He was such a bad writer, they revoked his poetic license. - Milton Berle Wed Sep 08 01:47:26 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - I'm like that: I love introductions, prologues, forwards, all that stuff. Stephen King has some great ones. Wed Sep 08 01:42:44 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - I call that 'Drastic renewal of purpose' =) #PickUpAFavoriteBook Wed Sep 08 01:22:24 +0000 2010
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. - Anatole France Wed Sep 08 01:11:29 +0000 2010
Ugh, don't ever burn a book in front of me. I'm not responsible for my actions if you do. =) #BanTheBookBurning Wed Sep 08 01:09:36 +0000 2010
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. - Emily Dickinson Wed Sep 08 01:02:13 +0000 2010
@TracyClark_TLC - Aw, thanks Trace. I pondered a post about it but ... I opted for a photo tribute: http://xtheoutpostx.blogspot.com/ Wed Sep 08 00:59:34 +0000 2010
When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around. ~ Ken Kesey Wed Sep 08 00:57:14 +0000 2010
Ack: Been yo-yoing between my novel and my blog post tonight, and thinking about my late Bunny Jessie ... sigh ... Wed Sep 08 00:56:55 +0000 2010
While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living - Cyril Connolly Tue Sep 07 22:33:33 +0000 2010
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~ Carl Sagan Tue Sep 07 21:57:09 +0000 2010
Literature is the question minus the answer. ~ Roland Barthes Tue Sep 07 18:05:05 +0000 2010
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. ~ Ezra Pound Tue Sep 07 17:46:36 +0000 2010
I think Twitter was MADE for writers =) I love you guys ... everyday I get inspired by all your writerly activity. #KeepOnWriting Tue Sep 07 17:46:16 +0000 2010
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing -- but in the midst of living. ~ Anais Nin Tue Sep 07 17:42:51 +0000 2010
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. ~ Samuel Beckett Tue Sep 07 17:38:35 +0000 2010
This is a public service announcement from @TheWritersDen: #ShutUpAndWrite -- because you can! Tue Sep 07 17:37:36 +0000 2010
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. ~ Isaac Asimov Tue Sep 07 17:36:50 +0000 2010
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike. ~ Ralph Ellison Tue Sep 07 17:34:06 +0000 2010
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! ~ Robert Browning Tue Sep 07 17:31:47 +0000 2010
@icky_names - It's amazing how we get attached to a little critter, one who listens without prejudice, and is loyal to a fault, isn't it? Tue Sep 07 17:28:25 +0000 2010
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Tue Sep 07 17:25:48 +0000 2010
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? — Alexander Pope Tue Sep 07 17:24:55 +0000 2010 @serenatk - I do love that quote. Thanks for the RT =) .... Tue Sep 07 17:24:51 +0000 2010
The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. ~ Gustave Flaubert Tue Sep 07 17:22:33 +0000 2010
@SchuggaJoy - Thanks Shugga =) Tue Sep 07 17:10:33 +0000 2010
@DyNama - Jessie often was the most pampered Bunny in the universe =) Tue Sep 07 17:08:50 +0000 2010
~ @Ltstrythisagain @SchuggaJoy @beingcrys @lizb1987 - Twitter redeems itself daily due to your wonderful humanity =) Tue Sep 07 17:01:24 +0000 2010
@SamanthaHunter, @Annette_Dashofy, @marisabirns - All of you are so sweet =) Thank you .. Tue Sep 07 16:58:34 +0000 2010
My bunny Jessie passed away yesterday, she was 8 ...here's the last pic I took of her || http://bit.ly/aR8cbO Tue Sep 07 16:55:56 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - Bring it on ... smuggle them hugs into Canada! Tue Sep 07 16:28:20 +0000 2010
May you live every day of your life. ~ Jonathan Swift Tue Sep 07 16:27:58 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - I think it's a Spice Girls thing =) Tue Sep 07 16:23:31 +0000 2010
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ~ Sholom Aleichem Tue Sep 07 16:16:00 +0000 2010
It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Tue Sep 07 16:15:29 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - Hola! How are you this morning? ((Hugs)) Tue Sep 07 16:15:11 +0000 2010
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~ Robert Frost Tue Sep 07 16:13:42 +0000 2010
For any new followers -- Shut Up And Write: A Masters Thesis - http://bit.ly/dpCfuC #ShutUpAndWrite Tue Sep 07 04:43:07 +0000 2010
Did 1000 words, now it's time for a walk in the brisk September air, with my Camera, Natch. #KeepOnWriting Sun Sep 05 19:20:06 +0000 2010
Retro Den, for any new followers -- Shut Up And Write: A Masters Thesis - http://bit.ly/dpCfuC Sun Sep 05 18:08:06 +0000 2010
Okay, gotta go. There's words to put down, and I must concentrate. #KeepWriting #ShutUpAndWrite #amwriting Sun Sep 05 18:04:26 +0000 2010
I'm proud of all of you! #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 17:57:17 +0000 2010
The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life. — Zadie Smith Sun Sep 05 17:49:39 +0000 2010
Who's writing this afternoon? Anyone? =) Sun Sep 05 17:49:04 +0000 2010
It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh Sun Sep 05 17:43:43 +0000 2010
It's all in the mind, you know. ~ Spike Milligan #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 17:40:34 +0000 2010
They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him. ~ Ernest Hemingway Sun Sep 05 17:22:12 +0000 2010
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. ~ Henry James Sun Sep 05 17:21:48 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - I'm sipping some tea, enjoying the cool air drifting into my open window =) Sun Sep 05 17:20:24 +0000 2010
The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. ~ Gustave Flaubert Sun Sep 05 17:17:45 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - Hullo Katie! How are you? Sun Sep 05 17:17:23 +0000 2010
Night, sleep, and the stars. - Walt Whitman *★☾∴*★∵∶★∴★* ¤°• Sun Sep 05 06:45:23 +0000 2010
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best ... Sun Sep 05 06:44:24 +0000 2010
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done ... Sun Sep 05 06:44:04 +0000 2010
THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless.... Sun Sep 05 06:43:43 +0000 2010
Never mistake motion for action. - Ernest Hemingway Sun Sep 05 06:41:48 +0000 2010
@susiemccray - David Hunter, reporting for duty #TeamInsomnia Sun Sep 05 06:41:07 +0000 2010
...I send my soul through time and space to greet you. You will understand. - James Elroy Flecker Sun Sep 05 06:38:26 +0000 2010
Since I can never see your face, and never shake you by the hand ... Sun Sep 05 06:37:51 +0000 2010
...And left no trace but the cellar walls, and a cellar in which the daylight falls ... Sun Sep 05 06:36:09 +0000 2010
I dwell in a lonely house I know, that vanished many a summer ago ... Sun Sep 05 06:35:38 +0000 2010
...And there the moon-bird rests from his flight, to cool in the peppermint wind... ~ Shel Silverstein Sun Sep 05 06:33:28 +0000 2010
Yawn! Another productive night. Got some words down. Feeling good. Zz Sun Sep 05 06:03:34 +0000 2010
I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go. ~ Brad Paisley Sun Sep 05 03:26:14 +0000 2010
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ~ Steven Wright Sun Sep 05 03:17:14 +0000 2010
Pen + Paper = Ink on Soul #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 03:15:58 +0000 2010
@TessDickenson - Maybe I was thinking Verbiage and came up with Wordage! But there is no red line under 'Wordage' so it's safe. Sun Sep 05 03:15:03 +0000 2010
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~ Lord Byron Sun Sep 05 02:32:15 +0000 2010
Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum. ༺༻ Graycie Harmon Sun Sep 05 02:27:36 +0000 2010
@ficwriter - Yup, it 'ain't gonna write itself, I reckon! Sun Sep 05 02:26:41 +0000 2010
Be obscure clearly. ~ E.B. White Sun Sep 05 02:23:02 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - Guilty as charged. It's one of the most fun aspects of Twitter. #Lurking Sun Sep 05 02:20:30 +0000 2010
Good. Many here are heeding the #ShutUpAndWrite credo, Excellent! Sun Sep 05 02:17:56 +0000 2010
So, many of my fellow writers lurk behind the scenes, writing, and watching their Twitter feed. How wonderfully creepy. Sun Sep 05 02:15:08 +0000 2010
@10MinuteWriter - Awesome! I WISH I could eliminate words, I usually don't have enough of them ... =P Sun Sep 05 02:13:39 +0000 2010
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. -- Norman Mailer Sun Sep 05 02:12:49 +0000 2010
Hands up, baby hands up! #WhosWritingTonight Sun Sep 05 02:12:23 +0000 2010
@winterphoenix - No second guessing! Just write, and if you don't like it, write it again. It don't cost nothin' ! Sun Sep 05 02:09:43 +0000 2010
@ChrisyKrueger - Yep, all the interesting folks come out of the ether at night. Writers are always so nocturnal .. like bats or something. Sun Sep 05 02:08:45 +0000 2010
@Ltstrythisagain - Plug it in, and say 'check, check, bounce, bounce' like we used to do before shows LOL (I played lead guitar) Sun Sep 05 02:07:39 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - I'm going to check it out when I've finished my post for the Den, which I am currently working on, believe it or not =) Sun Sep 05 02:06:13 +0000 2010
@KarenOleet - I find I talk in 140 character snippets now. My friends think I'm nuts. =) Sun Sep 05 02:05:05 +0000 2010
Who's writing tonight? Show of hands! #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 02:02:42 +0000 2010
Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential. ༺༻ Jessamyn West Sun Sep 05 01:59:03 +0000 2010
@TessDickenson - Busy is good in context of getting wordage down. Is 'wordage' even a word? Discuss! Sun Sep 05 01:56:54 +0000 2010
Half my life is an act of revision. - John Irving Sun Sep 05 01:56:01 +0000 2010
@KarenOleet - This 140 Ch limit baffled me at first, but I've learn some brilliant editing techniques because of it! Sun Sep 05 01:52:44 +0000 2010
@TessDickenson - It is interesting that we need to trick ourselves into doing the very thing we love to do =P Sun Sep 05 01:47:34 +0000 2010
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ༺༻ James Michener Sun Sep 05 01:45:45 +0000 2010
I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. ༺༻ Isaac Asimov Sun Sep 05 01:41:10 +0000 2010
@TessDickenson - Hope everything is well with you ... =) Sun Sep 05 01:39:17 +0000 2010
@TessDickenson - I'm great! I implemented the #ShutUpAndWrite credo and have managed to shame myself into writing more! Sun Sep 05 01:38:50 +0000 2010
Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer. ༺༻ Julien Green Sun Sep 05 01:35:26 +0000 2010
@TracyClark_TLC ))♥(())♥(())♥(( Sun Sep 05 01:34:35 +0000 2010
#FF alert: For any new followers, the wonderful @TessDickenson is a great follow =) Sun Sep 05 01:33:22 +0000 2010 @ggSpirit - It is SO easy to get shaken off course ... I tend to agree. Well, we're always here, if you need us =) Sun Sep 05 01:32:00 +0000 2010
You fail only if you stop writing. ༺༻ Ray Bradbury Sun Sep 05 01:30:32 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - "Grateful" is always a good path to take ... Sun Sep 05 01:27:46 +0000 2010
Don't wait for a thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters - #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 01:26:44 +0000 2010
@mpf2011 - That quote is my personal motto =) Sun Sep 05 01:25:48 +0000 2010
Stick to the point. ~ W. Somerset Maugham Sun Sep 05 01:24:50 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - How are you? Hope everything is well? Sun Sep 05 01:24:20 +0000 2010
Whether or not you write well, write bravely. ~ Bill Stout Sun Sep 05 01:23:42 +0000 2010
The writer's duty is to keep on writing… ~ William Styron Sun Sep 05 01:21:55 +0000 2010
@Jennifer_MK - How Invitingly provocative! I'd have to keep alert in a scrabble game with you.. .. Sun Sep 05 01:20:16 +0000 2010
I opened the closet of my mouth and was befallen by a stack of words! Down they tumbled, crushing me with meaning ... Sun Sep 05 01:15:36 +0000 2010
The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. - Robert Cormier Sun Sep 05 01:13:46 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - I have about 5 chapters. I'm just writing as fast as I can, getting stuff down. If I nit-pick I'll never get it done. Sun Sep 05 01:12:29 +0000 2010
wordi·ness n. Synonyms: wordy, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose (I just described myself) Sun Sep 05 01:10:13 +0000 2010
@Jennifer_MK - Oh, you drop THOSE bombs on unsuspecting guys? Nothing like some serious wordage to weed out the monosyllabics! Sun Sep 05 01:09:31 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - Well, I HAVE been writing, but the blog posts have been slow. Been working on the book, mostly. Sun Sep 05 01:08:19 +0000 2010
༺༻ When you write yourself into a corner, go up the wall ༺༻ Sun Sep 05 01:07:17 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - I was getting pretty busy for a while; the summer was hot and lovely -- not a great time to be writing for me: distractions Sun Sep 05 01:05:22 +0000 2010
Belated #FF and #WW to @ggSpirit, for all you new followers. One of my originals ... Sun Sep 05 01:02:54 +0000 2010
@ggSpirit - Can it be?? It is! Gigi ... #BeenSoLong Sun Sep 05 01:01:55 +0000 2010
Them little fuzzy things floatin' around my transom and causing me to become Prolix and Verbose: Words. Sun Sep 05 01:00:58 +0000 2010
I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted. — Jack Kerouac (Yes) Sun Sep 05 00:55:56 +0000 2010
@Jennifer_MK - You inspired me to write a post about words. You've unleashed something! LOL (You'll get a mention for your great post) Sun Sep 05 00:55:27 +0000 2010
@ElleAndraWarner - I have a character named Prolix in a sci-fi comedy I wrote years ago. Sun Sep 05 00:54:28 +0000 2010
@VariantVal - The vivacious and vivid Val! Sup girl? Sun Sep 05 00:52:13 +0000 2010
I'm going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children. — Jack Kerouac Sun Sep 05 00:51:37 +0000 2010
Oh I love this next quote so much, I need to lead in with this useless Tweet LOL ... Sun Sep 05 00:51:28 +0000 2010
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. — Jack Kerouac Sun Sep 05 00:49:52 +0000 2010
@ElleAndraWarner - I know! I love that post by @Jennifer_MK -- I'm inspired to write a post about words tonight ... =) Sun Sep 05 00:49:31 +0000 2010
Jack Kerouac wrote 'On the Road' on a one hundred and twenty-foot scroll of tracing paper, single-spaced without margins or paragraph breaks Sun Sep 05 00:48:00 +0000 2010
Pen + Paper = Ink on Soul #ShutUpAndWrite Sun Sep 05 00:45:49 +0000 2010
The importance of a large #vocabulary - by @Jennifer_MK -- http://wp.me/pQazW-4z #amwriting #amediting Sun Sep 05 00:42:10 +0000 2010
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Theodor Geisel Sun Sep 05 00:40:06 +0000 2010
Saturday night, it's cool out, I'm huddled inside my little writing space, and I'm sipping tea. It was Summer just three days ago! Sun Sep 05 00:37:04 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Night Joe. Thanks for playing, and take care. Sat Sep 04 03:29:09 +0000 2010
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein Sat Sep 04 03:27:42 +0000 2010
@RichardMansel - I'm doing research as well; I'm writing a detective story set during that time period =) Sat Sep 04 03:27:00 +0000 2010
Reading the Complete Sherlock Holmes, fabulous stuff. #Classics Sat Sep 04 03:24:45 +0000 2010
We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? - Niels Bohr Sat Sep 04 03:23:33 +0000 2010
@ficwriter - Isn't it? It's like a Twilight Zone episode or something #creepy Sat Sep 04 03:21:43 +0000 2010
@ficwriter - I try to get around to reading all the classic authors like Chandler, but there are so many. I'm working on Conan Doyle now Sat Sep 04 03:19:24 +0000 2010
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan Sat Sep 04 03:16:13 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ficwriter - It's all automated tweets that respond to our keywords. Sat Sep 04 03:14:18 +0000 2010
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. ~ The Big Lebowski Sat Sep 04 03:10:47 +0000 2010
@sabluvs2write - I'm calling you tomorrow. Just have to get a calling card =) Sat Sep 04 03:09:23 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @ficwriter - My friend borrowed my copy of Lebowski and won't give it back, he's hooked on it LOL Sat Sep 04 03:08:30 +0000 2010 @JosephLane @ficwriter - This aggression will not stand ... man. Sat Sep 04 03:06:12 +0000 2010
Nicole, you are like a brother to me ... a sexy brother in a dress. ༺༻ Inspector Clouseau, Sat Sep 04 03:02:39 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - Forget Gone With the Wind. The Big Lebowski is the epitome of 20th century film making! Sat Sep 04 03:00:40 +0000 2010
@sabluvs2write - Hey sis! Sup? Huppy birthday! Sat Sep 04 02:59:17 +0000 2010
I have nothing to declare except my genius. - Oscar Wilde Sat Sep 04 02:58:42 +0000 2010
@Ndege - That movie I loved for use of slow motion, musical and emotional cues, and of course, witty writing. #Tenenbaums Sat Sep 04 02:57:56 +0000 2010
Have I told you all how wonderful @ficwriter is? #FF recommended Sat Sep 04 02:56:14 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Let's not get into the Big Lebowski! #CinemaClassic LOL Sat Sep 04 02:55:19 +0000 2010
@Ndege - You don't like The Tenenbaums? Sat Sep 04 02:54:22 +0000 2010
@PeevishPenman - Num! Thanks. #DavidFamineRelief Sat Sep 04 02:53:45 +0000 2010
@Ndege - He has more money than the average 3rd world country, but I digress! Sat Sep 04 02:53:14 +0000 2010
There are no facts, only interpretations. - Nietzsche Sat Sep 04 02:52:11 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Love Wes Anderson. Haven't watched Bottle Rocket all the way through yet though ... Sat Sep 04 02:51:36 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - Leo has something bigger than me alright, his massive cranium! #PumpkinHead Sat Sep 04 02:50:01 +0000 2010
@Ndege - I think you hit it: everything is shown in ET. I guess I like the challenge of figuring things out a little ... Sat Sep 04 02:49:20 +0000 2010
I could use a PB & J Sammich right now. #OhHungry Sat Sep 04 02:48:05 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - I tend to like strange artsy movies like The Royal Tenenbaums. Sat Sep 04 02:47:11 +0000 2010
@Ndege - Hey, remember, I am a film buff. I recognize ET as a classic =) Sat Sep 04 02:44:51 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - I liked Titanic because of the historical factor, of the Ship being recreated .. Sat Sep 04 02:43:53 +0000 2010
@Ndege - And YOU said it, not me. I don't judge people who like certain movies - certainly not their intelligence =) Sat Sep 04 02:42:18 +0000 2010
@Ndege - No, that's just ME. I am so familiar with the story that I feel like I've already seen it. Weird ... Sat Sep 04 02:41:24 +0000 2010
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. - Henry Ford Sat Sep 04 02:40:12 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - Tremors is a guilty pleasure for me. So bad it's good! #FilmTalk Sat Sep 04 02:39:15 +0000 2010 @Ndege - It's not what you think! I watch a lot of emo movies, that one ET is just too ... slow? Predictable? Over-hyped? Don't know. Sat Sep 04 02:38:22 +0000 2010
Hey you! Did you just un-follow me? Good. I thought I was imagining it. =) Sat Sep 04 02:34:46 +0000 2010
@Ndege - I can watch Goodfellas and Tremors over and over again, but no ET ... can't get through that film, don't know why. Sat Sep 04 02:33:50 +0000 2010
I would have made a good pope - Richard M. Nixon Sat Sep 04 02:32:42 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - So ...? Nothing! I have never seen ET all the way through ... strange huh? Sat Sep 04 02:30:00 +0000 2010
@Ndege - I walk and ponder all the time. It's my thing =) #BeachComber Sat Sep 04 02:28:57 +0000 2010
You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you? ~ Madeleine, Quills Sat Sep 04 02:28:06 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - It's a very sad movie, don't know if you're into Emo movies like that ... Sat Sep 04 02:27:22 +0000 2010
Is it wrong call Leo DiCaprio a Pumpkin Head? #Jussayin Sat Sep 04 02:25:11 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - I liked him in Catch Me If You Can and Gilbert Grape. #PumpkinHeadLeo Sat Sep 04 02:24:30 +0000 2010
Hey @Ndege ... Where's the Val factor tonight? We miss her! @VariantVal @JosephLane Sat Sep 04 02:23:24 +0000 2010
Some people without any brains do an awful lot of talking now don't they? ~ The Wizard of Oz Sat Sep 04 02:19:44 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - Val's in Florida. I heard Earl just skirted the coast =) #Whew Sat Sep 04 02:18:48 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - Hm? Not a Leo De Caprio fan I take it? The man has a large cranium, doesn't he? Fills up the screen! Sat Sep 04 02:18:06 +0000 2010
I am a drinker with writing problems. ~ Brendan Behan Sat Sep 04 02:16:58 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - I'm an illusion, actually. I am a manifest of @VariantVal 's wicked imagination. Sat Sep 04 02:15:58 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - I've heard that if one missuses time-travel one can become one's own grandfather, or something. Sat Sep 04 02:14:17 +0000 2010
All we are is dust in the wind, dude. ~ Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Sat Sep 04 02:13:00 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - I'd like to doppelganger Sarah Palin =) Sat Sep 04 02:12:04 +0000 2010
@Ndege - But there's only one physical you! Unless ... you have a doppelganger? Sat Sep 04 02:11:16 +0000 2010
Is there more to life than just being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking? ~ Zoolander Sat Sep 04 02:08:57 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - We are all singles, aren't we? Unless you're a twin? Sat Sep 04 02:08:29 +0000 2010
Forget Sarah Palin. I'd like to date Grace Jones. Hey Grace! I'm single =P Sat Sep 04 02:05:52 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - You betcha! Sat Sep 04 02:03:31 +0000 2010
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. ~ Willy Wonka Sat Sep 04 02:02:27 +0000 2010
@JosephLane @Ndege - Never thought I'd hear "Shagging" and "Sarah Palin" in the same sentence .... Sat Sep 04 02:01:42 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - A centrist? Hm. That sounds like a good platform for a new political party! No left, no right, no direction! Sat Sep 04 02:00:45 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - Are we talking about the Sarah Palin who can see Russia from her backyard? Sexy? Really? Sat Sep 04 01:58:48 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - I'm kind of a Liberal/Conservative/Anarchist mish-mash of wavering ideals! Sat Sep 04 01:57:52 +0000 2010
You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't. It's a trap. - The Breakfast Club Sat Sep 04 01:55:47 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - THAT was my point! You can't possibly keep up, it's just too random! I feel the same sometimes with @Ndege and THE GIRL Sat Sep 04 01:55:08 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - I'm more of a Resistentialist =P I fear change. Sat Sep 04 01:54:00 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - I'd never question your intellect. I'd never question that rapier wit of yours =) Sat Sep 04 01:51:56 +0000 2010
The trouble with real life is that there is no danger music. ~ The Cable Guy Sat Sep 04 01:50:52 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - @Ndege started it! He called me an existentialist! Sat Sep 04 01:50:08 +0000 2010
@Ndege - This sounds like the beginning of a beautiful existential discussion, the likes of which I am ill-equipped to handle #why Sat Sep 04 01:48:33 +0000 2010
They say time is the fire in which we burn ~ Star Trek: Generations Sat Sep 04 01:46:57 +0000 2010
@Ndege - Poor @JosephLane is always the butt of jokes, especially random insane ones that he has no hope of figuring out. Sat Sep 04 01:46:04 +0000 2010
@Ndege - I hope history remembers me for more than just being an interesting Tweeter. If even THAT ... LOL Sat Sep 04 01:45:09 +0000 2010
@simoneandthesea - That pic was taken near some old abandoned factories here in Toronto, where I live =) Sat Sep 04 01:44:00 +0000 2010
@simoneandthesea - Compliments? Unnecessary? Interesting, but you are still welcome =) Sat Sep 04 01:43:08 +0000 2010
@Ndege - Our place in history? How oddly. Sat Sep 04 01:42:11 +0000 2010
@Ndege are you sure @JosephLane isn't just preoccupied with his Glen Beck coloring book? Sat Sep 04 01:41:28 +0000 2010
You aren't too bright, are you? I like that in a man. ~ Body Heat Sat Sep 04 01:40:27 +0000 2010
@Ndege - tonight I am in strange mode -- beware of random and chaotic thoughts. Sat Sep 04 01:38:25 +0000 2010
@Ndege @JosephLane - What debaucherous conversation shall we partake in this evening? Sat Sep 04 01:35:56 +0000 2010
@Ndege - It lives! #rafiki #buddy #pal Sat Sep 04 01:34:33 +0000 2010
Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity - Biloxi Blues Sat Sep 04 01:31:21 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Right! Coffee! I forgot the nature of the offending liquid! I knew it was something wet ... =) Sat Sep 04 01:26:51 +0000 2010 Write drunk; edit sober. - Ernest Hemingway Sat Sep 04 01:26:05 +0000 2010
Half this game is ninety percent mental. - Yogi Berra #ShutUpAndWrite Sat Sep 04 01:23:05 +0000 2010
@simoneandthesea -Nice photography! I have a site for my photos too. I'm not exactly a pro or anything ... http://inkypaw.wordpress.com/ Sat Sep 04 01:22:03 +0000 2010
Ah rain. You spur on this writer's soul ... Sat Sep 04 01:17:10 +0000 2010
#FF to Friend and Writer @salamicat =) Sat Sep 04 01:15:33 +0000 2010
I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else. ~ Dazed and confused Sat Sep 04 01:14:08 +0000 2010
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. ~ Oscar Wilde Sat Sep 04 01:12:28 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Isn't that the same keyboard that you spilled your Rum onto? Sat Sep 04 01:11:21 +0000 2010
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. ~ Pablo Picasso Sat Sep 04 01:09:00 +0000 2010
#FF to @DocumentDriven .... =) Sat Sep 04 01:08:42 +0000 2010
“None but ourselves can free our minds.” ~ Bob Marley⊰¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Sat Sep 04 01:07:17 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - How have you been? Everything good in your world? Sat Sep 04 01:05:47 +0000 2010
#FF to @PeevishPenman ... great conversation, good writer talk ... Sat Sep 04 01:05:00 +0000 2010
♡#luv♡ ⓣⓞ ❥ #Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday @TracyClark_TLC, @KarenOleet and @ficwriter ❧❀❧♥¸.•*¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ Sat Sep 04 01:02:33 +0000 2010
@JosephLane - Well, it's cool and rainy for a change, excellent writing weather (Summer's gone? Summer's gone ...) all is well .. Sat Sep 04 01:00:16 +0000 2010
#Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday Luv to @SpinMyNovel, @MerleChloe, @KimFanBolt, @breukelen_girl, and @911editing ... Sat Sep 04 00:59:15 +0000 2010
♡#luv♡ ⓣⓞ ❥ #Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday @LornaSuzuki, #Imago writer and lovely lady ... Sat Sep 04 00:58:03 +0000 2010
#Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday to @LaynaPimentel, @10MinuteWriter and the rest of the #ShutUpAndWrite crew .... Sat Sep 04 00:57:16 +0000 2010
♡#luv♡ ⓣⓞ ❥ #Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday @VariantVal, @Ndege and @JosephLane Sat Sep 04 00:56:06 +0000 2010
#Æ‘๏â„“â„“๏ωFriday to: @Kno_Thyself, @DaveBartlett1 ... Sat Sep 04 00:55:24 +0000 2010
The blank page gives the right to dream. ~ Gaston Bachelard (Goodnight Folks Zz) Fri Sep 03 02:56:25 +0000 2010
They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him. ~ Ernest Hemingway Fri Sep 03 02:42:44 +0000 2010
The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey. ~ William Faulkner Fri Sep 03 02:37:34 +0000 2010
Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. ~ Clifton Fadiman Fri Sep 03 02:30:38 +0000 2010
Is there anything e'er so powerful as a pen poised? #QuestionToTheUniverse Fri Sep 03 02:26:01 +0000 2010
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. ~ Jean de la Bruyère Fri Sep 03 02:23:57 +0000 2010
A book should be luminous, not voluminous. ~ Christian Nevell Bovee Fri Sep 03 02:21:13 +0000 2010
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! ~ Robert Browning Fri Sep 03 02:16:33 +0000 2010
It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ~ W. Somerset Maugham Fri Sep 03 02:10:10 +0000 2010
@LeviMontgomery - Sometimes I like to throw an interesting concept out into the universe -- against my better judgment! Fri Sep 03 02:08:07 +0000 2010
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. ~ Ezra Pound Fri Sep 03 02:06:11 +0000 2010
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? ~ Alexander Pope Fri Sep 03 02:05:21 +0000 2010
@LeviMontgomery - Yes, the denouement. Fri Sep 03 02:02:13 +0000 2010
RT @LeviMontgomery - Story is about wants that can't be met. (I Like) Fri Sep 03 01:59:24 +0000 2010
@JenniferBWhite - Yes, I admit, Novels need characters LOL Fri Sep 03 01:56:12 +0000 2010
@LaynaPimentel - No thanks. We're getting our own rain tomorrow. =) Fri Sep 03 01:55:03 +0000 2010
Can a novel be written without any characters? #AvanteGardeQuestion Fri Sep 03 01:54:03 +0000 2010
Writing is the supreme solace. ~ W. Somerset Maugham Fri Sep 03 01:52:30 +0000 2010
@LaynaPimentel - It's the heat. Can't stand it anymore! #NeedCoolness Fri Sep 03 01:51:42 +0000 2010
Yeah, I'm writing. What's it to you?? #ShutUpAndWrite Fri Sep 03 01:49:09 +0000 2010
#FF to The Rip-Roaring Residents of Twitter's Random Writing Revolution @Alex_Carrick and @Donna_Carrick Fri Sep 03 01:43:09 +0000 2010
@ricksanchezcnn - Fair enough, and thanks for the reply. PS: next time, perhaps a bit of forewarning about such a video? Fri Sep 03 01:11:21 +0000 2010
I am a drinker with writing problems. ~ Brendan Behan Fri Sep 03 01:01:34 +0000 2010
I've been working on my book so much that I'm out of Blogger mode now. Didn't even know writers HAD modes. Fri Sep 03 01:01:07 +0000 2010
Well, Stephen Hawking is the top Twitter Trend. Some semblance of order has been restored to the universe. Fri Sep 03 00:58:44 +0000 2010
Twitter is not only the world's biggest cocktail party, but it's a 24/7 talk show too. Fri Sep 03 00:56:03 +0000 2010
I agree with @nickolaswriter, RE @ricksanchezcnn : How does showing a video about drowning puppies benefit humanity? Fri Sep 03 00:54:27 +0000 2010
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
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
@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
@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
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
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
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
