easy book to understand. #book #reading

Structure auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing

If you’re feeling bored, you can get a book signed–or buy some. It’s a low-stress, fun time for bookish people. #book #reading #mdc3con

Yo! It’s midweek. You should have gotten half of what you were supposed to do by now. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Schedule of sessions for Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity conference is up. creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2025-pres… See you there. #mdc3con #writing #author #books

Happy National Whiskey Sour Day

Back home. I need to catch up on stuff.

“Sometimes, nature has no idea what course you’re trying to take.” #writing.

Observed: “They were old. They didn’t understand the music. They sat and drank their wine.” #writing #character

Photo up photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography

“It’s easy being stupid. That’s why everyone does it.” #writing

Cool. The Genre Bending session of C3 is gone after I told them we’d done it last year. Now I’m on a panel with Jodie Lynn Nye. #writing #mdc3con

Took a long walk and discovered a bunch of wild persimmon trees heavy with fruit. #botany #food

Publishing a book is performance art. #writing #publishing

“A mysterious wizard appears through a portal and tells you that you suck at being a human. He tells you that you must save yourself. He hands you a stick and a notebook, and then promptly disappears. What do you do?” #writing #prompt

Hotel stairwells are always like the “bad part of town” that some avoid. Hotels are trying to dissuade you from getting exercise by climbing stairs. They want you using elevators, escalators. #hotel #failure

If you specialize too much and label yourself as being something, you eventually become the label. You might be a very good label, but you’re still two-dimensional just with a lot of stick-to-itivness. #life #failure

“Even his closest friends stayed away.” #writing #throwawayline