Sometimes you have to accept your expectations won’t be met, before you have them dashed. #life #success

“Betrayal is best served close.” #writing

“The sun exploded. No one cared because everyone had been killed by the sun long before the explosion.” #writing #throwawayline

“Frustration is being able to climb a wall, but not finding one worth climbing.” ancient proverb I just made up

The future is rarely as good as we imagine it to be. The past is always worse than what we remember. #life

Sometimes, being too busy to think lets you rediscover things you have forgotten, but should have remembered. #life

In a noisy environment, I want to type: “Siri, when is my next trip to NY?” Into a search bar and get a valid response. #siri #apple #ios #mac #failure @tim_cook

What surprises will this week bring?

When someone says “It’s good for you,” or “you should”, ask them what’s in it for them? #life #success

Even posts/tweets are first drafts. All of mine are. #autocorrect

Latest XCode/Swift beta seems to have broken a lot of things (including packages) in my code. Maybe I should go back to using a nice stable language like BASIC.~ #ios

Many don’t care about your creativity and ideas. They just want you to make them money, or give them yours. #life #business #failure

The golden berry seeds I planted this spring are grown and blooming. #goldenberry

Gain strength and wisdom from all your attempts. #life #success

Plodding–err, plotting away all morning. Time for a break. I’m deconstructing the novel while I do a reading pass. I’m making notes of plot holes and story elements that need work. #writing #holmes #watson

Happy Yellow Pigs Day

It’s a gorgeous morning. I think I’ll get outside today.

Good morning. Live your life with intention and kindness. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Shutting down to recharge.

Time to wind down with some blues on @wxpn

If you can’t write a page, you can’t write a book. #writing

I’ve had enough of the MCU. There are better stories to tell. #mcu #failure

Plan for tomorrow: get back to editing. kick back

Instead of trying to win, I’ve noticed a lot of people play games by trying to make you lose. They usually end up losing. #life #failure

Stupid people believe other stupid people, because they think stupid people are smarter than they are. And they are right.