Thursday, October 28, 2010

  Archived Pile of Twitter Feed No. 8 || @TheWritersDen





 Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself. ~ Terry Pratchett Fri Sep 03 00:34:07 +0000 2010







Don't ever ask Paris Hilton for some gum. #LifeLesson Fri Sep 03 00:33:23 +0000 2010

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. ~ Sylvia Plath #ShutUpAndWrite Fri Sep 03 00:23:59 +0000 2010

Today is good: Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup. #amwriting #ShutUpAndWrite Fri Sep 03 00:12:45 +0000 2010

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living. ~ Gustave Flaubert Fri Sep 03 00:02:26 +0000 2010

My stomach is telling me to stop writing and go eat. Who am I to argue? BRB Fri Sep 03 00:01:31 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - At that rate, I'm sure the quality suffered a tad. I'd rather write 10 GOOD books than 500 mediocre ones =) Fri Sep 03 00:00:50 +0000 2010

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. ~ Jorge Luis Borges Thu Sep 02 23:59:19 +0000 2010

John Creasey wrote 500 crime novels. I want what he was smoking ... Thu Sep 02 23:54:56 +0000 2010

@jjochwat - I like bright bar, the better to see the fly in my drink =) Thu Sep 02 23:53:30 +0000 2010

Sigh. So much to write, so few fingers to type with ... Thu Sep 02 23:52:40 +0000 2010

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. ~ Margaret Atwood Thu Sep 02 23:51:42 +0000 2010

@marisabirns @sallyroyerderr - You know you're addicted to Writing when you won't even get up to eat! Thu Sep 02 23:51:17 +0000 2010

Ah, my avatar is back to normal. No more dark bar underneath it ... about time, Twitter. Thu Sep 02 23:50:35 +0000 2010

Useless Tweet No. 17,296: I'm Hungry, but too lazy to cook. I'd rather starve and keep writing. Thu Sep 02 23:46:21 +0000 2010

This concludes our broadcast day. Goodnight , .., Zz Thu Sep 02 03:01:12 +0000 2010

Goodnight Twitter. Peace ... Zz Thu Sep 02 02:56:05 +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 Thu Sep 02 02:53:59 +0000 2010

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. ~ Tennessee Williams Thu Sep 02 02:50:02 +0000 2010

@Hovito310 - What does one wonder about my writing? Thu Sep 02 02:49:22 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Psst: RE: @JosephLane 's Hair: It's a toupee. Thu Sep 02 02:47:31 +0000 2010

I dislike #WW because all of you are so worthy and it would be annoying to try and #WW all 3000 of you. #Regret Thu Sep 02 02:46:43 +0000 2010
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. ~ Isaac Asimov Thu Sep 02 02:42:56 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @Ndege - No one has hair quite like @JosephLane. His is a hurricane coiffure. Thu Sep 02 02:41:28 +0000 2010

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. ~ Samuel Beckett Thu Sep 02 02:40:19 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @Ndege - You lost me. Now I feel just like @JosephLane Thu Sep 02 02:38:44 +0000 2010

Terry Fox's run for cancer ended 30 years ago today - watch this ESPN special: http://litgas.blogspot.com/p/audio-visual.html Thu Sep 02 02:37:42 +0000 2010

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing -- but in the midst of living. ~ Anais Nin Thu Sep 02 02:34:20 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @Ndege - Wrong universe? #Whoops Thu Sep 02 02:31:31 +0000 2010

Donald Trump just bought my Tweets. You will each have to pay a penny to look at them. Thu Sep 02 02:31:07 +0000 2010

@Ndege - What's wrong with Me? Everything! #OhNo Thu Sep 02 02:28:17 +0000 2010

Now WHERE did I put my pants? Thu Sep 02 02:27:33 +0000 2010

I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography. ~ Steven Wright Thu Sep 02 02:25:46 +0000 2010

@Ndege - What's wrong with rabbits? Thu Sep 02 02:25:21 +0000 2010

For Sale: One used Tweet. 5 bucks OBO Thu Sep 02 02:24:56 +0000 2010

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~ Carl Sagan Thu Sep 02 02:23:37 +0000 2010

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality. ~ Manuel Puig Thu Sep 02 02:22:26 +0000 2010

@Ndege - So?? Whaz wrong wi that sentence?? Thu Sep 02 02:21:38 +0000 2010

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. ~ Steven Wright (Me too) Thu Sep 02 02:20:53 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Which sentence?? Thu Sep 02 02:18:34 +0000 2010

It takes an awful long time to not write a book. - Douglas Adams Thu Sep 02 02:17:41 +0000 2010

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens ~ E. B. White Thu Sep 02 02:15:14 +0000 2010

@Ndege @VariantVal - There are only a few Vets here in Toronto who will even work on a rabbit. I guess it's specialized ... Thu Sep 02 02:14:56 +0000 2010

Twitter is being silly on my side. Stupid whale, where's Ahab when you need him? Thu Sep 02 02:11:10 +0000 2010

@Ndege - It/She is fine. She still needs to get her tooth fixed. #Whew Thu Sep 02 02:03:31 +0000 2010

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. ~ Manuel Puig Thu Sep 02 02:00:09 +0000 2010
@theangrymick - Odd isn't it? Thu Sep 02 01:59:33 +0000 2010

@Ndege - My leprecha... erm ... my rabbit! Thu Sep 02 01:59:01 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Jessie is good. She's eating on her own now, but it's mushy food. She ate a piece of apple the other day ... =) Thu Sep 02 01:58:30 +0000 2010

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. ~ Manuel Puig Thu Sep 02 01:57:27 +0000 2010

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels. ~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante (assiduously?) Thu Sep 02 01:57:02 +0000 2010

@Ndege - All of life is an if! L IF E Thu Sep 02 01:56:04 +0000 2010

I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. ~ Nicholas Sparks Thu Sep 02 01:55:30 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Hullo Buttercup. How are thee? Thu Sep 02 01:54:14 +0000 2010

Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can. ~ Richard Hughes Thu Sep 02 01:53:33 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @Alyssa_Milano @Ndege - I missed you guys! Thu Sep 02 01:51:58 +0000 2010

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. ~ Anatole Broyard Thu Sep 02 01:50:55 +0000 2010

Thanks for all the #WW mentions! I will reciprocate soon ... =) Thu Sep 02 01:48:03 +0000 2010

1320 words, and calling it a night. Zz Wed Sep 01 03:25:27 +0000 2010

The stars throw blazing minarets || to cross my path || to light my way #haikuThrowdown Wed Sep 01 02:56:57 +0000 2010

RT @Miriclaire ~ Friend to the ocean ~ Moon travels through night's pathway ~ sister to the stars #haiku #haikuThrowdown Wed Sep 01 02:54:58 +0000 2010

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. ~ Annie Dillard Wed Sep 01 02:39:19 +0000 2010

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. ~ Manuel Puig Wed Sep 01 02:34:10 +0000 2010

Twitter, are you being stupid again? #OverCapacityMyAss Wed Sep 01 02:33:31 +0000 2010

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart. ~ Douglas Sirk Wed Sep 01 02:29:37 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - Saturday the temp is supposed to plummet. Can't wait! (Soon I'll be grousing about the cold ..=P) Wed Sep 01 02:28:39 +0000 2010

Literature is the question minus the answer. ~ Roland Barthes Wed Sep 01 02:24:37 +0000 2010

@winjaw - You too ... #ShutUpAndWrite =) Wed Sep 01 02:24:19 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - As soon as the weather breaks, meaning if the temperature goes down to a reasonable level, I'll be on more frequently ... Wed Sep 01 02:23:37 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Working on my book, and will crash soon as well. All is good in my world ... =) Wed Sep 01 02:22:46 +0000 2010
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. ~ Cyril Connolly Wed Sep 01 02:08:54 +0000 2010

@LornaSuzuki - Hello Lorna! I'll take a look before I go to sleep ... hope you are well! Wed Sep 01 02:08:14 +0000 2010

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature. ~ Lawrence Durrell Wed Sep 01 02:00:54 +0000 2010

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. ~ Jean Cocteau Wed Sep 01 01:55:30 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Yeah! How are you? Everything good? Wed Sep 01 01:54:53 +0000 2010

I'm writing, by the way. Thus the occasional tweet ... =) Wed Sep 01 01:51:22 +0000 2010

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there. ~ Rita Mae Brown Wed Sep 01 01:50:35 +0000 2010

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. ~ Ezra Pound Wed Sep 01 01:34:03 +0000 2010

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. ~ Vladimir Nabokov Wed Sep 01 01:30:57 +0000 2010

Literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Wed Sep 01 01:05:02 +0000 2010

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton Wed Sep 01 00:29:39 +0000 2010

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens ~ E. B. White Wed Sep 01 00:24:57 +0000 2010

While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living - Cyril Connolly Wed Sep 01 00:24:07 +0000 2010

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~ Carl Sagan Tue Aug 31 01:46:18 +0000 2010

If a true artist were born in a pigpen and raised in a sty, he would still find plenty of inspiration for his work. ~ Willa Cather Tue Aug 31 01:20:12 +0000 2010

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. ~ Pearl S. Buck Tue Aug 31 01:14:48 +0000 2010

Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. ~ Finding Forrester Tue Aug 31 01:11:50 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - The Techie will show you. I'm getting scared! Must back up my files now #GhostintheMachine Tue Aug 31 01:11:10 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - No, you take the hard drive OUT, and plug it into this encasement, then use another computer, download all your files. Tue Aug 31 01:10:06 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Get an external thingy to plug your hard drive into, so you can retrieve your work. I'm getting one too. Tue Aug 31 01:05:29 +0000 2010

Okay, time to #ShutUpAndWrite -- My book 'ain't gonna write itself you know! Tue Aug 31 01:04:01 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Think of us here on Twitter, and we'll give you cause to smile while you enjoy your toilings! Tue Aug 31 01:02:55 +0000 2010

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~ Anton Chekhov Tue Aug 31 01:01:10 +0000 2010

@BevStubbs - All joking aside, it's tough when you get into a rut like that. I think the only way is to smash through; just write anything. Tue Aug 31 00:59:52 +0000 2010

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~ Toni Morrison Tue Aug 31 00:58:35 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - I'm gearing up for a Fall return to blogging. I've been on hiatus working on the book. Glad Mad Matt is back ... Tue Aug 31 00:55:43 +0000 2010

@BevStubbs - Two weeks without writing?? Yikes. I want you to open a fresh Word Doc and just write something fun. Hurry! Tue Aug 31 00:54:17 +0000 2010

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ~ Stephen King Tue Aug 31 00:52:35 +0000 2010

@ficwriter - Thank you for the RT - hope you are doing well? Tue Aug 31 00:51:17 +0000 2010

When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time." ~ Stephen King Tue Aug 31 00:50:44 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Hey Joe! Yeah, he joined a blog of mine that was under construction. He sneaked up on me! (Or SNUCK) Tue Aug 31 00:49:47 +0000 2010

@Ndege - How is everything with you? All is well? Also, WHERE are you? Tue Aug 31 00:48:26 +0000 2010

A Guest Post by John Steinbeck at the Den (not really) http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/p/lit-bits.html Tue Aug 31 00:47:28 +0000 2010

@BevStubbs - Naw, only #ShutUpAndWrite when you get sick of your own voice! It works! Tue Aug 31 00:46:24 +0000 2010

I missed you @JoLynneValerie - remember to follow this lovely and talented writer =) #FF #WW and the rest of the alphabet Tue Aug 31 00:45:34 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Here you go ------> (a) Tue Aug 31 00:44:18 +0000 2010

@Ndege - How can I hermetically seal my mind! Now we're getting all abstract and weird! Tue Aug 31 00:43:30 +0000 2010

The following is a public service announcement by @TheWritersDen: #ShutUpAndWrite, because you can! Tue Aug 31 00:42:44 +0000 2010

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ~ Stephen King Tue Aug 31 00:41:16 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I write in a hermetically sealed environment. #Nyah Tue Aug 31 00:40:33 +0000 2010

@marisabirns - I could use some milk. My box of Rice Crispies is lonely ... Tue Aug 31 00:39:31 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - You'd love the Ex - so many buildings to explore: The Arts, The Farm, The Shopping Mall! The various Beer Tents! Tue Aug 31 00:38:57 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Your ... keyboard is teeming with life? #DDT #Raid #InsectRepellent Tue Aug 31 00:37:41 +0000 2010

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses. ~ Stephen King Tue Aug 31 00:36:44 +0000 2010

The ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding. - Francis Bacon Tue Aug 31 00:34:57 +0000 2010

@Ndege - This is a universal truth: Life is EVERYwhere. Tue Aug 31 00:34:27 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Now they use REAL chain-saws! Tue Aug 31 00:33:56 +0000 2010

Higgledy-Piggledy: [ˈhɪgəldɪˈpɪgəldɪ] Informal - In utter disorder or confusion; Topsy-turvy; jumbled. Tue Aug 31 00:33:28 +0000 2010

Don't get it right, just get it written -- James Thurber #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Aug 31 00:30:40 +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 Tue Aug 31 00:29:36 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - The Buildings at the Ex have become more interesting to me than the rides. Can't handle the stomach flips anymore =P Tue Aug 31 00:29:16 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Yes! Life is good. Is life being good to you too? Hope so! Tue Aug 31 00:27:58 +0000 2010

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. - Anatole France Tue Aug 31 00:27:16 +0000 2010

I get a lot of letters from people saying "I want to be a writer" - I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it. ~ Ruth Rendell Tue Aug 31 00:26:35 +0000 2010

The CNE, for the uninitiated, is the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. We also call it 'The Ex": http://www.theex.com/ Tue Aug 31 00:24:37 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - We went to the CNE Sunday, and spent most of the day in the A/C buildings LOL Tue Aug 31 00:22:58 +0000 2010

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. ~ Chuck Palahniuk Tue Aug 31 00:22:12 +0000 2010

The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with. — Zadie Smith Tue Aug 31 00:19:39 +0000 2010

Fate is a quantity very much like TV: an unstoppable narrative, written, produced and directed by somebody else. — Zadie Smith Tue Aug 31 00:17:07 +0000 2010

Lit Bits: John Steinbeck's Letter to Beginning Writers: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/p/lit-bits.html Tue Aug 31 00:15:39 +0000 2010

The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life. — Zadie Smith Tue Aug 31 00:14:18 +0000 2010

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. - Elie Wiesel Tue Aug 31 00:13:04 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Yeah, it was close to 41 with the humidity (That's close to 100F I think, for my American friends) Tue Aug 31 00:10:50 +0000 2010

Lit Bits: John Steinbeck and Advice for Beginning Writers: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/p/lit-bits.html Tue Aug 31 00:09:23 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - She still needs some surgery I think, to fix her tooth, but at least she's doing better. Tue Aug 31 00:05:13 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - What would #ShutUpAndWrite be without you? You rock. Mon Aug 30 23:58:20 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - She's eating again, but only mushy food. the other day she ate a bit of apple, so it's encouraging =) Mon Aug 30 23:57:38 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - Hey! I just got here! You can't #ShutUpAndWrite me for another HOUR at least! LOL Mon Aug 30 23:53:26 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - We went down to Port Dover for the week, enjoyed the beach and stuff. Mon Aug 30 23:52:36 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Amazing how busy life gets. This is the first chance I've gotten to get back at the computer in a week! Mon Aug 30 23:51:56 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - It's you! How's the WIP?? Mon Aug 30 23:49:01 +0000 2010

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.~ Heather Sellers Mon Aug 30 23:48:36 +0000 2010

Hello Twitter. I missed you =) Mon Aug 30 23:47:16 +0000 2010

It takes an awful long time to not write a book. - Douglas Adams Mon Aug 30 23:38:34 +0000 2010
Goodnight Twitterland. Sweet dreams .. *•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸*★☾∴*★∵∶★∴★* ¤°• Wed Aug 25 03:26:42 +0000 2010

Gotta go. Friends just showed up. Sorry I have to leave you all =( Be good to yourselves! Wed Aug 25 01:01:16 +0000 2010

Hold fast on to your heart, and stay a soulful mind ... a Lovely Poem by @Ndege ~ http://deverse.wordpress.com/ Wed Aug 25 00:54:39 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I am rushing over to read it right now. Hold all my calls ... Wed Aug 25 00:39:19 +0000 2010

My computer's clock says 1:45 AM. That can't be good. Wed Aug 25 00:34:12 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You? A new blog?? Wed Aug 25 00:33:09 +0000 2010

@MaggiRos - He seems like a funny guy, full of energy and fun. Except when it comes to money LOL Wed Aug 25 00:32:21 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - You can always go to the Den to see it. I have a new video page. Wed Aug 25 00:29:46 +0000 2010

@MaggiRos - Who, Harlan Ellison? You worked for him? Wed Aug 25 00:29:00 +0000 2010

I thought old men were supposed to be Jolly! Harlan Ellison ranting about Writing and Money: http://bit.ly/buwu6B Wed Aug 25 00:25:30 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Speaking of cantankerous, did you see the Harlan Ellison thing? What a grouch! LOL Wed Aug 25 00:24:21 +0000 2010

~ @RonnicaZ - Yes! Stephen King: Please keep your books under 500 pages. My eyes thank you! Wed Aug 25 00:23:20 +0000 2010

@Ndege @JosephLane - I'm partial to Aristotle. He brewed some bad-ass Mead. Wed Aug 25 00:22:18 +0000 2010

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? ~ Spike Milligan Wed Aug 25 00:19:09 +0000 2010

- @Ndege - Twitter knows that men can love each other platonically, don't you Twitter? Wed Aug 25 00:18:32 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - For the record, I have not investigated Plato's Sexual tendencies. It'd be all hearsay now! Wed Aug 25 00:17:36 +0000 2010

Gotta RT @JosephLane: Has anyone inquired into the sexual tendencies of Plato? (Them Togas WERE sexy!) Wed Aug 25 00:15:50 +0000 2010

@Ndege @VariantVal - People smile when I tell them about the Leprechaun sitting in the corner of my room =) Wed Aug 25 00:14:47 +0000 2010

At the Den: Harlan Ellison ranting about Writing and Money: http://bit.ly/buwu6B Wed Aug 25 00:13:48 +0000 2010

How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven. ~ Spike Milligan Wed Aug 25 00:10:25 +0000 2010

Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out. - Anon Wed Aug 25 00:09:46 +0000 2010

@Ndege @EmperorKoinange @JosephLane - I knew there was a reason I loved you guys (platonically) #CrazyConvo Wed Aug 25 00:09:13 +0000 2010

Sorry. Had to do the dishes (My maid was kidnapped by Don Knotts cultists) Wed Aug 25 00:07:41 +0000 2010

@Ndege @EmperorKoinange - How are you tweeting on two accounts at once? #HighStrangeness Wed Aug 25 00:02:33 +0000 2010
It's all in the mind, you know. ~ Spike Milligan Wed Aug 25 00:01:42 +0000 2010

@MerleChloe - Hi Merle! Wed Aug 25 00:00:50 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - apparently @Ndege is an Emperor or something. I'm lost in the plot =P Tue Aug 24 23:59:58 +0000 2010

I found a battered old copy of Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' at a musty old book store yesterrday. I love it! Tue Aug 24 23:58:53 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Ha ha, no way! #DavidAvoidScandal Tue Aug 24 23:57:35 +0000 2010

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. ~ Spike Milligan Tue Aug 24 23:56:21 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @JosephLane @Ndege - Moses Koinange? So that's who's been sending me the lewd DMs! Tue Aug 24 23:54:01 +0000 2010

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh Tue Aug 24 23:52:53 +0000 2010

@CrystalPosey - I'm good. Working on my book is taking most of my spare time. But it's been great. Tue Aug 24 23:52:06 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You don't need to apologize at all. You're very kind to send them =) Tue Aug 24 23:51:24 +0000 2010

@Ndege - I'm good. Been immersed in the pleasant weather, and my manuscript. Tue Aug 24 23:50:41 +0000 2010

@JosephLane @Ndege @VariantVal - The four amigos, together again. How's it going Joe? Tue Aug 24 23:49:37 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Not bad. She's eating mushy food, so at least she can survive. Found a good vet around here =) Tue Aug 24 23:48:40 +0000 2010

@Ndege - How are you? Everything good? Tue Aug 24 23:47:22 +0000 2010

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written. ~ Samuel Butler Tue Aug 24 23:46:38 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Hola Chickita! How are you? Tue Aug 24 23:45:27 +0000 2010

Hullo Twitter. How is everyone? Tue Aug 24 23:44:00 +0000 2010

Goodnight Twitterland. Peace! Sat Aug 21 06:01:26 +0000 2010

@goodeenuff - You should go do it. Blogs are wonderful ... i enjoy working on mine, designing it, filling it up with words ... Sat Aug 21 04:57:30 +0000 2010

@goodeenuff - I'd love to follow any blog of yours! You have such great historical facts and figures! Sat Aug 21 04:51:10 +0000 2010

@goodeenuff - How are you doing, by the way? Sat Aug 21 04:36:50 +0000 2010

@goodeenuff - I'm doing well, getting a lot of words down on my WIP -- haven't had much time for anything Twitter related lately. Sat Aug 21 04:36:36 +0000 2010

@goodeenuff - SInce I implemented my #ShutUpAndWrite credo I've been doing well -- and all my Twitter folks have been inspirational! Sat Aug 21 04:33:55 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Goodnight, and take care =) Sat Aug 21 04:24:46 +0000 2010

... If I could speak words of water, you would drown when I said "I love you." ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:24:03 +0000 2010

If I could write words like leaves on an autumn forest floor, What a bonfire my letters would make ... Sat Aug 21 04:23:20 +0000 2010

@VariantVal @TracyClark_TLC - Chapstick and firecrackers? Hoo boy. A new low! Sat Aug 21 04:19:37 +0000 2010

@red_head30 - This wasp looked sluggish and half dead. Did he bite a drunk? Sat Aug 21 04:19:01 +0000 2010

For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string. ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:16:11 +0000 2010

Hey, did you hear that? Twitter just got interesting again (It's all in the mind, you know.) Sat Aug 21 04:15:10 +0000 2010

@VariantVal, @TracyClark_TLC - After midnight all bets are off =) Sat Aug 21 04:12:54 +0000 2010

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:11:58 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - I've been a muse; it doesn't pay well LOL Sat Aug 21 04:10:20 +0000 2010

It's all in the mind, you know. ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:08:09 +0000 2010

RT @itspgalv - Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have a "S" in it? (Guilty!) Sat Aug 21 04:06:50 +0000 2010

I must #FF this lady, class and grace - @TracyClark_TLC Sat Aug 21 04:05:35 +0000 2010

How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven. ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:04:47 +0000 2010

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:03:37 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - I try to be as human as possible, and not a loathsome bot, as you say =) Sat Aug 21 04:03:19 +0000 2010

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. ~ Spike Milligan Sat Aug 21 04:02:12 +0000 2010

You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there. - Carl W. Buechner Sat Aug 21 04:00:57 +0000 2010

@deleeze - I shall out-smile, out-funny, and out-inspire! #FunnySurvivor Sat Aug 21 03:56:37 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Lovely sentiment, that. Thank you. Sat Aug 21 03:55:47 +0000 2010

When skunks duel, wind direction is everything. ~ Michael A. Loduha Sat Aug 21 03:55:06 +0000 2010

@salamicat - Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow =) Sat Aug 21 03:54:46 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - I re-read Desert Solitaire constantly. It's his opus, I think. Sat Aug 21 03:54:01 +0000 2010

@WritingAgain - I like @VariantVal too, she's an original =) Sat Aug 21 03:52:40 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Good luck to you as well. I appreciate honesty in all forms =) Sat Aug 21 03:51:27 +0000 2010

You know, Spike Milligan is one of the few writers who can make me shoot milk through my nose #FunnyWriters Sat Aug 21 03:50:32 +0000 2010

@sleehadley - Yes! I am the Minister of Silly Sayings! In the digital flesh! Sat Aug 21 03:49:19 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - My literary hero is Edward Abbey, and some of the stuff I read about him is tough to digest, but what a writer. Sat Aug 21 03:48:44 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Right. These quotes are for the reader to interpret as they like, good or bad. That's the nature of the beast =) Sat Aug 21 03:46:32 +0000 2010

My friend is one... who takes me for what I am. ~ Henry David Thoreau Sat Aug 21 03:45:05 +0000 2010

#followfriday - Ah, who could forget the lovely and talented @ficwriter Sat Aug 21 03:44:27 +0000 2010

@deleeze - I never considered what I do here a "marketing strategy". If it was, I'd be out of business! Thanks for the wise words ... Sat Aug 21 03:43:40 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Sometimes I regret learning about my literary heroes: sometimes I find they have feet of clay, they're human. Sat Aug 21 03:42:16 +0000 2010

We shall see who is the one that will be saying nonsensical things that are sensing of nonsense. ༺༻ Inspector Clouseau Sat Aug 21 03:40:31 +0000 2010

Uh oh. There's a Wasp in my room. How'd he get in here? Sat Aug 21 03:39:07 +0000 2010

None but ourselves can free our minds. ~ Bob Marley Sat Aug 21 03:34:36 +0000 2010

@GabbyTheLizard - Which quote? Sat Aug 21 03:32:18 +0000 2010

A Woman is like an artichoke, you must work hard to get to her heart. ༺༻ Inspector Clouseau Sat Aug 21 03:26:13 +0000 2010

#FF @elm8 - I'll say it again: I have the most fabulous and heartfelt followers on Twitter, and they all relish silliness once in a while. Sat Aug 21 03:25:51 +0000 2010

@_decode_ - I was being my usual sarcastic self =) I could never be anti-silly -- only anti-negative. Sat Aug 21 03:22:44 +0000 2010

RT and #FF the lovely @TessDickenson ~ "To the timid soul, nothing is possible." (John Bach) Sat Aug 21 03:20:14 +0000 2010

There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them. ༺༻ Inspector Clouseau Sat Aug 21 03:19:00 +0000 2010

From now on, I'll be anti-silly too. Sat Aug 21 03:18:51 +0000 2010

You must never be afraid to go there. — Harlan Ellison Sat Aug 21 03:17:38 +0000 2010

Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself. ༺༻ Harlan Ellison Sat Aug 21 03:17:03 +0000 2010

@ggSpirit - Can it be ... ???? Gigi! Congratulations on your anniversary! Have fun ... Sat Aug 21 03:14:27 +0000 2010

@salamicat - That is very sweet of you to say! I feel better now ... =) Sat Aug 21 03:13:39 +0000 2010

Thx @salamicat @marisabirns @NotSoBadLit - A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men -- Willy Wonka Sat Aug 21 03:10:29 +0000 2010

Anti-silliness? Wow. Sat Aug 21 02:59:25 +0000 2010

Did you un-follow me again? I'm sending some goons to your home. Sat Aug 21 02:32:20 +0000 2010

It's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies. — Jack Kerouac Sat Aug 21 02:29:20 +0000 2010

Imagine Jim Morrison on Twitter? Sat Aug 21 02:28:28 +0000 2010

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. ~ Carl Sandburg Sat Aug 21 02:26:34 +0000 2010

This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put - Winston Churchill RE: Ending a sentence with a preposition Sat Aug 21 02:23:42 +0000 2010

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. — Jack Kerouac Sat Aug 21 02:18:04 +0000 2010

Getting to that time. Soon it'll be me and the moonglow and the night and the words. Not in that order either. #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Aug 21 02:14:48 +0000 2010

The moon has an eerie glow tonight. Sat Aug 21 02:12:18 +0000 2010

@joe_hill - Your Tweets have a refreshing candor about them -- so any 140 characters of yours are welcome, in my book. #FF Sat Aug 21 02:11:32 +0000 2010

@Ndege @VariantVal - U 2 r the best (Enjoy this rare use of lead-speak -- it may not happen again) Sat Aug 21 02:07:43 +0000 2010

There have been many, many rejections. If you want to write it your own way, that's the chance you take. - Marchette Chute Sat Aug 21 02:06:28 +0000 2010

Have I #FF ed @VariantVal yet? How about @JosephLane ... ? Both lively and smart. Sat Aug 21 02:04:19 +0000 2010

Let the readers do some of the work themselves. - Dostoyevsky Sat Aug 21 02:02:55 +0000 2010

@CPHarbour - I don't write for those in High School who ignored me, either -- I write for those who payed attention ;) Sat Aug 21 02:01:39 +0000 2010

The more particular, the more specific you are, the more universal you are. - Nancy Hale Sat Aug 21 02:00:06 +0000 2010

What? Sat Aug 21 01:59:17 +0000 2010

I love this time of night: it's my WRITE time. Plus, the moon is emerging from a bank of clouds ... dramatic ... Sat Aug 21 01:58:15 +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 Sat Aug 21 01:56:45 +0000 2010

RT @Ndege -- Tweeting without legal council makes me feel daring. (It makes ME nervous! Sat Aug 21 01:55:48 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel - Here's the stupid part: they won't let me finance it. Like I have 5000 bucks sitting around in a pile. Sat Aug 21 01:54:45 +0000 2010

@lizb1987 - That is a sweet sentiment! I love when I can make people happy =) Sat Aug 21 01:53:42 +0000 2010

You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do. -Carolyn Kizer Sat Aug 21 01:52:59 +0000 2010

Why? Sat Aug 21 01:52:36 +0000 2010

Retweet this if you're feeling happy! Or even fairly adequate! Or even marginally okay! Sat Aug 21 01:50:40 +0000 2010

@jillinski - You're soul is perfectly wonderful and unsullied as far as I'm concerned ;) @Ndege Sat Aug 21 01:49:52 +0000 2010
@Ndege @jillinski -- I love herbal ... tea! #TeaFreak Sat Aug 21 01:48:22 +0000 2010

I read recently that scientists think the moon is shrinking. Um, okay ... Sat Aug 21 01:47:38 +0000 2010

Writers have an island, a center of refuge within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place. - Wright Morris Sat Aug 21 01:46:10 +0000 2010

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