Adventure Abounds in These Books Set in the Wilderness www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

C'mon, my aversion to all risk has to payoff eventually, right? #randomthoughts

OTHER PLAYERS: In two rounds you will owe her 50,000 points and be forced to perform a humiliating dance. ME: Again? www.jeffreysomers.co...

6 “Lost” Sci-Fi & Fantasy First Novels Published Posthumously www.barnesandnoble.c... #AmReading

It's just embarrassing that we're 25 years into the 21st century and we still can't control the weather or access other dimensions. #randomthoughts

Most of my shame is hot dog-related. Interpret that as you will. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Paperback Writer: 10 Writing Lessons from Vintage Paperback Books www.writersdigest.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Not sure what's stopping me from locating an abandoned mansion in the woods, fixing it up, and walking around wearing a smoking jacket at all times. #randomthoughts

If you’ve ever met me, you know that the word stringent does not, as a rule, attach itself to me as a descriptor. I am florid, and messy, and irritatingly sweaty, but not, yanno, stringent. www.jeffreysomers.co...

How to Talk to a Real Human in Customer Service (and Get What You Want)

The more you talk about how big cities are dangerous and gross, the more certain I am you have never lived in a big city. #randomthoughts

Nate decides he has to go rescue her himself, and slowly realizes that not being able to feel pain might actually be a superpower. That’s an okay premise! And then the film does fuck-all with it. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

The Best Horror Books of 2025 www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

Honestly miss the era when Cy Young-caliber pitchers would have, like, 300 innings pitched and 89 strikeouts. #randomthoughts

I’ve always had a fraught relationship with any activity that required skill. www.jeffreysomers.co...

Five Mind Games MLMs Use to Scam People

The day you stop yourself from trying to brute force something that doesn't immediately fit is the day you're finally safe to be left to your own devices. #randomthoughts

“The other day I found $5 on the sidewalk and I was elated, and then very, very depressed. Such is the glam life of a pro writer.” www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Seven Tricks to Help You Stop Losing Your Phone (and Wallet, and Keys)

We really missed the boat by not normalizing having raccoons as pets. #randomthoughts

I’m that much more dangerous thing: An *untrained* mime. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

A Better Way to Manage Multiple Chronic Conditions

I'm starting to think the Internet was a mistake, and this is coming from a man who once considered Limewire to be the greatest invention of his lifetime. #randomthoughts

“When I was a kid, television was terrible, but to compensate for this terribleness the universe had made it also very transient.” www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Combating Specialist Fatigue With a Holistic Approach to Care

Now that we're living in the No Shame era, I can finally relax and just be myself. #randomthoughts

‘Playtime’ is a great example of defining characters without dialog, because by the end of the film you know exactly who Hulot and Barbara are, despite the fact that neither speaks more than a handful of bland lines. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

The Best Nonfiction of Fall www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

Robot umpires in baseball means we're 2-5 years away from robot players in baseball, which is when I'll start paying attention to baseball again. #randomthoughts

“I dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Or a magician, if that didn’t work out; it seemed likely that the skills were pretty transferable.” www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

50 of the Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy Debut Novels Ever Written www.barnesandnoble.c... #AmReading

SCIENCE: The more I nap, the better everything goes, so I figure if I just stay in bed all day I'll live forever. Will report my findings. #randomthoughts

Well, that’s a wrap on this year’s Weekly Novel! “The Bouncer” is concluded, here are your links to the full novel. Thanks for reading! www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Four Ways Airline and Travel Booking Websites Can Deceive You lifehacker.com/trave... #AmReading

If you stop to think about it, it's incredibly disturbing how well celebrities can pretend to be relatively chill, normal people for decades and then suddenly be revealed as raging psychopaths. #randomthoughts

I’d like to think I could resist cursed items until someone whispers about a cursed flask that is always filled with top shelf whiskey no matter how much you drink and suddenly my soul feels heavy and I think I might be happier without it. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

I Tested AI 'Humanizers' to See How Well They Actually Disguise AI Writing

I am comforted by the fact that I would pre-break under torture and start talking before they even touched me. It's a relief, really. #randomthoughts

Well, that’s a wrap on this year’s Weekly Novel! “The Bouncer” is concluded, here are your links to the full novel. Thanks for reading! www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Blake Crouch Thinks You Should Read These Books — And So Do We www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

Just wondering if it's at all possible to be frozen for a few years so I can skip to 2029, maybe. Maybe longer if I feel fancy. #randomthoughts

“Oddity” shows us a Needful Things shop and then walks away, whistling. wwrdeepdives.substac... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

Check Out These New Mysteries and Thrillers by Your Favorite Authors www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

My whole day is pretty much taken up by lunch. Wake up wondering what's for lunch. Then preparing and enjoying lunch. Then thinking back fondly on lunch. Wait, am I 99 years old? #randomthoughts

Well, that’s a wrap on this year’s Weekly Novel! “The Bouncer” is concluded, here are your links to the full novel. Thanks for reading! www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

The Best Fantasy Books Set on Boats www.bookbub.com/blog... #AmReading

Gonna start pinning random medals to my shirt until someone comments. #randomthoughts

“Pills,” I said. “This treaty—what Mick worked out for us, at great fucking personal cost—it’s what’s keeping Carrie and Ellie safe. We abide by it. Okay?” She looked away, eyes shining. “You say so, boss.” www.jeffreysomers.co... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

The Five Worst Things to Do Immediately After Moving In

In my mind, it is forever 1998 and Half Life just came out. #randomthoughts