Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Archived Pile of Twitter Feed || @TheWritersDen No. 5






 Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. ~ William Safire Thu Jul 15 02:56:01 +0000 2010






Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Tue Jul 20 00:25:29 +0000 2010

Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. — Jack Kerouac Tue Jul 20 00:22:41 +0000 2010

Still can't change my Avatar. Darn, I was going to put up a picture of me snuggling Llamas in Peru and drinking Corn Beer! Tue Jul 20 00:21:31 +0000 2010

@Ndege - You are always missed, my friend =) Tue Jul 20 00:18:56 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Yeah, all adults do is walk around with long faces and complain about everything! Phhftthbtbt! Tue Jul 20 00:18:13 +0000 2010

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry. — Jack Kerouac Tue Jul 20 00:16:38 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Growing up ...? Not in my immediate plans either. Tue Jul 20 00:15:15 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Page 50 or so. Trying to get the first draft down. Tue Jul 20 00:14:33 +0000 2010

@ShadyMutton - Shade of Mutton! Kids grow up?? Tue Jul 20 00:13:20 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Friday? I have been fine. Been writing a lot, eating a lot, and ____ a lot. Tue Jul 20 00:11:10 +0000 2010

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. - Voltaire Tue Jul 20 00:09:41 +0000 2010

@Ndege - Is that you? #RareSight Tue Jul 20 00:08:48 +0000 2010

Half this game is ninety percent mental. - Yogi Berra #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Jul 20 00:07:42 +0000 2010

I'm currently in #ShutUpAndWrite mode, Twitter won't let me change my Avatar, I'm hungry, and all is well, for now. Tue Jul 20 00:03:52 +0000 2010

Writing at a library! How Wonderfully Literary! ~ http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 21:24:54 +0000 2010

Going back to my hidey-hole to write. Take care all. I'll be back ... #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Jul 18 20:10:24 +0000 2010

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. ~ Arthur C. Clarke Sun Jul 18 19:56:05 +0000 2010

David Goes to the Library to Write: Adventure Ensues! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 19:55:31 +0000 2010

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen -- warm my mind near your gentle stove Sun Jul 18 19:52:11 +0000 2010

Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators. ~ Albert Camus Sun Jul 18 19:50:02 +0000 2010

At night, we swim the laughin' sea -- When summer's gone -- Where will we be? Sun Jul 18 19:47:03 +0000 2010

RT @ThembiOnline ~ Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. ~ Anon @MindFortune Sun Jul 18 19:33:27 +0000 2010

If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don’t know the stories you may be lost in life. — Siberian Elder Sun Jul 18 19:31:38 +0000 2010

Hello, I love you. Won’t you tell me your name? Sun Jul 18 19:30:02 +0000 2010
@Breathless74 - You! Thanks! =) Sun Jul 18 19:22:20 +0000 2010

Do you write a sentence and then go get a sandwich? Cunctator! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 19:15:06 +0000 2010

Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand. — Janet Litherland Sun Jul 18 19:07:33 +0000 2010

Writing at a library! How Wonderfully Literary! ~ http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 18:58:13 +0000 2010

Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen — Oren Lyons Sun Jul 18 17:43:47 +0000 2010

RT @noveldoctor ~ My spiritual life is refined by an unwavering belief in the cold side of the pillow. Sun Jul 18 17:43:15 +0000 2010

My Day at the Library: A Cunctator's Story: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 17:38:03 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - I'm good. Just about to get some Ice Cream, then do my 2K for the day. How are you, my shiny Muffin Girl? Sun Jul 18 17:32:08 +0000 2010

When Stories nestle in the body, soul comes forth. — Deena Metzger Sun Jul 18 17:30:34 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Thanks for the RT =) Sun Jul 18 17:29:32 +0000 2010

The universe is made of stories, not atoms. — Muriel Rukeyser Sun Jul 18 17:28:22 +0000 2010

A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you’re going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first - Louis L’Amour Sun Jul 18 17:26:28 +0000 2010

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~ Anaïs Nin Sun Jul 18 17:23:13 +0000 2010

Writers and their Fabian Tactics: A Sunday Journal http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 17:19:10 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - You and Layna have honorable mention; you're already an inductee! LOL Sun Jul 18 17:14:31 +0000 2010

The #ShutUpAndWrite Award Winners: @PeevishPenman, @sleehadley, @old_hack, and @overdunne http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 17:13:01 +0000 2010

Writers and their Fabian Tactics! A Sunday Journal: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sun Jul 18 17:10:38 +0000 2010

@LaynaPimentel ~ Happy Scribbling Layna! I'm about to go back to work on my #WIP too. Sat Jul 17 23:43:29 +0000 2010

#YMF (You Must Follow) @LornaSuzuki - Truly a great writer and a wonderful person =) Sat Jul 17 23:41:41 +0000 2010

That's all folks. I'll be back later ... you've been warned! Sat Jul 17 20:32:58 +0000 2010

@inkwellHQ - LOL No, they do a security sweep before closing time. Maybe I can fold myself up on a shelf and pretend to be a book? Sat Jul 17 20:31:55 +0000 2010

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Theodor Geisel Sat Jul 17 20:28:08 +0000 2010

Gotta go. Library closing. Sad to leave all these books here .. LOL Sat Jul 17 20:27:59 +0000 2010

It's so nice and cool in this Library. Shame to go out into Dante's Inferno. Sat Jul 17 20:17:05 +0000 2010

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. ~ Holden Caulfield Sat Jul 17 20:15:30 +0000 2010

Cromulant: Used to describe a dubious word or phrase that is plausible because it makes logical sense within existing language conventions. Sat Jul 17 20:14:43 +0000 2010

@MerleChloe - See, the word "Cromulant" comes to mind. Sat Jul 17 20:12:29 +0000 2010

@MerleChloe - Just between you and me, I use an online thesaurus, but not often. I have enough words in my brain already. Sat Jul 17 20:08:37 +0000 2010

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~ Holden Caulfield Sat Jul 17 20:06:17 +0000 2010

@MerleChloe - I was trying to ignore that Tweet! LOL Sat Jul 17 20:05:48 +0000 2010

@Voxyldy - I had to curtail my purchases to two books: How to writer Crime Fiction, and a book on Eponyms. Sat Jul 17 20:05:11 +0000 2010

@MerleChloe - Just about. Only dinosaurs like me still have a Thesaurus hanging around on my book shelf. Sat Jul 17 20:03:29 +0000 2010

What's another word for Thesaurus? ~ Steven Wright Sat Jul 17 19:59:14 +0000 2010

David Say: Take head out of ass; begin writing. #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Jul 17 19:56:14 +0000 2010

The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Sat Jul 17 19:55:18 +0000 2010

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ~ Wayne Dyer Sat Jul 17 19:53:56 +0000 2010

@Voxyldy - They have a book sale here, and DVD's for 2 bucks each. Had to pry myself away (oh the perils of the Library ...) Sat Jul 17 19:49:51 +0000 2010

No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together. — Wilson Follett Sat Jul 17 19:42:57 +0000 2010

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country. — Robert Frost Sat Jul 17 19:41:30 +0000 2010

Does You Have Grammar Problems? -- http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Sat Jul 17 19:41:07 +0000 2010

Okay, this place closes at 5. Gonna try to get another 500 or so words. #2KorBust Sat Jul 17 19:38:21 +0000 2010

Why don't people turn their cell phones off in a Library? Grr-r. Sat Jul 17 19:37:15 +0000 2010

@Voxyldy - No! I'm only here to write! If I started wandering around this place I'd go crazy (Five levels? OMG?) Sat Jul 17 19:35:13 +0000 2010

http://twitpic.com/2660r0 - I'm sitting under the staircase on the right where the big plant is - it's hell trying to find plug in this plac Sat Jul 17 19:30:48 +0000 2010

I'm at the Toronto Reference Library: http://twitpic.com/2660r0 - got 1000 words down for my 2K goal =) Sat Jul 17 19:28:46 +0000 2010
This is the library I'm going to be working at today, hopefully. It's the biggest library in Toronto, five levels: http://twitpic.com/2660r0 Sat Jul 17 16:03:07 +0000 2010

Have a great day all. I'm off to gather 2000 words and stick them in a story. #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Jul 17 15:46:28 +0000 2010

Without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences - Anne McCaffrey Sat Jul 17 15:38:22 +0000 2010

Ladies and Gentlepersons, it's almost time to vamoose ~ #ShutUpAndWrite time is apon me. Sat Jul 17 15:36:45 +0000 2010

Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators. ~ Albert Camus Sat Jul 17 15:35:02 +0000 2010

@RosalindAdam - =) Sat Jul 17 15:33:18 +0000 2010

Well, i just wrote a 200 word run-on sentence, and came up with Charles Dickens. A Ghost in the Machine! ~ http://iwl.me/b/24f9d4c2 Sat Jul 17 15:31:54 +0000 2010

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Z.N. Hurston Sat Jul 17 15:30:17 +0000 2010

@RosalindAdam Maybe, or does it say something about that Authors prose? LOL Sat Jul 17 15:29:41 +0000 2010

Stories are living and dynamic. Stories exist to be exchanged. They are the currency of Human Growth. ~ Jean Houston Sat Jul 17 15:25:20 +0000 2010

Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another. ~ H.G. Wells Sat Jul 17 15:23:41 +0000 2010

@RosalindAdam - I entered one of my blog passages and it came up Dan Brown. Now I want to shut my blog down! Sat Jul 17 15:22:51 +0000 2010

@WritersBlockNZ - It's dubious, but I typed in a passage from Lord of the Rings though, and it came up JRR Tolkien. Sat Jul 17 15:22:01 +0000 2010

@theletterjar - I came up Stephen King too. And Arthur Conan Doyle, and Nabakov! Sat Jul 17 15:20:57 +0000 2010

What's hard, in hacking as in fiction, is not writing, it's deciding what to write. ~ Neal Stephenson Sat Jul 17 15:17:44 +0000 2010

RT @LizDanforth ~ Um, I write like Shakespeare @TheWritersDen?? Srsly? http://iwl.me/ Naw, not buyin' that. (LOL dubious technology, I know) Sat Jul 17 15:16:44 +0000 2010

@juliajtew - I wonder how the algorithm of that works? They analyze my text and come up with a famous author? Hm. Sat Jul 17 15:15:41 +0000 2010

@sleehadley - I'm going to #ShutUpAndWrite very shortly .. I want 2K from you today! LOL Sat Jul 17 15:14:26 +0000 2010

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ~ Linus Pauling Sat Jul 17 15:12:26 +0000 2010

I keep coming up Nabakov. Is this good or bad? ~ http://iwl.me/ Sat Jul 17 15:11:38 +0000 2010

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~ Jack London Sat Jul 17 15:10:06 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - I could use some ice water. Send it over. #Hot Sat Jul 17 15:08:47 +0000 2010

@ficwriter - Well now, I'm blushing! Someone has to tell people to #ShutUpAndWrite ...=) Sat Jul 17 15:08:05 +0000 2010

Yay! Getting some wonderfully strange reactions to the writing Quotes today! (Rod Serling's gonna show up any second now ...) Sat Jul 17 15:06:41 +0000 2010

Everything that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And later on you can use it in some story. ~ Tapani Bagge Sat Jul 17 15:05:25 +0000 2010
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. ~ Howard Aiken Sat Jul 17 15:04:44 +0000 2010

Okay, I analyzed some of my blog writing, and now I write like Dan Brown??? Kill me now. http://iwl.me/ Sat Jul 17 15:03:41 +0000 2010

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. ~ Stanley Schmidt Sat Jul 17 15:00:34 +0000 2010

One has to live a life that creates a writer. ~ Erno Paasilinna Sat Jul 17 14:55:37 +0000 2010

Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent. ~ Walt Kelly Sat Jul 17 14:53:46 +0000 2010

#YMF (You Must Follow) @ficwriter - A Sweet Tweet and a great writer =) Sat Jul 17 14:53:11 +0000 2010

Apparently I write like Stephen King and Arthur Conan Doyle. High strangeness http://iwl.me/b/f2fcfd6c (The fix is in!) Sat Jul 17 14:51:31 +0000 2010

Before you use a fancy word, make room for it. ~ Joseph Joubert Sat Jul 17 14:45:29 +0000 2010

Gonna be hot as Georgia Asphalt today: have to move my writing session to the library I guess. Sat Jul 17 14:41:35 +0000 2010

If you start with a bang, you won't end with a whimper. ~ T. S. Eliot Sat Jul 17 14:40:24 +0000 2010

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~ Mark Twain Sat Jul 17 14:39:03 +0000 2010

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. ~ George Bernard Shaw Sat Jul 17 14:33:22 +0000 2010

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection. ~ Anais Nin Sat Jul 17 14:32:22 +0000 2010

The human mind is like umbrella. It functions best when open. ~ Max Gropius #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Jul 17 14:31:47 +0000 2010

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T. S. Eliot #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Jul 17 14:30:52 +0000 2010

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ~ Miguel de Cervantes (Gruesome ...) Sat Jul 17 14:28:38 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - LOL you have a ready-made posse! Now if you could only get each of them to write a chapter a day for you ... Sat Jul 17 14:28:08 +0000 2010

It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. ~ Gaston Bachelard Sat Jul 17 14:25:41 +0000 2010

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this. ~ Cormac McCarthy Sat Jul 17 14:24:51 +0000 2010

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. ~ Dr. Seuss #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Jul 17 14:24:02 +0000 2010

#YMF (You Must Follow ) @P10S - Loveliness and poetry =) Sat Jul 17 14:22:21 +0000 2010

#YMF (You Must Follow ) @Croisan =) Sat Jul 17 14:21:33 +0000 2010

The #ShutUpAndWrite goal today: 2000 words. #2KorBust Sat Jul 17 14:19:28 +0000 2010

Lastly, #Ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ωFriday thanks to @ggSpirit, @JosephLane, @VariantVal and Ndege =) Sat Jul 17 14:16:49 +0000 2010
#Ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ωFriday to my #ShutUpAndWrite Posse: @10MinuteWriter, @LaynaPimentel, @PeevishPenman, @sleehadley, @natashahollerup and @overdunne Sat Jul 17 14:15:23 +0000 2010

#Ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ωFriday thanks to @MerleChloe, @Nickinson, and the @theletterjar =) Sat Jul 17 14:11:03 +0000 2010

#Ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ωFriday thanks to @SDAndrsn_Author, @bleuviolettes, @KiraStann, @BernadetPasley, @AngieLedbetter, @jan_lynn and @JanetRudolph Sat Jul 17 14:08:48 +0000 2010

#Ƒ๏ℓℓ๏ωFriday thanks to @Misteism, @Kno_Thyself, @Brandywinebooks, @NotSoBadLit, @jillinski, @cfaryon, and @LynneRice Sat Jul 17 14:05:11 +0000 2010

Bad Grammar! Bad! Go Stand in the Corner! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Fri Jul 16 18:41:45 +0000 2010

Does you have Grammar Problems? http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ (Goodnight, happy Friday!) Fri Jul 16 02:36:37 +0000 2010

Paper Back Writer and Magical Mystery Tour Singalongs to @Alex_Carrick and @Donna_Carrick #followfriday Fri Jul 16 02:34:21 +0000 2010

In case you missed it, Grammar Got Run Over by a Reindeer: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Fri Jul 16 02:02:13 +0000 2010

@_decode_ ~ Kurt Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of our time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut Thu Jul 15 22:37:37 +0000 2010

@Brandywinebooks - Happens to every writer; I just refuse to give it a name, and thus power over me. =) Thu Jul 15 21:39:30 +0000 2010

@WriterCJ - Right! Now you got it! =) Thu Jul 15 21:19:42 +0000 2010

In case you missed it, here's my 'Shut Up and Write' Master's Thesis: http://bit.ly/dpCfuC Thu Jul 15 21:15:55 +0000 2010

I've taken the term 'writers block' and erased it from my universe. I just #shutupandwrite now =) Thu Jul 15 21:11:02 +0000 2010

@PeevishPenman - So I just submit a link to it? Is that how it works? Thu Jul 15 21:09:04 +0000 2010

@PeevishPenman - Agreed. I think it's just easier to say it in very simple terms -- not write an essay the size of a phone book about it. Thu Jul 15 21:07:21 +0000 2010

RT @ConanOBrien ~ The YMCA has officially shortened it's name to "The Y". You know times are tough when letters are even getting laid off. Thu Jul 15 21:01:26 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - A little Val is better than none. (((((((hugs))))))) Thu Jul 15 21:00:48 +0000 2010

@PeevishPenman - Should I submit my #shutupandwrite article to your blog? http://bit.ly/dpCfuC Thu Jul 15 21:00:12 +0000 2010

@PeevishPenman - It's simple advice, and I practice it too, but it is hard =) #shutupandwrite Thu Jul 15 20:58:49 +0000 2010

Check out @PeevishPenman and her Blogfest at http://peevishpenman.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 20:49:19 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Well, thank you! I'll take that into consideration =) Thu Jul 15 20:45:52 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Except, she doesn't LOOK like Chuck Norris. Which is a good thing on all levels. Thu Jul 15 20:45:24 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - Sick today, but getting better =) Thu Jul 15 20:40:05 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - She's a tough chick alright. Chuck Norris tough! Thu Jul 15 20:38:24 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Have you been well? How's the new place with the wee pond? Thu Jul 15 20:37:37 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - That's not her way. She usually gives me a look and says 'stop being a baby' LOL Thu Jul 15 20:31:53 +0000 2010

@VariantVal - Don't I know you from someplace? Thu Jul 15 20:31:12 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - She's heating the place up LOL Thu Jul 15 20:29:34 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - My place has AC but the lady here loves to be active on her days off (today) laundry, dishes, vacuuming, ugh! Thu Jul 15 20:29:13 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Normally I wouldn't mind, but the sicky thing makes it worse LOL Thu Jul 15 20:26:01 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Just run down I guess. Seems to be a kind of head cold or something. Doesn't help that's it's hot as Dante's inferno here. Thu Jul 15 20:20:47 +0000 2010

@JosephLane - Feeling under the weather today. Stayed home from work. Other than that, everything's ducky. How you? Thu Jul 15 20:15:40 +0000 2010

Grammar Got Run Over by a Reindeer: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 20:12:29 +0000 2010

@LiteraryNobody - Hey. Well, oil's well that end's well. Or badly. #BPsucks Thu Jul 15 20:09:32 +0000 2010

RT @AdviceToWriters ~ Four basic premises of #writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. WILLIAM ZINSSER Thu Jul 15 20:08:26 +0000 2010

@JenniferBWhite @its_susanne - Thanks for the RT's ... I should print that list and tape it to the wall in front of my laptop! Thu Jul 15 20:02:03 +0000 2010

@JenniferBWhite - Me has ... grammar problems ... sumtimes LOL Thanks fer th RT Thu Jul 15 19:59:26 +0000 2010

Does you have grammar problems? http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 19:54:56 +0000 2010

I am now going into #ShutUpAndWrite mode for while. Feel free to join me! #2KorBust Thu Jul 15 16:03:34 +0000 2010

Well done is better than well said. ~ Benjamin Franklin #ShutUpAndWrite Thu Jul 15 16:00:59 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I think I'll do that too. Got a whole bookshelf here; Steinbeck, Wilde, London, Lit Law firm. Thu Jul 15 15:58:04 +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 Thu Jul 15 15:55:31 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I'm going into #ShutUpAndWrite mode for a while, in about 7 minutes actually. Thu Jul 15 15:53:38 +0000 2010

@marylmartinez - I'm glad to be of service! Thanks again. Thu Jul 15 15:52:35 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - Hola. I am struggling -- don't know how long I can stay upright here. Might be going back to sleep in a few hours. Thu Jul 15 15:49:54 +0000 2010
@marylmartinez - Thank you so much for the RT. We must abolish Bad Grammar forever! Thu Jul 15 15:48:44 +0000 2010

@cr8tiveCandy - I can only give Meyers Kudos for finishing her books -- but that's where I stop. #HateToSayit Thu Jul 15 15:47:48 +0000 2010

@DogwoodMama - Thanks for the RT =) Thu Jul 15 15:46:01 +0000 2010

Let the readers do some of the work themselves. - Fyodor Dostoevsky Thu Jul 15 15:45:04 +0000 2010

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. ~ A.A. Milne Thu Jul 15 15:42:27 +0000 2010

@cr8tiveCandy - Any philosophy, if taken the wrong way, could lead to the writing of Twilight LOL but I see your point. Thu Jul 15 15:40:08 +0000 2010

RT @thatgalkiki ~ An unedited writer submitting their work is like a boxer going in to the ring w/out his gloves. And deodorant. (I agree) Thu Jul 15 15:37:51 +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 Thu Jul 15 15:36:19 +0000 2010

~ @AnushaysPoint - I have Compulsive Grammar Disorder too. Drives my friends crazy (oops, fragmented sentence there!) #CGD Thu Jul 15 15:34:11 +0000 2010

Does you have grammar problems? http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 15:30:33 +0000 2010

@thatgalkiki @PamTweeting - Yes, editors are priceless. All my Tweets are edited by professional proofreaders! They sit beside me all day. Thu Jul 15 15:29:45 +0000 2010

RT @AnnCurry RT ~ Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace ~ Frank McCourt Thu Jul 15 15:27:01 +0000 2010

@theletterjar - Thanks for the RT =) Thu Jul 15 15:25:43 +0000 2010

Bad Grammar! Bad! Go Stand in the Corner! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 15:24:51 +0000 2010

The written word endures. Litera scripta manet. Thu Jul 15 15:21:57 +0000 2010

@Debberzz - Aw, thank you. I'll do my best - got a whole day to just scribble and type and make things up, If I feel up to it. Thu Jul 15 15:20:48 +0000 2010

A Lesson in Grammar, by George L. Trigg: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 15:10:09 +0000 2010

Sick. I'm Sick. I guess being off for the day has one good perk - I can noodle around and write all day. Thu Jul 15 15:07:54 +0000 2010

Good night. Watch your grammar. Be safe. Zz Thu Jul 15 03:07:08 +0000 2010

This Bad Grammar post at the Den contains no George Bush quotes, I promise: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 02:59:31 +0000 2010

@Allison_Brennan - I love that! Thanks, made me smile. Thu Jul 15 02:57:23 +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 Thu Jul 15 02:55:37 +0000 2010

I have 8 minutes left. Amuse me, Twitter. Thu Jul 15 02:52:37 +0000 2010

Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar - Brault Thu Jul 15 02:51:55 +0000 2010

For those of you scared of my link, don't be. It's only the Writer's Den, honest! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 02:50:06 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I'll be okay, thanks for da hugs! Thu Jul 15 02:48:49 +0000 2010

"The English language is your most versatile scientific instrument. Learn to use it with precision." - Anon Thu Jul 15 02:47:43 +0000 2010

Syntactically precise grammar is my wheel house. Don't mess! Thu Jul 15 02:46:29 +0000 2010

Is You All reading My Latest Post About Grammar? You Shud! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 02:45:19 +0000 2010

@lasvegastony1 - Now WHY am I not surprised? =) Following you now. Please feel free to correct any of my grammatical indiscretions! Thu Jul 15 02:43:13 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I think I'm just run down. Summer cold maybe, yeah. (syntax failing!) Thu Jul 15 02:40:28 +0000 2010

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect! ~ Owens Lee Pomeroy Thu Jul 15 02:39:25 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I woke up sick this morning, and went to work. Was outside all day at the company BBQ ... tired now =) Thu Jul 15 02:36:46 +0000 2010

A Post For all you Grammatical Sticklers Like Me: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 02:35:45 +0000 2010

You are terrible @laurafabulous, you shouldn't deceive people like that. Naughty. Bad link bad link Thu Jul 15 02:33:49 +0000 2010

@laurafabulous - You did? Is it scandalous?? (I'm really flattered ... =) Thu Jul 15 02:30:17 +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 Thu Jul 15 02:29:35 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - Sick. Sick sick sick. May miss work tomorrow. Thu Jul 15 02:27:08 +0000 2010

@lasvegastony1 - I think I done that too. Horrors! And look what I've became - a writer! (that last sentence was on purpose BTW LOL) Thu Jul 15 02:26:44 +0000 2010

@marisabirns - Thanks fer the RT! Already did my #ShutUpAndWrite for the night! Thu Jul 15 02:24:21 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - Hullo there. How you? Thu Jul 15 02:23:40 +0000 2010

@lasvegastony1 - I don't generally ignore the little red lines under my words even IF I spelled something wrong LOL Thu Jul 15 02:23:02 +0000 2010

@lasvegastony1 - I realize that it may seem that way to you, but I spelled it that way on purpose, to get the point across =) Thu Jul 15 02:22:19 +0000 2010
Thanks for all the #WW mentions ... I will reciprocate tomorrow. Sick, and I have writing still to finish. You are all awesome =) Thu Jul 15 02:14:23 +0000 2010

Bad Grammar! Bad! Go Stand in the Corner! http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Thu Jul 15 02:12:23 +0000 2010

The Den Gets a Paint Job, plus more 'Quotes on Writing' Too Fat for Twitter: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Jul 14 07:24:30 +0000 2010

Ta ta and nighty-night Zz ~ http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Jul 14 04:44:42 +0000 2010

~ The Den Gets a Paint Job, plus more 'Quotes on Writing' Too Fat for Twitter: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Jul 14 04:43:38 +0000 2010

The Den Gets a Paint Job, plus more Fat Quotes on Writing: http://davidhuntershaw.blogspot.com/ Wed Jul 14 04:32:18 +0000 2010

The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts. ~ Ray Bradbury #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Jul 14 01:33:51 +0000 2010

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. ~ Norman Mailer #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Jul 14 01:22:12 +0000 2010

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential. ~ Jessamyn West #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Jul 14 01:19:27 +0000 2010

It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ~ Robert Southey Wed Jul 14 01:18:39 +0000 2010

I have rewritten - often several times - every word I have ever written. My pencils outlast their erasers. ~ Vladimir Nabokov Wed Jul 14 01:13:26 +0000 2010

A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories. ~ John Irving Wed Jul 14 01:12:24 +0000 2010

RIP - I always thought George Steinbrenner would last forever, kinda like Twinkies. Wed Jul 14 00:58:02 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - The Food Page sounds interesting .. =) Wed Jul 14 00:54:58 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - Awesome. I need to finish a post I was working on. Then work on the book for the rest of the night. Wed Jul 14 00:51:20 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - I'm good, writing, and listening to Sam Cooke: http://bit.ly/9bb2DX Wed Jul 14 00:47:46 +0000 2010

@natashahollerup - Hola. Wed Jul 14 00:43:56 +0000 2010

@10MinuteWriter - I'm right here. Busy writing! LOL #ShutUpAndWrite Wed Jul 14 00:42:41 +0000 2010

Off to work -- to all my night-owl Twitter pals: have a great day; Live, Thrive and Survive. Tue Jul 13 07:54:51 +0000 2010

Good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are ༺༻ Jimmy Durante Tue Jul 13 02:26:46 +0000 2010

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Get a good night's sleep and don't bug anybody without asking me. ~ Richard M. Nixon Tue Jul 13 02:22:38 +0000 2010

Time to go. Sleep tight y'all! ✲⁂*¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Tue Jul 13 02:20:57 +0000 2010

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