Saturday, October 30, 2010






Used sparingly, the semicolon emphasizes your crucial contrasts; used recklessly, it merely clutters your page. ~ Sheridan Baker Fri Sep 24 22:17:15 +0000 2010
   




Ah, @ficwriter #WW ♥ՏӎíӀҽ.. Thu Sep 30 02:21:03 +0000 2010

At the Den: the only time you'll catch me mentioning severed heads: http://bit.ly/bXbPq2 Thu Sep 30 02:03:37 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I was prepared to be quite disgusted, but it's actually nice. #FoodChat Thu Sep 30 01:58:57 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Dijon mustard! (Have you ever had curry mayo? It's the latest thing here) Thu Sep 30 01:55:59 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I'd sooner be a wiener than a hot dog bun! Thu Sep 30 01:53:41 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Feh! Thu Sep 30 01:51:36 +0000 2010

Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. ~ Kurt Vonnegut Thu Sep 30 01:51:04 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Yes, I am a waxer. Also a waner. Thu Sep 30 01:50:25 +0000 2010

At the Den: I wax philosophical about comedy and horror -- http://bit.ly/bXbPq2 Thu Sep 30 01:48:08 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Yeah, I know. Send it along =) Thu Sep 30 01:46:14 +0000 2010

Okay: first soup, then more writing. #Writers #Lead #QuiteALife Thu Sep 30 01:45:43 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I generally like to read the stories before I pub them, just to know beforehand what I'm getting into. Also for intro purposes. Thu Sep 30 01:43:26 +0000 2010

@Ndege - If indeed 'Twistedness' is even a word. Thu Sep 30 01:39:20 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I have no less than 4 horror stories in the works. You'll love the twistedness of them .... Thu Sep 30 01:38:47 +0000 2010

@standMoses - Thanks for the RT =) Thu Sep 30 01:38:08 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Ha ha, that "P" word. Thu Sep 30 01:36:53 +0000 2010

@Ndege - That's a self-portrait of me at the Den, by the way. I've lost a bit of weight lately. Thu Sep 30 01:36:24 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I agree, but I'm not tweeting that word: spam is about, and we don't get along =P Thu Sep 30 01:35:18 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Yes, comedy, horror, and CHECKS are the hardest things to write ... Thu Sep 30 01:33:55 +0000 2010

#WW @Ndege @LaynaPimentel - Thank you for the RT's ... very kind of you =) Thu Sep 30 01:33:03 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Oh the Horror! LOL Thu Sep 30 01:32:07 +0000 2010

At the Den - Comedy and Horror, the hardest things to write: http://bit.ly/bXbPq2 Thu Sep 30 01:31:38 +0000 2010

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. ~ Elie Wiesel Thu Sep 30 01:29:17 +0000 2010

I'd say I don't like the new twitter but .... what new twitter?? #NoSignOfit Thu Sep 30 01:28:39 +0000 2010

At the Den: Oh the Horror ... http://bit.ly/bXbPq2 Thu Sep 30 01:20:07 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Yeah, she did. (thanks Momma!) Thu Sep 30 00:50:01 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - I'm a Sow? LOL (you rock) Thu Sep 30 00:40:41 +0000 2010

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart - Goldberg Thu Sep 30 00:34:21 +0000 2010

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. - Anatole France Thu Sep 30 00:23:13 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - You guys are always there to cheer me up and be supportive. That's deserved =) Thu Sep 30 00:10:55 +0000 2010

#WW and thanks to @DocumentDriven and @JenCannPro (The latter being a new follower/followee =) Thu Sep 30 00:09:34 +0000 2010

☞Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow. ~ Gerald Vaughan ☜ Thu Sep 30 00:05:18 +0000 2010

The Campfire is Open -- Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ ~ Thu Sep 30 00:00:09 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - Hey! That's perfectly fine ... we all need a good Veg. =) Wed Sep 29 23:59:01 +0000 2010

The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life. — Zadie Smith Wed Sep 29 23:58:10 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Am I a Beta? #Hints Wed Sep 29 23:57:38 +0000 2010

#WW to my #ShutUpAndWrite buddies @10MinuteWriter and @LaynaPimentel Wed Sep 29 23:55:08 +0000 2010

My aim is to put down what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way I can tell it. - Ernest Hemingway Wed Sep 29 23:45:49 +0000 2010

#WW thanks to @ggSpirit, @VariantVal, @JosephMulak, @JosephLane Wed Sep 29 23:45:04 +0000 2010

#WW thank to @DanMcNeil888 =) Wed Sep 29 23:43:49 +0000 2010

#WW to @LiteraryNobody RT: The Anatomy of a Blog: Understanding Its Parts http://bit.ly/cXs9R4 Wed Sep 29 23:43:22 +0000 2010

Good evening Twitter. How are you? Wed Sep 29 23:39:04 +0000 2010

~ The Campfire Halloween Special: Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ ~ Wed Sep 29 19:05:12 +0000 2010

The Campfire Halloween Special: Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 29 07:43:54 +0000 2010

@PeevishPenman @WendySparrow -- Shhh.. Wed Sep 29 07:42:30 +0000 2010

Hey, I just noticed that I only need 996376 more followers to hit a million. Help a guy out?? Tue Sep 28 18:54:53 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Nice pic! Nice boots! Tue Sep 28 18:52:18 +0000 2010

@cynditefft - I'm 896! #Special =) Tue Sep 28 18:50:10 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Now I find that hard to believe! #Twiggy Tue Sep 28 18:43:29 +0000 2010

@ASBoudreau - It must be one a them conspiracy-type dealies. A-yup! Tue Sep 28 18:39:19 +0000 2010

I hear #newtwitter, but I not see. #WeFearChange Tue Sep 28 18:36:53 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - That's some awesome 'Farrah' hair you had .. sigh .. if only I were 30 years younger, and had a time machine! Tue Sep 28 18:35:28 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - You were and are still beautiful =) Tue Sep 28 18:28:47 +0000 2010

Hey! No hedging! Write a scary tale for the Campfire Halloween Special: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 28 18:28:16 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Shady, your avatar, is that you??? Tue Sep 28 18:26:00 +0000 2010

Maybe they'll forget about me and I'll have the old Twitter all to myself? #newtwitter #oldtwitter #itsallthesame Tue Sep 28 18:24:43 +0000 2010

At the Den -- More Writing Quotes too Fat for Twitter: http://bit.ly/dyTlGa Tue Sep 28 18:22:34 +0000 2010

The Campfire Halloween Special: Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 28 07:59:15 +0000 2010

... At the Den -- More Writing Quotes too Fat for Twitter: http://bit.ly/dyTlGa Tue Sep 28 07:56:11 +0000 2010

Goodnight friends and fellow scribes Zzz Tue Sep 28 03:40:34 +0000 2010

❝A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist.❞ ༺༻ Charles Beaumont Tue Sep 28 03:33:03 +0000 2010

At the Den -- More Writing Quotes too Fat for Twitter: http://bit.ly/dyTlGa Tue Sep 28 03:28:17 +0000 2010

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. ~ Robert Frost Tue Sep 28 03:05:32 +0000 2010

Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write. ~Sir Philip Sidney Tue Sep 28 02:59:51 +0000 2010

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful. ~ Gustave Flaubert Tue Sep 28 02:52:16 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - I don't scare that easy! (Yes I do) Tue Sep 28 02:51:41 +0000 2010

Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer. ~ Julien Green Tue Sep 28 02:46:30 +0000 2010

Goodbye Gloria Stewart -- http://exm.nr/cGWhpP #RIP Tue Sep 28 02:19:16 +0000 2010

Suspect all your favorite sentences. ~ Kenneth Atchity Tue Sep 28 02:15:34 +0000 2010

@hkwong - Most of the submissions were rather ... disturbingly spooky LOL Tue Sep 28 02:10:55 +0000 2010

@hkwong - Well, I have some stories archived from last year, take a peek: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/p/halloween-stories.html Tue Sep 28 02:10:15 +0000 2010

Caress the detail, the divine detail. ~ Vladimir Nabokov Tue Sep 28 02:08:32 +0000 2010

You two are very nice -- @SchuggaJoy, @ficwriter, thanks for the RT's ... Tue Sep 28 02:07:42 +0000 2010

@hkwong - It's early yet, but so far I have 4 or 5 people interested. What do you mean by 'overboard'? Tue Sep 28 02:06:36 +0000 2010

The Campfire Halloween Special: Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 28 02:02:34 +0000 2010

The writer's duty is to keep on writing. ~ William Styron #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 28 01:59:33 +0000 2010

I'm sitting here writing and 'Rhapsody in Blue' just came on the radio. #whenInDoubtGoGershwin Tue Sep 28 01:57:50 +0000 2010

Whether or not you write well, write bravely. ~ Bill Stout Tue Sep 28 01:41:40 +0000 2010

@BrandonLayng - It's always good to be supported! #Thanks #SupportTheLittleGuy Tue Sep 28 01:39:30 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - I'm an Overseer. Whatever that is! ~ http://twit-rank.com/ Tue Sep 28 01:36:29 +0000 2010

Every idea is an incitement; eloquence may set fire to reason. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Tue Sep 28 01:04:24 +0000 2010

I'm off to work on my Campfire story. If you experience any literary emergencies, just Tweet me. #Campfire #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 28 00:31:33 +0000 2010

An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid furniture. ~ Anon Tue Sep 28 00:27:05 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter -It's a refuge for me; it's the only place I can talk intellectually about literature and arts and people don't look at me funny. Tue Sep 28 00:24:14 +0000 2010

@JosephMulak - Yeeagh! (Don't scare me like that!) Tue Sep 28 00:20:50 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - Twitter is a great motivator though. A lot of writers, a lot of inspiration ... Tue Sep 28 00:20:18 +0000 2010

Keep in mind that the person to write for is yourself. Tell the story that you most desperately want to read. ~ Susan Isaacs Tue Sep 28 00:18:12 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - That's a good thing. I love Twitter, but the less I tweet and the more I write the better it is. Tue Sep 28 00:17:37 +0000 2010

@JosephMulak - Oh, all of that is great. We published all of those genres last year. As long as it's scary .... Tue Sep 28 00:15:58 +0000 2010

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. ~ Ursula K. LeGuin Tue Sep 28 00:15:01 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - Awesome ... you're always welcome, by the way. #TheCampfire Tue Sep 28 00:12:58 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - I've been good. I have been spending an inordinate amount of time writing since I started my #ShutUpAndWrite hashtag. Tue Sep 28 00:11:50 +0000 2010

@JosephMulak - Thanks Joseph. Are you writing a story? The more the merrier ... or creepier .... Tue Sep 28 00:10:40 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - Are you writing a story for Halloween? I'm gathering stories for my site, the Campfire - http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 28 00:09:08 +0000 2010

@SPCWriter - Hullo! (waves back) Tue Sep 28 00:07:37 +0000 2010

@BrandonLayng - I'd like Tom Waits to read my book. Wouldn't that be interesting? Him, or Cookie monster. Tue Sep 28 00:07:11 +0000 2010
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home - John Campbell #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 28 00:04:40 +0000 2010

The Campfire Halloween Special: Got a creepy story? Submit! http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 28 00:02:24 +0000 2010

The more particular, the more specific you are, the more universal you are. - Nancy Hale Tue Sep 28 00:00:19 +0000 2010

@BrandonLayng - I think I'm terrified of someday having to read my own work. Can't I just pay Morgan Freeman? Mon Sep 27 23:59:03 +0000 2010

@StoryADayMay - I learned all my British from Spike Milligan, which is not the greatest thing in the world when you stop to think about it. Mon Sep 27 23:57:25 +0000 2010

@StoryADayMay - Ah, see, it's one thing to write it, but using it in a conversation makes one sound like a boob of some kind. Mon Sep 27 23:56:13 +0000 2010

Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind. - Joyce Carol Oates Mon Sep 27 23:53:52 +0000 2010

@TracyClark_TLC - I know you! You're that soon to be famous author-lady .... Mon Sep 27 23:53:15 +0000 2010

@StoryADayMay - Cor! Blimey! Really? I guess any word is a good word .... Mon Sep 27 23:52:36 +0000 2010

"Indefatigable" -- Who would ever use that word? Mon Sep 27 23:50:31 +0000 2010

Just popped in -- now I have to go Zz for a while. See you on the other side? Mon Sep 27 19:29:27 +0000 2010

@JosephMulak - Thanks for all the RT's Joseph ... Mon Sep 27 19:27:58 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You must have the Campfire mixed up with Hustler Magazine. =) Mon Sep 27 19:27:20 +0000 2010

Got a creepy story? The Campfire Halloween Special is on: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 27 19:23:32 +0000 2010

~ Submit! The Campfire Halloween Special -- got a creepy story? http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 27 07:45:02 +0000 2010

Submit! The Campfire Halloween Special -- got a creepy story? http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 27 04:02:10 +0000 2010

My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? ~ Theodor Geisel Mon Sep 27 02:33:20 +0000 2010

~ Submit! The Campfire needs Halloween stories: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 27 02:30:59 +0000 2010

@SamTecle - I find myself quoting things to friends. Makes me sound uber-intelligent! LOL Mon Sep 27 02:28:55 +0000 2010

I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells ~ Theodor Geisel Mon Sep 27 02:27:14 +0000 2010

Interesting: I have amassed over 100 pages of quotes in the past year and a half. Mon Sep 27 02:25:58 +0000 2010

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. ༺༻ Rod Serling Mon Sep 27 02:20:38 +0000 2010

༺༻ When you write yourself into a corner, go up the wall ༺༻ Mon Sep 27 02:16:18 +0000 2010
Once you compromise your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity. - Biloxi Blues Mon Sep 27 02:11:26 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - Sometimes you have to be brave in this business of writing -- put it out there and catch the hell. Mon Sep 27 02:10:28 +0000 2010

Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. — Virginia Woolf Mon Sep 27 02:04:04 +0000 2010

No Wedding No Womb, by @ggSpirit -- http://ggspiritwrites.blogspot.com/ (great article) Mon Sep 27 01:21:38 +0000 2010

Are you excavating a subterranean channel?" asked the scholar. "No sir," replied the farmer. "I am only digging a ditch." - Anon Mon Sep 27 01:02:45 +0000 2010

What is reading but silent conversation? — Walter Savage Landor Mon Sep 27 01:01:11 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - I suppose I'll have to call the IP tomorrow. Should I yell and scream, or be cool and collected? Mon Sep 27 01:00:05 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - You are awesome! #FF #WW #ShutUpAndWrite #amwriting Mon Sep 27 00:43:50 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - It seems the replies are working, I just can't navigate to the home page without losing connection. So I'm stuck at Mentions Mon Sep 27 00:43:02 +0000 2010

@daryldarko - Every book I've ever lent out has disappeared into the ether; I haven't seen my John Densmore 'Doors' book in 10 years ... Mon Sep 27 00:41:53 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - I'm having a hard time navigating between pages; this internet has been crawly-slow ... Mon Sep 27 00:38:17 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Well, we'd love to have you, but I understand. Maybe I can re-post the last one you submitted ...=) Mon Sep 27 00:36:51 +0000 2010

Thanks for all the RT's -- I can hardly access my mentions page y'all! Internet still in goofy stage ... Mon Sep 27 00:34:33 +0000 2010

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. ~ Stephen Leacock Mon Sep 27 00:32:25 +0000 2010

In case you missed it: You Might Be Addicted to Writing if ... http://bit.ly/bhk3ti Mon Sep 27 00:31:10 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I'm still in the brainstorming stage. Are you entering the WD contest too? Or are you too busy with other stuff? Mon Sep 27 00:27:03 +0000 2010

I know every book of mine by its smell, I just put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things ༺༻ George Gissing Mon Sep 27 00:24:43 +0000 2010

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ༺༻ Chinese Proverb (Yup) Mon Sep 27 00:20:56 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Yup, working on a Campfire story. I want to get a head start; you guys provide a lot of competition =) Mon Sep 27 00:20:17 +0000 2010

@Ltstrythisagain -- And that's where I end up spending MY grocery money =) Mon Sep 27 00:17:48 +0000 2010

@Ltstrythisagain - There's this little book store up near the Junction where the books are piled willy-nilly, like an episode of Hoarders .. Mon Sep 27 00:17:19 +0000 2010

Submit! The Campfire needs Halloween stories: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 27 00:14:16 +0000 2010

Books are embalmed minds. ༺༻ Bovee Mon Sep 27 00:12:04 +0000 2010

@Ltstrythisagain - Oh, to answer your question from 6 hours ago: yeah, it's a little chilly up here LOL Mon Sep 27 00:10:47 +0000 2010

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. ༺༻ Augustine Birrell Mon Sep 27 00:08:35 +0000 2010
@LaynaPimentel - Well, my Internet has been down all day, so I moped for a while, then I started writing, so it's all good =) Mon Sep 27 00:08:09 +0000 2010

@Ltstrythisagain - Same. Can't find any Edward Abbey, all out of print and none in the libraries. Mon Sep 27 00:07:01 +0000 2010

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. ~ Henry Miller Mon Sep 27 00:04:14 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Good evening madame ... how are you? Mon Sep 27 00:03:45 +0000 2010

He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~ Arabic Proverb Mon Sep 27 00:03:04 +0000 2010

Be obscure clearly. — E. B. White Mon Sep 27 00:01:15 +0000 2010

My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing. — Anon Sun Sep 26 23:59:28 +0000 2010

Well, using this laptop has become rather painful -- Time for an upgrade. Hullo everyone! Sun Sep 26 18:29:23 +0000 2010

I'm off again to go write. #ShutUpAndWrite #ShortStorySunday Sun Sep 26 17:49:32 +0000 2010

The Campfire needs Halloween stories: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ /via @TheWritersDen Sun Sep 26 17:46:41 +0000 2010

“@TheWritersDen: The Campfire is open and we need Halloween stories -- got one? http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/” Sun Sep 26 17:43:24 +0000 2010

Since I can't Tweet, I'll write instead ... #ShortStorySunday Sun Sep 26 17:37:36 +0000 2010

Laptop still out of commission. Can't Tweet! Sun Sep 26 17:33:59 +0000 2010

De-fragging a computer is slow business. I could have flown to Paris by now! Sun Sep 26 15:06:18 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Ah grilled cheese sammiches -- don't ferget the Catsup! Sun Sep 26 15:03:15 +0000 2010

Today is #ShortStorySunday for me. That's the day I just sit at the computer and write a random story =) Sun Sep 26 14:56:33 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - I hear you're feeling better. Those Twitter healing vibes really work ~~~ Sun Sep 26 14:50:21 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - That's great man! Are you unwinding, relaxing, taking it easy, taking a load off? Sun Sep 26 14:48:56 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - I'd have to shorten it for a license plate: wouldn't fit. #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 26 14:47:35 +0000 2010

The Campfire is open and we need Halloween stories -- got one? http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Sun Sep 26 14:45:38 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Actually .... yeah! Sorta. As peachy as it can be, I suppose. Sun Sep 26 14:40:41 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - Should I legally change my name to #ShutUpAndWrite? Sun Sep 26 14:38:33 +0000 2010

Morning, morning, morning -- @ggSpirit, @VariantVal, @JosephLane Sun Sep 26 14:37:48 +0000 2010

Need coffee and toast though ... still groggy LOL Sun Sep 26 14:36:00 +0000 2010
Good morning world ... nice day here in Toronto =) Sun Sep 26 14:35:08 +0000 2010

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. — J.R.R. Tolkien Sun Sep 26 08:23:26 +0000 2010

I don't know about you, but I intend on writing a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this. - Titanic Sun Sep 26 08:22:02 +0000 2010

Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in first class - Titanic Sun Sep 26 08:20:16 +0000 2010

You can only come to the morning through the shadows. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Sun Sep 26 08:17:14 +0000 2010

Little by little, one travels far. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Sun Sep 26 08:16:42 +0000 2010

Hm. My Internet came back to life at 4 AM; now I'll be online till the sun comes up ...sigh. Sun Sep 26 08:15:46 +0000 2010

I will not walk backward in life. — J.R.R. Tolkien Sun Sep 26 08:12:13 +0000 2010

Tweeting by iPhone ... Really sucks. Sun Sep 26 02:39:19 +0000 2010

Haven't been able to access Twitter all day; Internet down. Ugh. Sun Sep 26 02:35:46 +0000 2010

Okay, I'm off for dinner and a bit of #ShutUpAndWrite -- Remember, only YOU can prevent typos! #NationalPunctuationDay Fri Sep 24 23:04:57 +0000 2010

The Campfire is Open! Scary Halloween stories needed: http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Fri Sep 24 23:03:16 +0000 2010

@thejayfaulkner - It's been one year! Can't wait to read yours ... #CampfireHalloween Fri Sep 24 22:54:56 +0000 2010

The Campfire Pages Halloween Special: Got a scary story? Come join the fun --- http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Fri Sep 24 22:47:46 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - No! If you need to start writing it, don't wait for November! Fri Sep 24 22:44:10 +0000 2010

In Honor of National Punctuation Day .... It's Conjunction Junction! -- http://bit.ly/9mpQ5d Fri Sep 24 22:43:33 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Writing through exhaustion is the writer's milieu =) Fri Sep 24 22:38:57 +0000 2010

@Ndege =) Fri Sep 24 22:33:06 +0000 2010

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. ~ Winston Churchill Fri Sep 24 22:25:13 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You truly rock, sir. God Save the Queen! Fri Sep 24 22:24:55 +0000 2010

Hey @TomCruise - #ICanChangeTheWorld Fri Sep 24 22:23:18 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Bad quotes? Should I stop? Forever? Annoying is it getting? Fri Sep 24 22:22:21 +0000 2010
Used sparingly, the semicolon emphasizes your crucial contrasts; used recklessly, it merely clutters your page. ~ Sheridan Baker Fri Sep 24 22:17:15 +0000 2010

A period is a stop sign. A semicolon is a rolling stop sign; a comma is merely an amber light. ~ Andrew Offutt Fri Sep 24 22:16:46 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Your new novel, what's it about? Fri Sep 24 22:14:59 +0000 2010

For the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid. ~ Poe Fri Sep 24 22:09:26 +0000 2010

@Ndege - On purpose, mind you! Fri Sep 24 22:03:48 +0000 2010

They really have within them deeply within them fundamentally within them the comma nature. ~ Gertrude Stein Fri Sep 24 22:00:17 +0000 2010

They are more powerful more imposing more pretentious than a comma but they are a comma all the same ... Fri Sep 24 21:59:56 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Yah, same # Fri Sep 24 21:58:59 +0000 2010

@Ndege - What are you on about?? I'm a stickler for punctuation! Are you saying, I'm not? =) Fri Sep 24 21:58:43 +0000 2010

@sallyroyerderr - It's probably the insignificance of it that seems wrong, or funny ... Fri Sep 24 21:58:09 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - No, you should call ME ... wanna hear my new iPhone ring =) Fri Sep 24 21:56:22 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write -Why? You okay? You should call me. Fri Sep 24 21:55:09 +0000 2010

@sallyroyerderr - It's kind of freeing isn't? It. Fri Sep 24 21:52:36 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Silly boy. Which Tweet was that? Fri Sep 24 21:52:11 +0000 2010

@fidelbistro - Secretly I'm happy that I get to play with the conventions of punctuation due to National Punctuation Day =) Fri Sep 24 21:50:58 +0000 2010

@sallyroyerderr - We ignore; any and? all ... punctuation! for the duration of the, "day" Fri Sep 24 21:49:33 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - Punctuation is important, but it don't need it's own day =) Fri Sep 24 21:44:57 +0000 2010

@LilPeep2U - Like we need a day to remind kids to use a comma, when separating thoughts! Fri Sep 24 21:43:19 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - I'm a minimalist when it comes to punctuation. #AwesomeWeAgree Fri Sep 24 21:42:33 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - I didn't even know it was a celebration! Fri Sep 24 21:40:57 +0000 2010

You have no idea how hard it was to write that last Tweet, let alone read it. Fri Sep 24 21:40:16 +0000 2010

I have, nothing against punctuation but? It's possible, we've gone too far in giving it it's own day wouldn't you, say? Fri Sep 24 21:39:00 +0000 2010

@jaxjacoby - We're at least 8 =) Fri Sep 24 21:37:28 +0000 2010

@jaxjacoby - Grammar Rock Preposition was a good one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM Fri Sep 24 21:36:51 +0000 2010
In Honor of National Punctuation Day ... It's Conjunction Junction! -- http://bit.ly/9mpQ5d Fri Sep 24 21:23:04 +0000 2010

I must go; my mother showed up for a visit =) Fri Sep 24 18:34:14 +0000 2010

National Punctuation Day; It's only comma sense. #Groan Fri Sep 24 18:28:22 +0000 2010

Oh, do they mean Punctuation as in Punctual? On time? My bad. Fri Sep 24 18:25:21 +0000 2010

I'd really like a National Run-On Sentence day that would be cool Fri Sep 24 18:23:47 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Well, If, thats, the, case ... ,,, #NationalPunctuationDay Fri Sep 24 18:22:54 +0000 2010

Is it really National punctuation day come on gimme a break! Fri Sep 24 18:19:48 +0000 2010

Imagination is only intelligence having fun ~ George Scialabbe (Have a great day all!) Fri Sep 24 07:58:13 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Have to go. Miss talking to you rafiki! I'll swing by Facebook later, when I get home from work. Ta ta and cheerio! Fri Sep 24 07:54:20 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Oh, I have bikes (four) but ... too tired to pedal in the dead of night LOL Fri Sep 24 07:52:53 +0000 2010

An Evening With Ray Bradbury || Video -- http://bit.ly/buwu6B (It's an hour long, but worth it ..) Fri Sep 24 07:52:05 +0000 2010

@Ndege - The streets are lined with trees in this neck of the woods. I see greenery everyday =) No bike, bus. Fri Sep 24 07:51:27 +0000 2010

@Ndege - It's supposed to be warm today -- very summer-like. #ThatOldStrangeCanadianWeather Fri Sep 24 07:48:07 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Yup, off to work. But it's Friday, and the day will go quickly =) Fri Sep 24 07:45:57 +0000 2010

RT @Ndege ~ Taking in the last rays of the sun. Yesterday, Olympic Park, Munich. http://twitpic.com/2reln3 (Loverly as always =) Fri Sep 24 07:40:09 +0000 2010

@ToddAustinHunt @juliabrown - Thanks for the RTs -- #BradburyForever Thu Sep 23 18:52:08 +0000 2010

An Evening With Ray Bradbury || Video -- http://bit.ly/buwu6B (It's an hour long, but worth it ..) Thu Sep 23 03:41:28 +0000 2010

G'nite folks. Take care of each other ... Zz Thu Sep 23 03:34:19 +0000 2010

@Jennifer_MK - I'm working out the details and will probably put it up at my site. I'll let you know =) Thu Sep 23 03:29:56 +0000 2010
So Awesome: An Evening With Ray Bradbury || Video -- http://bit.ly/buwu6B (It's an hour long, but worth it ..) Thu Sep 23 03:12:17 +0000 2010

RT @everywriter ~ On Writing: How To Tell A Story || Mark Twain -- http://bit.ly/8MURuh Thu Sep 23 02:47:36 +0000 2010

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin. ~ Victor Kiam #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 02:37:19 +0000 2010

@Miridunn - G'nite ... Thu Sep 23 02:33:14 +0000 2010

@Jennifer_MK - I'm working on an outline technique right now, called a 'fly sheet' -- mostly to simplify everything ... =) Thu Sep 23 02:32:29 +0000 2010

If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done. ~ Anon #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 02:15:47 +0000 2010

Don't get it right, just get it written ~ James Thurber #ShutUpAndwrite Thu Sep 23 02:13:54 +0000 2010

@NADreporter - Mathew, good job on your 911 piece. #Awesome Thu Sep 23 02:11:32 +0000 2010

@raisingthecam - WHoops! #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 02:09:51 +0000 2010

RT @raisingthecam ~ I just wrote four crappy paragraphs and yet, I feel good about it. (That's the posi-negative spirit!) Thu Sep 23 02:03:04 +0000 2010

Still no 'new twitter' in sight. Hoax? #ConspiracyTheorist Thu Sep 23 01:56:52 +0000 2010

@TracyClark_TLC - Glad I could be of service #LOL Thu Sep 23 01:55:40 +0000 2010

Little by little, one travels far. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Thu Sep 23 01:54:31 +0000 2010

There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. ~ William Blake Thu Sep 23 01:53:33 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - No! I said YOU should have children for that reason ... =) Thu Sep 23 01:48:49 +0000 2010

RT @mikodragonfly ~ I should really get back to writing now and stop being amused by mindless stuff. (Me too) #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 01:47:40 +0000 2010

@TracyClark_TLC - Skweeping! Shlizzing! Fobbling! Deedleing! Thu Sep 23 01:46:11 +0000 2010

The stars throw blazing minarets || to cross my path || to light my way #haikuThrowdown Thu Sep 23 01:44:56 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - No, because you have a lot of love to give. Thu Sep 23 01:44:04 +0000 2010

@TracyClark_TLC - I could invent a word for that particular function =) Thu Sep 23 01:42:29 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - That is exactly the reason to have children =) Thu Sep 23 01:37:06 +0000 2010

Sorry; had to do dishes -- illusion destroyed! Thu Sep 23 01:36:38 +0000 2010
@Belle_Auteur - It really is. She loves animals, and she has a lot of love to give. Loving animals keeps her happy =) Thu Sep 23 01:27:59 +0000 2010

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there. ~ Rita Mae Brown Thu Sep 23 01:25:17 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - Thank you so much ... I convinced Clair to get a new pet and move on ... Thu Sep 23 01:24:32 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - And that's awesome news about your speech. Good job! Thu Sep 23 01:22:06 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - I'm good. We miss Jessie a lot, but we're moving on =) Thu Sep 23 01:21:12 +0000 2010

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing -- but in the midst of living. ~ Anais Nin Thu Sep 23 01:19:00 +0000 2010

@Belle_Auteur - I'm good. Busy with work and stuff. How have you been? How's school? Thu Sep 23 01:16:40 +0000 2010

In case you missed it: The Underwood Effect || A short story by some guy named David Hunter -- http://bit.ly/bduurL Thu Sep 23 01:02:57 +0000 2010

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens ~ E. B. White #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 00:53:29 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - It was .... cold! Sleeping in a tent when it's 40F is not fun! But the days were warm =) Thu Sep 23 00:50:19 +0000 2010

I am a drinker with writing problems. ~ Brendan Behan Thu Sep 23 00:40:58 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - One thing I like about @VariantVal is her enthusiasm for writing =) #WW Thu Sep 23 00:36:09 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - I'm good. Been working, living and writing =) Thu Sep 23 00:34:37 +0000 2010

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Thu Sep 23 00:32:27 +0000 2010

#WW @ggSpirit - Gigi! How are you? Thu Sep 23 00:28:54 +0000 2010

At the NAD: Hunter S. Thompson || Interview -- http://bit.ly/cULFpV Thu Sep 23 00:28:17 +0000 2010

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. ~ Gustave Flaubert Thu Sep 23 00:26:35 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - We're too old to be shocked, I think LOL #BeenThroughItAll Thu Sep 23 00:26:15 +0000 2010

At the Den: J.R.R. Tolkien || BBC Interview -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Sep 23 00:25:23 +0000 2010

In case you missed it: Elmore Leonard on Writing, + Video: http://bit.ly/cADEVG Thu Sep 23 00:24:08 +0000 2010

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ~ Steven Wright Thu Sep 23 00:22:14 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I believe it's chicken and potaters tonight. #HungryHippo Thu Sep 23 00:21:31 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - This may shock you, but I agree. Thu Sep 23 00:20:23 +0000 2010

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. ~ Adlai Stevenson Thu Sep 23 00:17:39 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Dinner! It's making me happy. Almost time to eat =) Thu Sep 23 00:16:54 +0000 2010

@CrossmanCom - Elements of Style: It's my literary Sherpa =) Thu Sep 23 00:16:16 +0000 2010

I have some good stories yet to tell. ~ Fred Saberhagen Thu Sep 23 00:14:51 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Hey! Sup? #LeafFansUnite Thu Sep 23 00:14:25 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - It's that abstracted representation of a maple leaf on the jersey, isn't it? It makes you queasy? #GoHabs Thu Sep 23 00:13:43 +0000 2010

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. ~ E. B. White Thu Sep 23 00:09:58 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Watch the Leafs; they're winning =) Thu Sep 23 00:08:39 +0000 2010

I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. ~ Francoise Sagan Thu Sep 23 00:07:28 +0000 2010

One of these days is none of these days. ~ Henri Tubach #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 00:06:59 +0000 2010

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. ~ Dr. Seuss #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Sep 23 00:06:08 +0000 2010

@marisabirns ~ No animals were harmed in the making of this Tweet. Thu Sep 23 00:01:11 +0000 2010

This Tweet is a dramatization. Do not attempt. Wed Sep 22 23:54:05 +0000 2010

May the hair on your toes never fall out ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:41:33 +0000 2010

I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:40:36 +0000 2010

I sit beside the fire and think, of all that I have seen, of meadow flowers and butterflies, In summers that have been ~ Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:23:32 +0000 2010

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:22:01 +0000 2010

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:18:22 +0000 2010

... but not yet weary are our feet; still round the corner we may meet ~ Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:17:32 +0000 2010

Upon the hearth the fire is red; beneath the roof there is a bed ... Wed Sep 22 01:17:14 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I'll probably send a few stories your way, so you can beta read them for me. But be kind! Wed Sep 22 01:14:43 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - ill? Aw. Sending you some healing tweet vibes ((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) Wed Sep 22 01:13:57 +0000 2010

A day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run west of the moon, east of the sun. ~ Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:12:54 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - I'm good; it's warm here tonight, so all is well =) Wed Sep 22 01:11:05 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I'm deciding exactly which story to submit LOL Wed Sep 22 01:10:35 +0000 2010

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 Oh, whimsical notion, we hardly knew ye. - Bloom County Thu Sep 09 01:34:05 +0000 2010

   





@VariantVal @LaynaPimentel - Hullo you two! How are you? Wed Sep 22 01:10:06 +0000 2010

Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:09:37 +0000 2010

I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:08:11 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Val! =) Wed Sep 22 01:07:10 +0000 2010

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:04:50 +0000 2010

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 01:01:03 +0000 2010

The road goes ever on ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:57:28 +0000 2010

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:56:00 +0000 2010

@RBlackbirdsong - =) Awful nice of you ... I'm good, just living and writing (not exactly in that order either) Wed Sep 22 00:54:42 +0000 2010

@MeganWrites1 - Tolkien was a classic -- wasn't he? Wed Sep 22 00:53:32 +0000 2010

The Hobbit was published this day in 1937 -- BBC || Tolkien Interview: http://bit.ly/9CNUie Wed Sep 22 00:51:58 +0000 2010

You can only come to the morning through the shadows. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:50:55 +0000 2010

Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:46:14 +0000 2010

Not all who wander are lost. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:42:53 +0000 2010

@22DanielleM - Which nightmare? Did I miss a Twitter nightmare? Wed Sep 22 00:42:17 +0000 2010

RT and Lovin It: @EditorMark -- More than 400 tweeted tips on grammar, usage and style on one searchable page: http://bit.ly/btbPtQ. Wed Sep 22 00:40:33 +0000 2010

I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:39:27 +0000 2010

It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. ~ Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:37:54 +0000 2010

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination. ~ Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:36:47 +0000 2010

Little by little, one travels far. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Wed Sep 22 00:35:54 +0000 2010

The Hobbit was published this day in 1937 -- BBC || Tolkien Interview: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 22 00:08:59 +0000 2010

J.R.R. Tolkien || BBC Interview: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 23:48:48 +0000 2010

Gotta go. Read my blog while I'm gone! -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 07:49:57 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I'm usually here when you're not, and not here when you are. Or something. =) Tue Sep 21 07:49:11 +0000 2010

Off to work I go. I order you all to have a great day =) Tue Sep 21 07:47:24 +0000 2010

~ Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules For Writing, plus video: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 07:42:19 +0000 2010

Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules For Writing, plus video: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 02:04:15 +0000 2010

Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are. — Judy Blume Tue Sep 21 01:00:02 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - 50,000 words? In a month? Don't know If I can make it through either. Tue Sep 21 00:59:16 +0000 2010

Well, can't tweet to myself all night, time to #ShutUpAndWrite. Later Y'all .... Tue Sep 21 00:58:16 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I must do #NaNo this year. At least to say I tried LOL Tue Sep 21 00:56:23 +0000 2010

Writer's Digest Short Story Competition -- http://www.writersdigest.com/short Tue Sep 21 00:51:24 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I'm working on the novel, plus a story for the Writer's Digest short story contest ... Tue Sep 21 00:48:56 +0000 2010

So this is the new Twitter, huh? Looks suspiciously like the old Twitter. #NoChangeYet Tue Sep 21 00:44:38 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - I'm okay. Just writing. Who says writers lead exciting lives?? Tue Sep 21 00:42:19 +0000 2010

I have this feeling that I better #ShutUpAndWrite -- it's eerily quiet on my stream Zz Tue Sep 21 00:41:14 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - You! How are you? Tue Sep 21 00:38:30 +0000 2010

How's everyone tonight? I'm okay, just scribblin' and writin' .... Tue Sep 21 00:35:19 +0000 2010

Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules For Writing: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 00:34:25 +0000 2010

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. ~ Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules For Writing: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 21 00:27:24 +0000 2010

The Campfire Pages Halloween Special: Got a scary story? Come join the fun --- http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 20 07:54:06 +0000 2010

The Campfire Pages Halloween Special: Got a scary story? Come join the fun -- http://thecampfirepages.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 20 03:28:58 +0000 2010

Have a great weekend all. Thanks for all the mentions ... =) Sat Sep 18 01:50:00 +0000 2010

Be right back =) Sat Sep 18 00:25:47 +0000 2010

#FF to these talented ladies, @PeevishPenman, @LaynaPimentel and @ggSpirit Sat Sep 18 00:25:08 +0000 2010

#FF thanks to @DanMcNeil888, @22DanielleM, @EJStevensAuthor Sat Sep 18 00:23:42 +0000 2010

At the Den - Stephen King talks about the art of Short Stories: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/p/audio-visual.html Sat Sep 18 00:16:26 +0000 2010

@JosephLane @VariantVal - If only I had a transporter, I'd take you both. That'd be quite a weekend ... =) Sat Sep 18 00:14:45 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - I'm good. Getting ready to go away for the weekend, up north to the cottage. Tired ... Sat Sep 18 00:12:22 +0000 2010

#FF thanks to @SDAndrsn_Author, @WendySparrow, @marina0111, @KiraStann, @KarenOleet, and @Kno_Thyself =) Sat Sep 18 00:09:58 +0000 2010

#FF thanks to @AMWriter, @MerleChloe, @911editing, @DaveBartlett1, @Donna_Carrick and @AlexCarrick Sat Sep 18 00:08:51 +0000 2010

To my Twitter diehards @VariantVal, @Ndege, @JosephLane #followfriday Sat Sep 18 00:02:24 +0000 2010

Twitter, you may want to roll out your #newtwitter a little faster than one person at a time. Fri Sep 17 01:41:42 +0000 2010

A short story I wrote: The Underwood Effect - http://bit.ly/bduurL #Comedy #Fiction #StoryZone Fri Sep 17 01:32:58 +0000 2010

My first tweet by iPhone. Yay. Fri Sep 17 00:20:35 +0000 2010

I just got an iPhone! #Catharsis Thu Sep 16 21:50:50 +0000 2010

G'nite you two. Don't let the .... bedbugs .... bite @LornaSuzuki @JosephLane Thu Sep 16 03:00:04 +0000 2010

Goodnight Twitter. It's been fun as always Zz Thu Sep 16 02:57:22 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Well Joe, you may be right. We'll see ... Thu Sep 16 02:56:12 +0000 2010

@LadyKaguraX - Hm. Well, keep trying. You'll find those enduring characters eventually ... =) Thu Sep 16 02:51:09 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - If they leave Burkie in there for the next ten years or so everything will be fine, but ... #YouKnowTheDrill Thu Sep 16 02:49:55 +0000 2010

@LadyKaguraX - Haven't you ever fallen in love with a character you made up, and want the world to meet them? Thu Sep 16 02:45:24 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Yup. Too many GM's over the years, too many different agendas. Thu Sep 16 02:44:15 +0000 2010

@theangrymick - Thanks -- I was experimenting with different ways to write blog posts and figured a short story would work. Thu Sep 16 02:40:43 +0000 2010

Thanks for the RT @racheldillin =) Thu Sep 16 02:39:21 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - The way Washington and Pittsburgh are built, I don't think the Leafs or Habs will be winning for a while. Thu Sep 16 02:38:06 +0000 2010

@amyjosprague - It was an experiment actually -- To see If I could sit down and write a story in one sitting. It's difficult LOL Thu Sep 16 02:32:44 +0000 2010

Thanks for the RTs @amyjosprague, @theangrymick =) #WW Thu Sep 16 02:30:22 +0000 2010

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. ~ Isabel Allende Thu Sep 16 02:28:16 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Nevertheless, you are cordially invited to the Leafs Cup parade in 2013. #LeafsRule Thu Sep 16 02:27:24 +0000 2010

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell. ~ Octavia Butler Thu Sep 16 02:26:16 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Dude ... #LeafsRule Thu Sep 16 02:23:13 +0000 2010

A short story I wrote: The Underwood Effect - http://bit.ly/bduurL #Comedy #Fiction #StoryZone Thu Sep 16 02:17:00 +0000 2010

Add your story link to #StoryZone so we can all share =) Thu Sep 16 02:15:32 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Fall 'ain't so bad, but winter .... any way we can skip directly to spring? Thu Sep 16 02:14:15 +0000 2010

@amyjosprague - I'm loving this story -- thanks for sharing it =) Thu Sep 16 02:11:50 +0000 2010

If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it. ~ Ray Bradbury Thu Sep 16 02:09:42 +0000 2010

@Allison_Brennan - Thanks! http://sevendeadlysinsbooks.com Thu Sep 16 02:05:48 +0000 2010

@WendySparrow - I read all types: mainstream, crime, fantasy, sci-fi -- if it's a story, I'll read it =) Thu Sep 16 02:00:47 +0000 2010

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. ~ Rudyard Kipling Thu Sep 16 01:57:30 +0000 2010

Anyone got a short story I can read? I feel like reading tonight. #StoryZone Thu Sep 16 01:56:27 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - It seems I'm running into sleep deprivations again. It'll be worse when hockey season begins LOL Thu Sep 16 01:52:21 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Yer welcome. How's everything with you? Thu Sep 16 01:44:55 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - I accept your *smoojies* Thu Sep 16 01:42:58 +0000 2010

#WW to @JosephLane, literary brother, ornery hombre, good guy. Thu Sep 16 01:38:40 +0000 2010

A short story I wrote: The Underwood Effect - http://bit.ly/bduurL #Comedy #Fiction Thu Sep 16 01:37:32 +0000 2010

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. — Muriel Rukeyser Thu Sep 16 01:31:20 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Too much credit?? Your always writing! =) Thu Sep 16 01:27:49 +0000 2010

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. — Doris Lessing Thu Sep 16 01:24:43 +0000 2010
#WW to this insanely creative chick, @VariantVal Thu Sep 16 01:23:42 +0000 2010

#WW to possibly the hardest working writer in my whole tweet stream, @LaynaPimentel Thu Sep 16 01:22:31 +0000 2010

#WW the fabulous @ficwriter -- always an inspiration =) Thu Sep 16 01:21:30 +0000 2010

#WW to #Imago author and great writer @LornaSuzuki Thu Sep 16 01:20:07 +0000 2010

The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology - http://bit.ly/bduurL Thu Sep 16 01:18:46 +0000 2010

The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write. — Anon Thu Sep 16 01:15:07 +0000 2010

NBC correspondent Edwin Newman dies at 91 -- http://yhoo.it/d31Nn2 Wed Sep 15 18:00:05 +0000 2010

Goodnight Twitter. May tomorrow be strange and wonderful ..❧❀❧♥¸.•*¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Wed Sep 15 02:46:13 +0000 2010

RT @UsborneJody ~ Cool! A desk made out of old books! -- http://bit.ly/aSvzuB Wed Sep 15 02:32:08 +0000 2010

☞ Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow. ~ Gerald Vaughan ♡✩✺ Wed Sep 15 02:21:37 +0000 2010

RT @Om_Sun: ☜☞✩♡✩✺✩♡✩☜☞✩♡✩✺✩♡✩☜☞✩♡✩✺ Wed Sep 15 02:19:42 +0000 2010

Writing Tip: Everyone has 10,000 bad stories in them. The faster you get rid of them the better. #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Sep 15 02:16:32 +0000 2010

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~ Carl Sagan Wed Sep 15 02:12:49 +0000 2010

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. ~ Maynard James Keenan Wed Sep 15 02:07:30 +0000 2010

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. ~ George Lorimer Wed Sep 15 01:47:56 +0000 2010

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~ Scottish Proverb #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Sep 15 01:21:22 +0000 2010

If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done. ~ Anon Wed Sep 15 01:15:47 +0000 2010

I guess I'll miss this old Twitter page. It's all I've ever known ... LOL ... #TweetNostalgia Wed Sep 15 00:37:11 +0000 2010

So tonight Twitter changes? #eek Wed Sep 15 00:18:06 +0000 2010

A Modern Parable about Old Technology, A David Hunter Short -- http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 23:10:07 +0000 2010

One of these days is none of these days. ~ Henri Tubach #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 23:04:04 +0000 2010

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~ Spanish Proverb #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 23:01:18 +0000 2010
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~ Eva Young #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 22:59:03 +0000 2010

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. ~ Anon Tue Sep 14 22:54:58 +0000 2010

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'. ~ Martin Luther #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 22:54:15 +0000 2010

Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill. ~ Christopher Parker #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 22:51:40 +0000 2010

Tweeterus Ergo Sum (I Tweet, Therefore I am) Tue Sep 14 22:43:24 +0000 2010

@JenniferBWhite - Nothing like a fried chicken head to top off a meal =P Tue Sep 14 22:41:26 +0000 2010

I'm never eating chicken wings again -- http://bit.ly/bwDIwU Tue Sep 14 22:35:23 +0000 2010

@nickolaswriter - I lost all mentions dating back to June, then they all re-appeared again. High strangeness ... Tue Sep 14 22:33:53 +0000 2010

Ugh. Chicken head found in order of wings -- http://bit.ly/bwDIwU Tue Sep 14 22:30:22 +0000 2010

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. ~ Thomas W. Higginson Tue Sep 14 22:27:08 +0000 2010

@nickolaswriter - David Hunter reporting for duty. Tue Sep 14 22:26:39 +0000 2010

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. ~ E. B. White Tue Sep 14 22:24:41 +0000 2010

The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology -- http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 22:22:35 +0000 2010

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. ~ Doug Larson Tue Sep 14 22:15:29 +0000 2010

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. ~ Rita Mae Brown Tue Sep 14 22:10:16 +0000 2010

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? ~ George Carlin Tue Sep 14 18:35:47 +0000 2010

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. ~ Adlai Stevenson Tue Sep 14 18:28:13 +0000 2010

~ The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology -- http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 18:05:41 +0000 2010

The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology -- http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 08:12:27 +0000 2010

@Ndege @JosephLane - Hullo! Goombye! Zz Tue Sep 14 04:33:47 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - I had one, and it was decoration too. Very hard to find ribbons for them. Didn't do much writing on it. Tue Sep 14 04:32:55 +0000 2010

@Jennifer_MK - Thanks for the RT ... awful nice of you! Tue Sep 14 04:28:50 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Much as I love the damn Underwood, it is a beast to write on LOL Tue Sep 14 04:25:18 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - That was an experiment to see if I could write a short story in one sitting. I guess it worked! Tue Sep 14 04:22:00 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Gracias Amigo, for the RT =) Tue Sep 14 04:20:36 +0000 2010

The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology - http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 04:12:16 +0000 2010

@racheldillin - Hey, thanks for the RT =) Tue Sep 14 04:11:09 +0000 2010

A New Short Story I wrote: The Underwood Effect - http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 04:07:57 +0000 2010

Short Story: The Underwood Effect || A Modern Parable about Old Technology - http://bit.ly/bduurL Tue Sep 14 03:57:17 +0000 2010

Ya know, Voltaire once said that there's a certain inevitable futility in indecision... ~ Bloom County #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 00:41:21 +0000 2010

Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up. — Stephen King Tue Sep 14 00:27:42 +0000 2010

@MistyWritesNow - Aw, thanks! I'm just about to #ShutUpAndWrite as well. Tue Sep 14 00:26:23 +0000 2010

Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up. — Stephen King Tue Sep 14 00:25:20 +0000 2010

Ugh. Cliches give me indigestion: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Tue Sep 14 00:21:18 +0000 2010

@MistyWritesNow - Huh? When did I ask anyone to stop observing?? =) Tue Sep 14 00:20:23 +0000 2010

Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.' ~ Jeff Mallett Tue Sep 14 00:09:22 +0000 2010

Writing Tip: Everyone has 10,000 bad stories in them. The faster you get rid of them the better. #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 14 00:07:28 +0000 2010

A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories. - John Irving Tue Sep 14 00:03:11 +0000 2010

@marisabirns - How about a veggie dress? I could handle that. #GaGaGoneGaGa Tue Sep 14 00:02:16 +0000 2010

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides right through the brain and goes straight to the heart. - Maya Angelou Tue Sep 14 00:01:30 +0000 2010

Don't understand the meat dress, it's neither stylish nor practical. #GaGaGoneGaGa Mon Sep 13 23:58:27 +0000 2010

If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very bad, it would be hard to write something very good. - Steven Galloway Mon Sep 13 23:55:38 +0000 2010

Let the readers do some of the work themselves. ~ Dostoyevsky Mon Sep 13 23:36:24 +0000 2010

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. ~John Steinbeck Mon Sep 13 23:29:00 +0000 2010

RT @AdviceToWriters ~ Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre. CARLOS FUENTES Mon Sep 13 23:26:53 +0000 2010

Don't get it right, just get it written -- James Thurber Mon Sep 13 23:24:02 +0000 2010

If I could write words like leaves on an autumn forest floor, What a bonfire my letters would make ... ~ Spike Milligan Mon Sep 13 23:23:28 +0000 2010
-- Avoid Clichês Like the Plague -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Mon Sep 13 23:00:04 +0000 2010

The world is divided into people who think they are right. — Anonymous Mon Sep 13 18:28:18 +0000 2010

Don’t think and then write it down. Think on paper. — Harry Kemelman Mon Sep 13 18:26:04 +0000 2010

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good. — William Faulkner Mon Sep 13 18:25:24 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - I agree. #StopClichesNow Sun Sep 12 20:35:58 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - I'm in the same boat! LOL Sun Sep 12 20:31:57 +0000 2010

Avoid Clichês Like the Plague -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Sep 12 20:28:02 +0000 2010

Avoid Cliches Like the Plague, by David Hunter: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Sep 12 16:25:15 +0000 2010

I am off to #ShutUpAndWrite #SilenceisGolden #amwriting #jussayin Sun Sep 12 16:09:57 +0000 2010

Avoiding Cliches, by David Hunter: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Sep 12 16:08:48 +0000 2010

@WendySparrow - You DON'T want to see my legs. That must be avoided! #justsayin Sun Sep 12 16:03:08 +0000 2010

Avoid Clichés Like the Plague: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Sep 12 16:01:50 +0000 2010

Looks like I need a new computer. Sigh ... (This Tweet just echoed ...) Sun Sep 12 16:01:03 +0000 2010

Is this thing on? (taps microphone) Sun Sep 12 16:00:04 +0000 2010

@LizBorino - Well, no use in getting angry. I have learned that life is too short to be all stressed out =) Sun Sep 12 15:41:44 +0000 2010

Is anyone else having problems with the new Blogger Post - Editor? It's being stupid =) Sun Sep 12 15:39:10 +0000 2010

Let's have some new cliches. ~ Samuel Goldwyn Sun Sep 12 14:15:51 +0000 2010

I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing. ~ Matthew Vaughn Sun Sep 12 14:04:55 +0000 2010

If you want to use a cliche, take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon, or on society. ~ Lewis Thomas Sun Sep 12 14:03:32 +0000 2010

Is "tired old cliche" one? ~ Rod Schmidt Sun Sep 12 13:58:11 +0000 2010

The cliche is dead poetry. ~ Gerald Brenan Sun Sep 12 13:55:38 +0000 2010



It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue. ~ Stephen Fry Sun Sep 12 13:55:04 +0000 2010

It's time for bed. Take care of yourselves out there, be well, survive. Zz Sun Sep 12 04:24:24 +0000 2010

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. ~ Somerset Maugham Sun Sep 12 04:22:57 +0000 2010

@MsLadyKK - I thought it was pretty good. Wish I had written it #TheBookofEli Sun Sep 12 04:19:55 +0000 2010

May I never grow too old to treasure 'once upon a time'. ~ Anon Sun Sep 12 04:18:55 +0000 2010

A room without books is like a body without a soul. - Cicero Sun Sep 12 04:14:18 +0000 2010

Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize. ~ Henry James Sun Sep 12 04:12:22 +0000 2010

Yes, I've had a few drinks tonight. Watched 'the Book of Eli' too. Sun Sep 12 04:11:58 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I know I do better with ... friends! Sun Sep 12 04:11:13 +0000 2010

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. – Edward Abbey Sun Sep 12 04:10:21 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You mean cut off the poor bunny's ___? Sun Sep 12 04:08:36 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Ugh! Rabbits are such a handful though! I can't imagine having TWO bunnies going at it all the time LOL Sun Sep 12 04:06:07 +0000 2010

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ༺༻ Mark Twain #TwainStation Sun Sep 12 04:05:05 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I think one bunny will do =) Sun Sep 12 04:04:16 +0000 2010

9/11: The Haunting, by David Hunter -- http://bit.ly/a0TzYc Sun Sep 12 04:03:17 +0000 2010

@Ndege - But then they procreate! Must get a bunny vasectomy! Sun Sep 12 04:00:24 +0000 2010

...Let them be your mattress and you shall sleep restful nights.❧❀❧♥¸.•*¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Sun Sep 12 03:59:12 +0000 2010

Let books be your dining table, and you shall be full of delights ❧❀❧♥¸.•*¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Sun Sep 12 03:59:01 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - We are shopping for a new bunny. Maybe in December we'll get one =) Sun Sep 12 03:58:36 +0000 2010

@Ndege - A lot of the terminology is Latin based, so I can understand that aspect of it. Sun Sep 12 03:57:56 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Good evening buttercup. How are you? Sun Sep 12 03:56:35 +0000 2010

Books are embalmed minds. ༺༻ Bovee Sun Sep 12 03:56:02 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Not too many Latin speaking people in this neighborhood. And if there were, I wouldn't know! Sun Sep 12 03:55:19 +0000 2010

Thank you for the RTs: @Ndege, @JosephMulak, @Jennifer_MK, @flipster48 Sun Sep 12 03:50:19 +0000 2010

RT @ficwriter ¸,✶Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ.. There Are No Rules - Hurricane Season http://t.co/vQau19c via @AddThis Sat Sep 11 01:10:41 +0000 2010

"The paper burns, but the words fly free." ~ Akiba ben Joseph Sat Sep 11 01:08:55 +0000 2010

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. ~ Stephen King Sat Sep 11 01:01:22 +0000 2010

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Z.N. Hurston Sat Sep 11 00:58:54 +0000 2010

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. ஜ Kahlil Gibran ¸.ஜ☯ø❀☮”♥ø„¸¸„ø,,¸¸,,., Sat Sep 11 00:53:15 +0000 2010

A writer has a facility with words. A good writer can also think. — Cynthia Ozick Sat Sep 11 00:47:56 +0000 2010

I miss @ShadyMutton ... #FF Sat Sep 11 00:43:30 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Yes? How did you know? Does it show on my face? Sat Sep 11 00:41:34 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Still operating on half a brain. Just woke up ... Sat Sep 11 00:37:41 +0000 2010

Three great writers, and beautiful people to boot: @JoLynneValerie, @ficwriter, and @LaynaPimentel Sat Sep 11 00:37:06 +0000 2010

One of the most interesting people I know, #FF @delwilliams Sat Sep 11 00:34:34 +0000 2010

#FF -- @VariantVal, @Ndege, and @JosephLane - My friends. Sat Sep 11 00:33:24 +0000 2010

#FF to @Kno_Thyself, who ... knows herself =) Sat Sep 11 00:32:31 +0000 2010

A great writer, #FF to @LornaSuzuki Sat Sep 11 00:31:50 +0000 2010

#followfriday thanks to @GLaCorde, @Corbie77, @deleeze, @ventus_17 and @Kno_Thyself =) Sat Sep 11 00:29:49 +0000 2010

~ If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side. ~ Anon Fri Sep 10 07:48:19 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I'm off to work; you have a great day. Take care of yourself =) Fri Sep 10 07:40:53 +0000 2010

Time's up. My manuscript awaits ... #ShutUpAndWrite #amwriting Fri Sep 10 01:16:58 +0000 2010

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope - Dr. Seuss Fri Sep 10 01:14:25 +0000 2010

Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. - Ezra Pound Fri Sep 10 01:13:16 +0000 2010

¸,✶*¨*•,¸Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☯ Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer. - Julien Green ¸,✶*¨*•,¸Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☯ Fri Sep 10 01:09:27 +0000 2010

RT @The_AntiJoe -- A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt #quote Fri Sep 10 01:08:26 +0000 2010
RT @ficwriter ¸,✶Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ.. There Are No Rules - Hurricane Season http://t.co/vQau19c via @AddThis Sat Sep 11 01:10:41 +0000 2010

"The paper burns, but the words fly free." ~ Akiba ben Joseph Sat Sep 11 01:08:55 +0000 2010

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. ~ Stephen King Sat Sep 11 01:01:22 +0000 2010

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Z.N. Hurston Sat Sep 11 00:58:54 +0000 2010

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. ஜ Kahlil Gibran ¸.ஜ☯ø❀☮”♥ø„¸¸„ø,,¸¸,,., Sat Sep 11 00:53:15 +0000 2010

A writer has a facility with words. A good writer can also think. — Cynthia Ozick Sat Sep 11 00:47:56 +0000 2010

I miss @ShadyMutton ... #FF Sat Sep 11 00:43:30 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Yes? How did you know? Does it show on my face? Sat Sep 11 00:41:34 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Still operating on half a brain. Just woke up ... Sat Sep 11 00:37:41 +0000 2010

Three great writers, and beautiful people to boot: @JoLynneValerie, @ficwriter, and @LaynaPimentel Sat Sep 11 00:37:06 +0000 2010

One of the most interesting people I know, #FF @delwilliams Sat Sep 11 00:34:34 +0000 2010

#FF -- @VariantVal, @Ndege, and @JosephLane - My friends. Sat Sep 11 00:33:24 +0000 2010

#FF to @Kno_Thyself, who ... knows herself =) Sat Sep 11 00:32:31 +0000 2010

A great writer, #FF to @LornaSuzuki Sat Sep 11 00:31:50 +0000 2010

#followfriday thanks to @GLaCorde, @Corbie77, @deleeze, @ventus_17 and @Kno_Thyself =) Sat Sep 11 00:29:49 +0000 2010

~ If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side. ~ Anon Fri Sep 10 07:48:19 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I'm off to work; you have a great day. Take care of yourself =) Fri Sep 10 07:40:53 +0000 2010

Time's up. My manuscript awaits ... #ShutUpAndWrite #amwriting Fri Sep 10 01:16:58 +0000 2010

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope - Dr. Seuss Fri Sep 10 01:14:25 +0000 2010

Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. - Ezra Pound Fri Sep 10 01:13:16 +0000 2010

¸,✶*¨*•,¸Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☯ Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer. - Julien Green ¸,✶*¨*•,¸Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☯ Fri Sep 10 01:09:27 +0000 2010

RT @The_AntiJoe -- A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt #quote Fri Sep 10 01:08:26 +0000 2010
…your reader is at least as bright as you are. ~ William Maxwell Fri Sep 10 01:07:45 +0000 2010

You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talkin'. -- Lyndon B. Johnson #ShutUpAndWrite Fri Sep 10 00:59:12 +0000 2010

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~ Holden Caulfield Fri Sep 10 00:57:21 +0000 2010

Chilly outside. No complaints: I have my mug of Tea, my words, and NFL Football in the background. Fri Sep 10 00:55:42 +0000 2010

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. - C S Lewis Fri Sep 10 00:53:48 +0000 2010

The written word endures. Litera scripta manet. ~ Anon Fri Sep 10 00:52:21 +0000 2010

...First star to the left, then straight on till morning..☾∴*∵∶*∴*¤°• . NiTe Thu Sep 09 02:11:32 +0000 2010

@JosephLane @LornaSuzuki - Night! Zz Thu Sep 09 02:09:58 +0000 2010

Okay, I'm outta here. Zz Thu Sep 09 02:07:43 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - See, that'll be the fun of it LOL Thu Sep 09 02:01:53 +0000 2010

@22DanielleM - I have a video clip of her below that too. She was getting up there; 8 is old for a bunny ... Thu Sep 09 01:55:09 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - By the way, I'm preparing to do some hockey writing this winter. I wanted you and I to do some Leafs/Habs sparing =) Thu Sep 09 01:53:23 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - I'm still missing the F11 key. I never use it anyway LOL Thu Sep 09 01:52:27 +0000 2010

@22DanielleM - Well, we lost our pet Bunny Jessie a few days ago, but we're coping =) Here's a pic of her: http://xtheoutpostx.blogspot.com/ Thu Sep 09 01:51:55 +0000 2010

❝ May your writings be a spark of unfettered ideas and cataclysms❞ ~ ¸,,✌•¨°º✽„¸ Thu Sep 09 01:50:47 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - You are too kind milady! #HaveAGreatNight Thu Sep 09 01:50:12 +0000 2010

❝The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.❞ ~ Bernard Malamud Thu Sep 09 01:45:37 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - You just described ME! #Tired #WornOut #ButGood Thu Sep 09 01:44:53 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - I'll send a pic. The colors are in describable =P Thu Sep 09 01:44:21 +0000 2010

#WW to my main #ShutUpAndWrite pals @10MinuteWriter and @LaynaPimentel Thu Sep 09 01:43:45 +0000 2010

#WW to these fine writers: @22DanielleM, @LornaSuzuki #IMAGO @PeevishPenman Thu Sep 09 01:42:46 +0000 2010

'Foreshadowing' -- your clue to quality literature. - Bloom County Thu Sep 09 01:39:22 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Not the bedrooms or bathroom: Kitchen, Living room and hallway. Thu Sep 09 01:39:06 +0000 2010

@sabluvs2write - Ugh. Coping. It's weird not having the Bunny running underfoot. We painted the apartment today =) Thu Sep 09 01:36:50 +0000 2010

Oh, whimsical notion, we hardly knew ye. - Bloom County Thu Sep 09 01:34:05 +0000 2010
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Writing is my time machine; it takes me to the precise time and place I belong. ~ Jeb Dickerson Thu Sep 09 01:30:19 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - How have you been bro? Hope all is well. Thu Sep 09 01:28:11 +0000 2010

Literature is my Utopia. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet gracious discourse - Helen Keller Thu Sep 09 01:27:35 +0000 2010

✈ As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors. ✈ Rhys Alexander ✉ ✌ ✍ ✤ ✲ Thu Sep 09 01:26:03 +0000 2010

#WW to @VariantVal, @TessDickenson, @ggSpirit, @JosephLane -- sometimes they help me through the rough patches ... =) Thu Sep 09 01:23:51 +0000 2010

#WW Thx to @DanMcNeil888, @sarahndipitous, @GLaCorde, @ventus_17, @TheJanF, @TerryCombsAZ, and @DocumentDriven Thu Sep 09 01:22:50 +0000 2010

My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? - Dr. Seuss Thu Sep 09 01:21:01 +0000 2010

I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write. ~ Beth Gilbert Thu Sep 09 01:19:54 +0000 2010

-- Brain Freeze? Yeah, I get those: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 07:50:43 +0000 2010

~ @MerleChloe @Ndege =) Wed Sep 08 07:50:06 +0000 2010

Off to work I go -- have a great day everyone ... =) Wed Sep 08 07:47:34 +0000 2010

Page Fright? -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 07:42:40 +0000 2010

You must learn to overcome your very natural and appropriate revulsion for your own work. ~ William Gibson Wed Sep 08 02:42:39 +0000 2010

Ack: Page Fright? http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:40:00 +0000 2010

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand -- Kurt Vonnegut Wed Sep 08 02:16:56 +0000 2010

At the Den: The Lamentable Brain Freeze -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:16:17 +0000 2010

To hell with facts! We need stories! - Ken Kesey Wed Sep 08 02:10:42 +0000 2010

@22DanielleM - Thanks for the RT! Very nice of you ... Wed Sep 08 02:10:24 +0000 2010

Brain Freeze? Yeah, I get those: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:08:46 +0000 2010

Do you ever get Page Fright? -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:04:57 +0000 2010

New Post at the Den -- The Lamentable Brain Freeze: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:02:06 +0000 2010

Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell you a story. - F. Scott Fitzgerald Wed Sep 08 02:01:15 +0000 2010

Page Fright? The Lamentable Brain Freeze: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 02:00:03 +0000 2010