“It’s hard making new friends when you keep killing the Old Ones. They keep waking up, walking around and telling people stuff I don’t want to hear.” #writing

Racism is abuse. #life #failure

It’s wintry here in PA. I was hoping for something warmer and less cutting wind.

A friend is someone who tells you the truth without trying to hurt you. #life

Patience should be taught in schools. The best way to do that is to teach kids cursive handwriting. #life #success

Good morning, all. Deal with the difficult things first. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

This was mind blowing when it first came out in the 70s. youtu.be/j5a_00YVV… #animation

People feel safe sitting on the fence. They fear what is on either side. If you want them on yours, your side must be less threatening than the other. #life

Bike stowed in the car. I hope the weather clears up so I can go for a ride in the next day or two.

Just so you know. People don’t move to Delaware for the doughnuts. There aren’t any. #netde

Note to self: if you ever get asked to read your own work, hire a voice actor. Most writers make awful actors/readers. #writing #reading #noiratthebar

What percentage of video games are built around killing or being killed? Why is conflict the go-to genre? Same for writing. Why base something around conflict, unless it’s to make money? “Give them what they want.” #books #gamedev #failure

The snark is high today…

People on Twitter complaining about losing followers. If you track followers as a metric of your own importance/reach, you deserve to lose them.~ #follower #failure

“You can be anything you want to be.” “I want to be God.” “You can’t be God.” “Why not, mom?” “There is no God.” #writing

If you go back in time, you fracture the timeline, creating a new one. That’s why we’ll never encounter a time-traveler. That isn’t to say time travel isn’t possible. It’s just not possible to alter the past, you just end up in a different one. #writing #timetravel

“For an evil-genius to triumph, it only takes being smarter than the average person. We’re seeing the average person becoming dumber—and no one expects a woman.” #failure

1: “You’re a lily-livered coward!” 2: “Lilys don’t have livers. Did you mean lily-liveried?” 1: “I’m a gonna kill you!” 2: “Because I’m a coward?” 1: “Because your’e an etymologist.” 2: “Fair enough! I love insects.” 1: falls over dead in confusion #writing #throwawayline

“Creativity creates evil geniuses. Ban creativity!” #writing

“People go to school in order to find out what they should hate when they grow up.” #writing

“He fed his rage the way he had his sourdough. Both came up flat. He wanted to despise her, but hers was the infectio, the yeast that made him rise.” #writing #throwawayline

“‘Friends are people that don’t throw up when they see you. Neither do they wish you dead.’ Jake grinned as he spit the end of the cigar at me, hitting me in the eye.” #writing #throwawayline

When you push your book, you may push it off the cliff of obscurity #marketing #writing #books #failure

“We all make mistakes. Some of us just make more than others.” “It’s not a race to the bottom. The total number of mistakes you make isn’t a measure of how successful you are. It’s what you learn as a result that counts.” #life

Some fountain pen and ink goodness. #fountainpen was