The personal blog of Jay Garmon: professional geek, Web entrepreneur, and occasional science fiction writer.
"I like writing but I especially like writing for money." @anniebrookstone crushing romantic notions about writing: https://t.co/aB4Ehok7n0
— Lauren Beukes (@laurenbeukes) July 31, 2017
Use whatever metric helps you write the story. Some go by words, pages, time, gut feeling, elves killed, blood spattered... https://t.co/MmmmCBMw3r
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 31, 2017
How to Write Good Dialogue
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) July 29, 2017
1. Listen to actual people talk
2. wait they're talking about you
3. shit they see you listening
4. run you creep
It is possible that an electoral system that primarily selects for fundraising and campaign stamina produces lawmakers who aren't bright. https://t.co/FLrZGEeW5g
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) July 24, 2017
A president who can pardon himself is a king.
— Joe Dunman (@JoeDunman) July 23, 2017
BECAUSE UNDERNEATH IT ALL IS THE IMPLICATION THAT A WOMAN COULD NEVER, EVER BE A BOY'S A HERO. WHICH IS THE MOST DISGUSTING IDEA ON EARTH.
— FILM/TRUMP CRIT HULK (@FilmCritHULK) July 18, 2017
The Venn diagram of men mad about a female Doctor and men who complain about getting "friend zoned" is a compass-drawn circle. #DrWho13
— Dawn Howard (@502eire) July 16, 2017
Nevertheless, she regenerated. #DoctorWho13
— Julie Benson (@TheJulieBenson) July 16, 2017
Superman, Poirot, Indiana Jones, Entourage and Hercules. You're welcome. #DoctorWho13 http://pic.twitter.com/HBdGyPEwdO
— Joe Scaramanga (@JoeScaramanga) July 16, 2017
Meet the Thirteenth Doctor #DoctorWho #Doctor13 http://pic.twitter.com/wycdcneZ7o
— BBC One (@BBCOne) July 16, 2017
Actually, poverty rates really are lower in the suburbs https://t.co/Xo7Z9aqEug http://pic.twitter.com/XDdjqSsd84
— CityLab (@CityLab) July 14, 2017
Playing w/ images @NASAJuno images tonight, Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be shrinking but those storms are still impressive. CONUS for scale http://pic.twitter.com/afqiEyh6E3
— Tony Rice (@rtphokie) July 13, 2017
"Kids need to learn to pull themselves up!"
— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis) July 14, 2017
"You're right! Let's abolish inheritance!"
"Hold on..."
"Copyrights expire upon death!"
"Um..."
Seems like a million years ago when elected officials had this sort of ethics or dignity. VP @GeorgeHWBush to his son George W. Bush in '88. http://pic.twitter.com/CSeu7GV3Bc
— Phillip M. Bailey (@phillipmbailey) July 13, 2017
Intriguing experiment reveals a fundamental conflict in human culture https://t.co/I2njfFeiUk by @annaleen
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) July 13, 2017
If you want to buy the 2020 election, do you still setup a PAC, or just pay Russia directly now?
— Rob May (@robmay) July 12, 2017
Well done, @Jeopardy, well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #StarTrek http://pic.twitter.com/oDeMdWlJEu
— Slackin' Strachan (@SlackinStrachan) July 11, 2017
You didn't know that you didn't know this about root beer. (Thread) https://t.co/jO7URGvYVL
— John P. Murphy (@dolohov) July 11, 2017
Here's my impression of politics twitter: "Ahem-- in light of the recent events, I've decided that I'm even more right than before"
— shut up, mike (@shutupmikeginn) July 11, 2017
"It is not the words of your enemies that you will remember, but the silence of your friends"
— Eyes of Geezy (@K_Geezy74) July 8, 2017
~Martin Luther King #WordsToLiveBy
Here's the thing about writing: it's okay that it's hard.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 6, 2017
Sometimes it's supposed to be hard.
It's hard for all of us.
Holy shit this is fucking *incredible* https://t.co/FsyxHhjFQY
— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) July 6, 2017
STOP US BEFORE WE KILL AGAIN http://pic.twitter.com/yCLa1P1t3Y
— Jessica Price (@Delafina777) July 5, 2017