“Snark runs fast and furious during the spring months. It leapfrogs over the currents of thought as it jumps to spawn.” #writing #throwawayline

Your job: Author Your deadline: 40 days. Your task. Write a non-epic fantasy that breaks the top 1000 on Amazon. Your limitation: You can’t use Kindle, and must publish in softcover. #writing #prompt

“He got a job at McDonalds™ only long enough to get a uniform. With that, he ran off so that he could pretend to be an employee at home the way the employees pretended to know how to cook on the job.” #writing

“When Batman Sang the Blues” should be a title #writing #comics #prompt #batman

“Everybody freeze! This is a stickup! Everybody on your feet—except you. You, you get on your hands—I don’t like your haircut.” #writing #throwawayline

“The world needs more you. Not in number, but in quality—unless that is if you go around killing, berating, demeaning, hurting animals or people, or a racist.” #writing

“He jumped for joy. Joy was not amused.” #writing #throwawayline

“Push the button. Blow up the world. You know you want to.” #writing

“Laughter comes when Death arrives.” #writing

It’s hard being an AI, my human stand-in is so dumb.

“You wake up from a dream. Reality stares you in the face. Reality you have to deal with. If you choose not to wake from your hopes and dreams, you’ll live your nightmares.” #writing

“Famousity. I’ll never have it. I don’t want it. I can’t spell it.” #writing #throwawayline

“When rush hour comes, we all run and hide. That’s why there’s a rush hour.” #writing #throwawayline

What was the last thing you purchased that you regret having purchased? Me? In a spate of boredom, I opted to get those plastic egg-microwave-thingies you see on late-nite TV. They don’t stand up well to boiling water.

“His skin was as dry as jerky, as wrinkled as old jerky. His smile, however, was as toothsome as a pumpkin on Halloween.” #writing #throwawayline

Are there any good writers’ conferences and/or writers’ retreats this year in the vicinity of Phila? #writing #conference #retreat

I need to find a good tech conference to go to this year; one I don’t have to fly to and can drive to in 3 or so hours, exclusive of NYC. #tech #conference

Overheard: “I can’t do a thing until my astrologer calls.” This is a real person, a young guy. Stay in school kids. #character #writing

Deck door and screen open. Creamsicle, one of The Gathering, still sits and watches. #cat

Happy World Eight-Track Tape Day. I’m sure many of you still have these things. Never had one, never wanted one.

Lane formation. www.sciencenews.org/article/d… #math

Good morning. Your battle is with yourself. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: — house stuff. — write. — eat.

Anyone a hot mess today?

Well, I didn’t do any writing today. Tomorrow, I need to make up for that. #writing