Grr I masked up and left the restaurant after someone unmasked began sneezing openly for a minute straight near me. #covid #human #uncaring #failure

How many concurrent projects are you working on? How many books are you concurrently reading? Me: 12/11 All, however, are prioritized.

Seeing a few families where the son is paying. Late Mother”s Day, I guess. My parents would never let me take them out or pay–waste of money… #family

Bangers and mash for dinner. #food

Observed: someone just tipped using the restaruant’s own coaster. Is that a new thing? #restaurant #failure

“Everyone thinks of a timeline. Time, however, is more of a skein. Each person has their own thread to weave. That is how history is made.” #writing #life

Who would you like to meet who is not a celebrity, but who everyone knows?

If you can’t create, you buy. Flame on! #life #failure

I have another free day in PA before the conference. I’ll do some more planning of my next book, and if the weather holds, another bike ride.

Humor is best when it has multiple levels: the obvious and the subtle. You can quote me. #humor #comedy #writing

Where would you go on your last trip or vacation? #trael

My new line: Waitperson: “Do you want a menu?” Me: “No, I want food.” Yes, I know it’s weakm but it’s only Wednesday.

Humor staves off depression with a dagger’s cut of wit. If you get it, you get it. But you will at least get something. #humor #writing

Ok. I’m at a point where I need to actually think about a beat in my story. I think this is a good time to pause and eat something. #writing

Observed: “He focused across the room as if searching for something, or someone. His expression was one of exhaustion, but with none of the wisdom that comes with effort. He rubbed a hand over the beard which hadn’t seen soap or blade since they went to 5.” #writing #character

“Jimmy James was born with a beer belly. As he grew older, he took it upon himself to expand on it despite his parents’ constant haranguing. He was proud of his accomplishment until the day he died, which was at the ripe and odorous age of 12.” #writing #throwawayline

“Darkness fell with a heavy muffled thud across the land. It was as if the sun was smothered by a huge cancer of darkness.” Don’t write like this… #writing #throwawayline

The funny thing is, everything is funny to someone. #life

You know you’re a writer when you see a sports “crawl” banner on a TV that reads: “Do you prefer Caps or Panthers” and stop after “Caps” #writing

Remember when people had “big hair”?

“She bore him into his mid 30s, when he died of boredom. The labor was longer than she had anticipated.” #writing #throwawayline

Anthology idea: You turn on the water tap and gold coins pour out. Each one is cursed differently, but you don’t know that. You pick one, what happens? Wish I knew/had time to compile/edit an anthology. #writing

In case you didn’t know, Kaiser and Czar both derive from Caesar (not the salad). I’m sure there are other examples. #writing #history

I’ve got the beats for the first act of the first book. Woot! I’m on a roll. I’m pantsing an outline. #writing

Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against unions per se apart from some antiquated naming and “control” structures.