Trump’s Twitter feed is mind-numbingly repetitive. There’s his fake news tweet, his witch hunt tweet, his conspiracy theory tweet, his insult tweet, his jobs tweet, and his alt-right retweet. He needs to mix it up or even his most hysterical critics will get bored with it.

Saudi Arabia lightens up on women - a little. worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

My new book, the final chapter in the Resurrection Trilogy, has been published. amazon.com/Last-City-Zomb…

I finally finished writing and publishing my Resurrection Trilogy. If you haven’t started it yet, you can get the first book from Amazon for free. amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

I've been off Twitter for the same reason most people take long breaks from Twitter, but I'll be back soon. In the meantime, here's a filler tweet since Elon is (understandably) gearing up to delete inactive accounts.

I’ve redesigned the website for my editing business. If you need an editor, take a look and let’s talk. michaeltotten.com

How to Write a Killer First Sentence. "Agents, acquisitions editors, and magazine editors can determine if a manuscript was written by a professional or an amateur after reading as little as the first sentence and at most the first paragraph." tinyurl.com/y8s7r4pf

How to Write a Killer First Page. Let’s say you’ve nailed your first sentence. You start with some kind of disturbance or tension or conflict or a question. Now what? What does the rest of the first page look like?tinyurl.com/ybfrxbcs

Writing a book is like eating an elephant. tinyurl.com/mr3wk4d2

How to Structure a Scene. "Make things difficult for your characters. Roger wants a cup of coffee before his next meeting, but BotCorp’s office droid suddenly becomes self-aware and threatens to kill anyone who goes anywhere near the espresso machine." tinyurl.com/5y5ekpwy

The Russian attack against America that you didn't hear about: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Turkey takes its war against the Kurds into Europe: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Broken ISIS recruits return home: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Go ahead. Talk to Kim. worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Turkey's president had better watch out because John Bolton is coming for him. worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Vladimir Putin isn't our pal: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

The Case for Bombing Assad: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Castro steps down in Cuba. So what? worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

Hollywood botches Beirut. worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…

The populist revolt reaches Iraq: worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j…