“Once again, life had a lesson to teach me: It takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy.” - Haruki Murakami

Spent the morning working on my current manuscript and plan to do the same tomorrow and for the rest of my life and am not unhappy about it in any way.

Controversial question: What do you call this app? Does anyone actually just call it 'X'?

On Twitter (or social media in general) sometimes it can seem as if the world is falling apart. Remember that Good Stuff happens too. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Just hit 50k words on my new manuscript - it's taken just under four weeks. Four more and first draft will be done. #Writing

DRAFT UPDATE: Today we are at: 48% of finished draft. Completion = Four more weeks.

Looking for recommendations. What's the best book you read in 2023?

Are you using Bluesky? If so, what are your thoughts about it? Good? Bad? Ugly?

Why has it taken me this long to find YellowJackets?

First draft of current manuscript completed. 127003 words in eight and a half weeks. Onto Draft 2.0.

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Hemingway

Starting to think the internet may not, in fact, be the best place for nuanced discussion...

“There is nothing more magic and beautiful than lines forming across paper. It's all there is. It's all there ever was.” - Charles Bukowski

“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.” - Joanna Maciejewska

Bluesky or Threads?

Question for hardcore readers: Kindle in the bath. How do you prevent the screen steam and hand sweat? Asking for a friend.

Everyone has an opinion but no-one really knows

“What we respond to in any work of art is the artist's stuggle against his or her limitations.” - Sol Steinberg