Happy Pocky Day

Photo up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography

I’m surprised Apple hasn’t bought out Zoom and rolled it under FaceTime, or developed their own mass-conferencing platform. I hate Zoom, but granted I don’t ever use it, but have and its a pain. #apple #facetime

Ok. I adjusted the UI in my writing app a bit. Time for a quick break and then it’s back to more NaNoWriMo. #writing #ios #nanowrimo

Good morning. Just because it’s gloomy out, doesn’t mean you have to be. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

I’m thinking I need to buy some salmon this weekend and make gravlax. Too bad there are no good bagels in this state, and I can’t make them worth eating. #food

This has been a tiring week. Lots of stuff to get through. I’ll try and enjoy a lighter weekend. I hope everyone gets some time off, from whatever. Get out. Do something fun. Look up at the sky and dream.

Time to call it a week. Bring on the weekend. 35.5K words total. #writing #nanowrimo

I miss traveling. #travel

People tend not to take complaints seriously, believing the complainer is the problem and not what they are complaining about. Learn to listen, have some empathy. #life

“The Elvish Sword of Pepperoni Slicing” #writing #throwawayline

Isn’t the mandalorian, one of those lute-like stringed instruments?

It’s time for a break. I need to take tomorrow morning off to catch up with house stuff and errands. I should also check in on my town in Animal Crossing. It’s probably overgrown in weeds, and full of homeless, drunk animals lolling about, falling into the river. #writing

The Bird Dies Now “In a world that’s powered by violence, on the ‘nets where the violent have power, a new generation creates a new tradition… searching for peace, friendship and fun. Coming to a monitor near you.” apologies to Goodfellas.

It’s Friday eve. Time for a glass of my cranberry mead, and more writing. #mead #writing

It’s almost evening here. Friday evening! I really want to quit writing for the day, but I still have a bunch more to write if I want to hit my target. Do the work. It’s easy to procrastinate. Achievement, requires effort. #life #writing

“Es ist besser zu tun als zu glauben.” ancient proverb I just made up.

Do not confuse lore with history. #writing

Shatter someone’s dreams. Make them real. #life

I’m looking forward to next year, and maybe traveling. I’m sure it will come to nought.

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