Don’t forget to breathe tomorrow. And if you can’t breathe tomorrow, breathe some air.

Time to relax. Plan for tomorrow: — Submit “The Cat and the Warlock” — Errands — Write more of “Hank the Hypochondriac” — Eat stuff — Be a nuisance.

“If you don’t trust in truth or facts, you rely on belief which is another name for hope. And hope is the refuge of the lost.” #writing

Nibbage #fountainpen ****

The Gathering: Three of five of Fudge’s kittens. They are growing exponentially (in number and size.) I’ll take these to a shelter in a week or two. I can’t afford to keep paying $1K to neuter/spay more of them. I’ll take care of Fudge and Mote (the other one with a litter). #feral #cat

I’ve spent all day formatting and doing a last pass of “The Cat and the Warlock”. I’ll submit it tomorrow sometime. Now, it’s time for a break. #writing #editing #pulp

Lunch consumed. Mind-dump complete. Cache cleared.

I’ve said this before. Chocolate is highly overrated. Flame on!

“Keep a stiff upper lip, is for those who enjoy being hit.” #writing #throwawayline

“He collected the belly lint of others. He had a small pillow for his efforts. Of course, those he collected from never survived.” #writing

“It’s easy to blame someone else. It takes a hero of courage to admit they are wrong or made a mistake.” #writing

What is it about humans that believes humans should survive? To what end? We aren’t the “best”. We aren’t the “smartest”. #life #philosophy

Is it really an Italian restaurant if they play Country Western music, and it’s a chain? #food #restaurant #failure

The reason they are called “cozy mysteries” is because you can solve them from the comfort of a bed or sofa while you’re wrapped up in a warm blanket and your favorite pet near you. It has nothing to do with the tropes, structure, or genre. #writing #cozy

Do you ever wonder what you’re doing here? I mean on social media.Is it because you feel you have something important to say, you are trying to sell something, you are bored, or you just have no one to talk to? #life #socialmedia

Did you know that if you sing “Auld Lange Syne” very slowly, you get a slow Burns? If you get it you get it, and apologies #humor

“Death and Tuxes” should be a title. #writing

Yes, I’m still struggling (and making slow progress) with Japanese. Italian and French are making better progress. #language

“Never sleep at the Wheel of Time.” #writing #throwawayline

This is why a lot of humans are idiots: they believe the spam emails they get. This is wrong and incorrect on so many levels… #life #failure #knowledge #science

The best thing a writer can do is write and not worry about being an author. #writing

What book did you read when (too) young and didn’t understand that you would want to reread now? Me? Most of the classics: Twain, Melville, Fitzgerald, Dickens, etc. I read most of them when I was probably around 13. I definitely didn’t fully understand them. #books #reading

Is (Shawn) S.A. Cosby on anything other than X/Twitter? #author

Yes, I’m still looking forward to this year’s WWDC, despite giving up on XCode/Swift development which seems to be driven by committee and PhDs rather than simplicity. I’ll be interested in seeing what’s new and whatever new “chrome” the latest MacOS has. Flame on! #wwdc #apple #programming