Email spam: Any email that starts with “Exciting news… “ It’s exciting for the company selling, but not for you. #marketing #failure

You’re in a rut as a writer when you leave a restaurant and some guy sitting on the bench says, “Hey, hope the book is doing good,” and it takes you a moment to realize you talked to him a month ago. I need to change up my routine. Need to avoid the snipers. #writing

He took a swig of the whiskey. “The way I see things… “ Another swig, but this time several drops escaped to splatter against the bar. “… is, I close my eyes and look through my ears. Not much between them.” #writing #throwawayline

Free-writing and lunch done. +1 to Relaxation, -1 to Health. It’s time to furrow my brow and get back to writing.

If your employer tells you that you shouldn’t be having fun, find another job, but remember it will still be work. #business #success #life

Observed: just talked to the server. She said the person filed a complaint against her with the manager. For not giving him enough cheese? Seriously? Some people are just idiots/a******* #life #failure #character #writing

Observed: The same person ordered a cheese pasta. He then told the server. “Grind cheese until you get tired.” End result. A mountain of cheese reminiscent of the “Close Encounters” mashed potatoes scene. Gah. I’m not doing CPR. #writing #character

“You are The Chosen One. You are It, in Life’s game of tag. Hide if you can. Everyone will be gunning for you.” #writing #throwawayline

Neural nets are terrific at determining the date a given product will fail. Manufacturers are probably already using that information to their benefit. Not to improve, but to up-sell. #marketing

Who has exciting plans for the weekend?

“I gave you my heart, my soul. And what did I get in return?” He stared at her, imploring. “You—you are the Devil. We had a deal.” A smile passed her lips. “You think you’re special? The only one? You’re aren’t even worth the page you are written on.” #writing #throwawayline

“You can’t die! What will I do without you?” Tears streamed down her face. A waterfall formed below her nose. Gasping his last breath, he whispered. “Just watch me.” #writing #throwawayline

Observed: I just saw someone order a salad, then waited for the server to completely empty the fresh-ground-cheese-mill on top of it. There was a 50/50 split between salad and cheese. I hope the person knows a good cardiologist. #writing #character

“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you will. Or should.”

It’s free-writin’ time!

The Brits say, “Touch wood.” Here in the US, we say, “Knock on wood.” Do the Aussies say, “Scratch wood?”

“It’s never enough to hold someone’s hand.” He stared out across the dark moor. “You have to hear yourself telling them you love them. That’s where catharsis, in death, lives.” #writing

It feels like I should be eating pasta today. Lunch, like winter, is coming.

Your occasional reminder: back up your work back up your writing back up your tools. Doubly important when you’re using your own app-in-development for writing. Practice safe work. #writing

So, can I get one more sprint in before lunch? Methinksso.

Sometimes, the passive voice is needed to establish a proper tone. Rules are meant to be bent and occasionally broken. #writing

All the good ones are taken, as the saying goes. The doughnuts, I mean. #writing #throwawayline

OK. ‘tis time to work on the novel. Let’s see if I hit 35K words. #writing #nanowrimo

Change Is Difficult

Change is hard. So is moving, be it across the hall or to a new social network. If you follow me, you know I’ve been a big Twitter user since January 2007 and I’ve accumulated over 136,000 “tweets”. This month, I decided a change was needed. Here are my reasons: The Bad News The toxicity levels …

Happy National Forget-Me-Knot Day. Anyone remember Emma Peel?