If you say 'use to,' it won't make much of a difference. Just try not to leave a paper trail with it. merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…

Matt Shirley Filled version with the two missing intersections.

How to Tell if You're in a Jordan McCollum novel -you speak at least two languages -you have secrets -you're (falling) in love with someone when you absolutely SHOULD NOT -because you're lying to them about who you are -because, PS, you're a spy . . . -wedding dress shopping!

How to tell if you're in my YA novels -your dad died -tragically -you're going to avenge his death -you'll kill/conquer everyone responsible -don't look now, you're about to be betrayed

The best part of #amediting: coming across a passage that you don't love and remembering you get to delete it now. (The worst part: replacing it with something better. Sigh.)

It's finally here!!

This is great. Familiarize yourself with these 4 simulations. Press and watch. There is only one implication: extreme social distancing or an overwhelmed health care system. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…

It's graduation day! Congratulations 🎉 REVISIONARIES!!!!!

Proof that the Oxford comma doesn’t fix a poorly-worded sentence

DD4: Is it pwetty gweat having me as a child? Me: Yes, I recommend it to everyone.

DS2 (3 tomorrow!) says "chocolate" as "tloc'lit" or "txxxxxxloxxxlit" which sounds like Nahuatl hypercorrection to me.

Me: Will you help me? DS3tomorrow: No, dank you. Me: Can you carry a paper for me? Him: No, I can't. I too 'mall. #kidlogic

Looking at a first draft, knowing you’re getting ready to write the wrong ending, is like looking at a pool, knowing the water is ice-cold. But in both cases, you have to jump.

I'm at the point with this book where I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to give up and become a professional reader instead. #amwriting #amediting #noamnot

My youngest was born 10 minutes before DST kicked in 3 years ago. I like to say the government stole the first hour of his life. (He's also named Benjamin Franklin!)

Working on the class schedule right now!! x.com/anwalds/status…

Thinking of Mary Beth Tinker on #NationalWalkoutDay—kicked out of school in 1965 for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War, won Supreme Court case in 1969. “Students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”