Nature is cool as hell. #nature #moths #wildlife

Spending today determined to make 2 + 2 = 22. I have enough denial to make it happen.

Me: I'm a writer, yay! I love writing, it's so fun to write! Also Me: Ob substack lets you post your own VO? Well.. I guess I could learn audio engineering and slowing start fully produced audio essays. Me as my own worst enemy: OMG! Let's do a full audiobook production of your short story! FML...

I'm searching for my process and the result seems to be "make this harder." I'm starting to worry that's a feature and not a bug... The good news - I finished a project! williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Every believable world has a Deli Cup. Not literally, that'd be crazy. The magic of worldbuilding isn't in the density of the details or the brillance of the magic system's design, it's the smallest details that make it come alive. williamtorgerson.com/looking-for-...

I'm going to be gathering a lot of browns today (not a weird double entedre). #Gardening #Compost

One of the frustrating side effects of t Texas summer is that, due to the constant sweating, I can't use a notebook or my phone half the time. Too bad my Google Assistant was replaced with a costly, slow, ineffective, dystopian program who can't add “sunscreen” to my grocery list.

One life never seemed enough to me. Sadly, it’s all I have. No worries, I’ll just learn everything. … shit. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Y'all ever seen pointy tomatoes? #Gardening #HeirloomTomatoes #NatureisWeird

Take a moment today to appreciate the often neglected emotion of not shitting yourself.

Did anyone else know that black-eyed pea pods grew like this?

I walk through my garden every morning to inspect my plants. It’s been a while since I stepped back. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

I've never seen or read "Waiting for Godot," but I'm sure there must be a way to take the plot and turn it into a new one calling "Waiting for Download"

Sometimes playing video games is writing. Been uninspired by a lot of recent plays, but uncharted 4 is just fun. Bantering buds is one of my favorite tropes, and I'm getting inspiration for the heist vibes for the 3rd act of my novel! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #GameWriting

Finally pushed through a tough part of my novel - the midpoint. It needs tweaking, but the plot points are on the page. "So why did the soft crack in Steph’s voice draw him in? Why was his hand resting on the doorknob? Why did the hairband on his wrist feel so warm?" #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Solo should have been about L3 and the first Droid abolitionist... youtu.be/WD2UrB7zepo?...

We collect things as one life tumbles into the next. Of course, I'm talking about clothing. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

The inciting moment between the two love interests in my racing story :). Only about 13 first-draft chapters down, only 15 more to go! 😅 #WIPSnips #amWriting

Sometimes, walking is writing.

What's a small moment in your life that had a big impact? Mine is small and orange. www.williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Time is a substance eroding into patterns. Monuments of us. #writingcommunity #haiku

When I was 16, I ran over a squirrel. I continued to school. Nothing I could do but watch the twitching tail in my rearview. Last year, I had a reprise experience. Older and wiser, I played a more active role that was not less traumatizing. 30degreeshift.substack.com/ode-to-a-wat...

First tomatoes harvested!

So, we must share, but we can’t share. Seems kind of fucked up, huh? williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

How have I never realized how similar gardenia and honeysuckle smell?

At first I was excited about the wedding of my DND friends. Then I realized my ex would be at their wedding. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Anyone else laugh after saying "hell yeah, I love this song!" Then realizing it's a playlist you made?

The power went out at 2:40am.

Took a couple weeks, but I finally did it "alright"

Heavy rain makes mother nature and enthusiastic pruner.

A conversation with friends pushed a new idea into my brain. After a 16k word week, I'm taking a mandatory day off to save my brain and/or keyboard from melting. 😅🥲 At this rate my "novella" trending "novel." Thank goodness every work isn't this joyous, I'd never do anything but write! #amwriting

perfect communion wine drinking game: Drink each time I think of a new way to reference my dog's penis. www.williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

I almost didn’t ask for help. That would have been a mistake. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

I basically have to live in the south... Every winter, life becomes as short as sunlight. By March I've forgotten how to jump out of bed in the morning, contemplating catatonic complacence as my clock numbers 7:30 lightin my dark room. Yesterday I woke at 3:30 and found it an opportunity.

In her award winning one act, one of my favorite creators, #BethMay, explores the intimate reality of [not] killing herself. It's lyrical, poigniant, and shot/edited exceptionally well for a live, independent performance. And she's hot if that helps. Support her! #Theatre #IndieArt #Poetry

They're coming...

We replaced a zero-turn mower with a manual push mower. It’s harder. Slower. Objectively worse. Now everyone wants to use it. williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Y'all ever think that a lot of the death by diarrhea in the old days was because every meal was soup?

Patience ...

One thing @dropout.tv does better than anyone in the game is the sweet surprise. The way they trick their dedicated cast into a personal episode where the group comes together to make them feel seen is great. The way they bring us into it is unique. #GameChanger - s4e7 "Don't Cry"

Life is hard, but sometimes a friend bought too much cake and shares leftovers.

I'll tell you something... There's crazy shit in books.

When did compromise stop feeling like resolution and start feeling like losing something? williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

Saw the scene from Count of Monte Cristo where Edmond first meets M. Villefort. Edmond's innocent eyes reflecting the soft firelight in the otherwise unlit room is heartbreaking is such delicious and heartbraaking dramatic irony. I bought the audiobook before the scene finished.

Bell pepper flower, Rain kissed air, and cedar chips. Breathe. Let the weight fall. #garden #poetrg

3 days worth of eggs! Took a day off collecting them, but the girls certainly didn't stop laying. #backyardchickens #homestead

Embrace sucking at something new.

Scenes from a garden. Ripe to the eyes, if not tongue; time to soothe sore soles. #garden #nature

Passion isn’t about success. It’s about whether you love the work when no one’s watching. this week on 30 Degree Shift: williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

2 months ago I threw out a carefully laid plan to start a weekly creative non-fiction column. Why? Three words that have need running around my mind: "bias toward action." I do tend to go too far, that's why Wednesday mornings I wake up at 5am to record audio. 🤷