- @lizargall often writing changes by epoch (though current age seems more treelike than past). any ideas of possible profitable directions? in reply to lizargall #
- @lizargall sounds like a fine goal to me. but is that risk special, or just what good writers do? in reply to lizargall #
- a sleepy, quiet morning. i like this kind. #
- i just accidentally tore a gum wrapper. fomenting suspicion that i may indeed have superpowers. #
- these cards make me want to have kids: http://is.gd/5f1Aq (or i could buy them for myself, i suppose…) #
- huh. well, that’s that, then. #
- @chrislibey no worries, dude. i’m glad you’re reading them! give them back when you’re done; i’m in no hurry. in reply to chrislibey #
- @lizargall i was more trying to discern if there was any difference between risk & writing well, if this new risk was really a new quality. in reply to lizargall #
- Quis talia fando temperet a lacrymis? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64a_1fWTsls #
- just realized that my 3000th tweet was a quote from virgil, in latin. #ireadalotofbooks #
- RT @hollyblack: Boooks. Small Beer Press is having a sale and $1 per book sold goes to Franciscan Children’s Hospital: http://is.gd/5ff0j #
- just read “the rabbi’s hobby,” by peter s. beagle, on tor.com. what an excellent story. starts slow and the ending is beautiful, tingling. #
- peter sellers, as dr strangelove, reciting the beatles’ “she loves you.” http://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Sellers/_/She+Loves+You?autostart #
- “All we are saying is to give fleece a chance.” — John Lennon, from his book, Shear Out of Luck #
- the word “pitchblende” just popped into my head. http://bit.ly/6i3Efz
i think via paul park’s roumania books. a fun word to say. # - @paolobacigalupi congratulations! in reply to paolobacigalupi #
- @hollyblack lovely hair-cut! (also: i only hope you own a motorcycle to go with those zippers.) in reply to hollyblack #
- i can’t remember who pointed me at this umberto eco interview, but i bet it was somebody smart. eco discusses lists: http://bit.ly/2LJUra #
- RT @GreatDismal: RT @PinkTentacle: Strange spiral in the Norwegian sky – http://bit.ly/5tm6KB #
- @tofermoran it’s true. i’m generally not a fan of lists, especially in fiction, but eco makes interesting points. i’m almost fully convinced in reply to tofermoran #
- i choose: nice price books & lazy lion books & dain’s place. http://bit.ly/380uGa
(via @MaryRobinette & @sfwa & @eosbooks) #spendlocal # - i am newly inspired to read moby dick: http://bit.ly/6FrG85 #
- RT for truth. @tofermoran: Cold pizza is still pizza. #
- cuteness, via boing boing: http://bit.ly/7i5BDc
(jp nataf, “viens le me dire”) # - the illustrated moby dick, in a more easily readable format: http://bit.ly/5FS3Br #
- dear alternator of my car: why you hurt me like this, baby? you know i love you. #
- proust on metaphor: http://bit.ly/6SdviF
#writing # - RT @hollyblack: Guest blogging at witchy chicks – talkin’ about critique. http://bit.ly/yfyli #
- anybody else bored with the black matrix yelling? even swfa pro rates are untenable. selling 5k words every week is 13k per year at 5¢/word. #
- but then, nobody expects to make a living writing short fiction. because the year is not 1926. #
- that said, i agree with @scalzi, and i appreciate him waving his mechanized semaphore about black matrix. but writers: stop whinging & write #
- @tofermoran you know it is true, sir. always agree with me. in reply to tofermoran #
- bradbury on libraries: “I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.” http://bit.ly/4I5aON #
- @mynameis_shoe yes, precisely. i care nothing for any of those topics. nothing! in reply to mynameis_shoe #
- @elleeffect i am jealous of this. in reply to elleeffect #
- RT @sfwa: A common misconception… .05 is the minimum that SFWA thinks writers should be paid per word. Please aim for higher. #
- RT @boingboing Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border Boing Boing http://bit.ly/6hAL9B #
- @tofermoran yes, exactly. i just put a space between each letter, so it looks like i have written more words. in reply to tofermoran #
- Jenga and eggnog. Only the brandy and whiskey and rum make this drink okay. #
- @elleeffect well. there is that. i am only medium cold comparatively. in reply to elleeffect #
- now is time for dismantling my bed and table and dresser and lighting them all on fire for warmth. #noheatinmycar #distances #molecules #
- your eyes are made of molecules. we all know. #science #molecules #usknowing #
- each star you can’t see because of light pollution is made of molecules. scientists all know. #molecules #science #themknowing #
- in short, and in closing: MOLECULES–THEY ARE THE UNIVERSE (except when they are not) #molecules #theyarenot #sometimes #
- @tiffaniangus actually, i haven’t ever played a board game under any influences. #molecules #fatigue in reply to tiffaniangus #
- dear saturday: i punch your face. #
- warpig warpig warpig, i made you out of clay #
- how much better would the UN be if all the delegates wore dj-style headphones? and then spun records? i dare say the result would be fresh. #
- @elleeffect cards are good. i don’t know when, exactly… soon? in reply to elleeffect #
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