The faster you lose the less pain you experience. -ancient proverb I just made up.

“Writing is about ideas. Editing is about acceptance.” #writjng #editing

I’m gathering information (not really research) for my next novel. I’m not a “social”, so I need to supplant my behavioral “db” of information. #writing #character

If you don’t feel well, deadlines are negotiable. Negotiate. #life #business

“A man with two exes always drinks Dos Equis.” #writing #throwawaylone.

I’m gathering character ideas as I’m won’t to do. #writing #character

“The more drunk you are, the louder some get.” #writing #character

I have weird ideas. Many of them work.

Hint: if you want a “real” bread pudding, pass it through a blender before baking. It’s much better than the chopped French toast.. I should make rice pudding when I get home. #food

Story idea: a land where false teeth are traded on a stock market. #writing #prompt

“Someday, with any luck, you will be as old as the person sitting next to you.” #writing #character

“When you play the numbers, Your’s is bound to come up.” #writing

When someone next to you asks for a menu, the proper response is, “The food tastes better.” Or worse, depending on the food.

Isn’t Keno another word for cinema/movie theater? I guess these are free tickets.~

Game show idea: “Fight or Fright?”

“The Dark Riders silhouetted the blood red setting sun on the horizon. Even at this distance I could make out their mounts pawing at the ground, anxious, anticipating, and angry. The Seven Hippos of the Apocalypse were on the move.” #writing

I’ve decided to try sketching things I can see. I know I can’t do anything from memory due to aphantasia. I have no expectations, but with any luck I can create something passable/recognizable. #art #aphantasia

People in MD still smoke in public, apparently.

Watching the rainstorm to be.

Observed: bunch of “rednecks” standing behind the bar the way young guys stand by the wall and door at a teen dance. #writing #character

We rurn away from sorrow, insisting it will go away or is unimportant unless it is ours. #writing #life #failure

Vacation.

We build cathedrals to the dead and the rich while we sentence the least among us to live in destitution. #life #failure

Happy National Chili Dog Day

You don’t see it unless you look.