Or when they leave the merge field in. “Hi [author_first] [author_last]” Amateur.

Aaaand that's a wrap on "The Goodbye Girls - Putting the Fun in Dysfunction." Next up is a full read-through, then get busy with editing. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

MacFarlane: I’m focused on being an enterprise reporter who gets at the truth and does not abide the whitewashing of history or the erasing of what people have said. We’re not just battling to find news and truth—we’re battling a force that is trying to contaminate and metastasize across all media.

From my FB feed: Ian Bremmer Finally, Japan answers America’s call to help open the Strait of Hormuz

Dark, dark, but there's a cat...

🤎 Happy lazy #Caturday 🤣🤭

Nothing like starting your day with your snout up your mum's slipper. Polly, the slipper sniffer. #Corgis

Call me old fashioned but when someone tweets they’ve won the war it’s kinda rude for the other side to keep fighting.

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social This Queen of the North doc is tremendous. The young mother is so good at transmitting her feelings. She puts the listener right in the moment. And so brave, calm, and compassionate with the crew and other passengers.

De Niro: I’ve played plenty of tough, scary guys in the movies—but you know what really scares the hell out of me? What this government—our government—is trying to do to take away our right to vote…

Pierre Poilievre's big week: He pissed off autoworkers with an auto plan that would cost thousands of jobs. On St. Patrick's Day he showed that he couldn't pour a pint. Then headed to the States to hang with the very short king of the manosphere. The planet is on fire dude. #notreadyforprimetime

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh I suppose this is why we have not had an effective opposition in this country since 2015.

A hummingbird just visited these Camellia flowers outside my office window, and now my heart is so happy. It's the little bits of "life goes on" provided by nature that helps balance out the current global hellscape.

First camelia blossom of the year. She's reading over my shoulder while I work on my #WIP. She seems to like it so far because she invited some friends to join her. #AmWriting (with company) #WritingCommunity #BookSky #blossoms

First camelia blossom of the year. She's reading over my shoulder while I work on my #WIP. She seems to like it so far because she invited some friends to join her. #AmWriting (with company) #WritingCommunity #BookSky #blossoms

OMG, I love my characters. They are just so goddamn entertaining. I'm never sure what they're going to say. They make me laugh, and they make me cry. Such fanfreakingtastic companions for early mornings. #AmWrtiting (and loving it) #booksbybluesky #WritingCommunity

Love this....

Good wet Monday morning. First of many wet days here on the Wet Coast of Canada. #MondayFunDay

Spending my day at a local authors' book fair I. #Victoria, BC. So far so good - have sold two books.

Happy #Caturday fellow cat lovers.

RIP the iconic Susan B. Anthony, died this day 1906. “I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Re-enacting ‘Titanic’ Pose Appears on National Mall www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

Ralphie is enjoying a nap. In his world of absolute security there is no war, no bombing, no ICE, no terror, no dread of the future, and absolutely no food insecurity. #corgis

I had heard that authors should write the beginning of their novel after they've written the ending. As a pantzer nearing the end of my #WIP, that now makes perfect sense. Now that I know how it wraps up, I know what I need to do to fine-tune the beginning. So damn cool! #AmWriting (and loving it)

That sucks. It does happen when new writers are too grateful for any attention.

#WritingCommunity #booksky

This charming little orchid looks like the love child of an orchid and a daffodil. #orchids

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I had a fun & productive weekend working on my #WIP. 73,000+ words. Things are ticking along dysfunctionally! This is the second in a series of three. #1 The Goodbye Girls - Putting the Fun in Funerals (pub 2022) #2 The Goodbye Girls - Putting the Fun in Dysfunction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

The thing about writing is one has to write, which requires us to spend an inordinate amount of time in our offices or wherever we work. My family needs to grasp this concept. It's only been three decades! ARG. #AmWriting (even though it's spring and I would rather mow the lawn) #WritingCommunity

You can challenge your own writing brain by switching from keyboard to pen at any time to explore how your own writing alters based on your method. Hand writing bends more toward art in practice and may change how you visualize your words in your head. #writingcommunity #booksky #writinglife #write

Yes, exactly!!! This is very important and often an untapped tool for writers. #writingcommunity #booksky

BREAKING: The State of the Union has been changed to The Airing of Grievances.

This is how turtles flirt. Let me flutter my hands in your face!

Starting a band with my dog.

Time well spent on a chilly Saturday morning. Now it's back to my #WIP. 67,000+ words. How is your morning going? #AmWriting (happily) #WritingCommunity #Booksky

Old Skool #Audio Stack. #Audiophile

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Of late it feels as though we are trapped in an endless loop of April Fool's Days. Kinda like the Ground Hog Day movie. The news is beyond bizarre. The soundtrack to the XFiles playing out the 6 am news following Trump's vow to release the alien files was the icing.

Andrew should remind everyone the Dow's at 50,000.

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social I am with you on heated seats - to me it's like sitting in someone else's fart.

A few of the many reasons I listen to @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social 1) I learn things such as "obituary aggregators" which is a perfect fit for my series of novels about two funeral planners. 2) That we should all "just eat corn." 3) The random goonbabble that happens on air always makes me laugh.