#5amwritersclub No walk today. I was working the election the last 2 weeks & haven't gotten much writing done. I'm back. Focusing on a char arc that isn't as deliberate as it should be. Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk today. For my birthday I got new windows. Actual "I need glass cleaner," windows. Install started yesterday and I'm moving crap and found a problem I need to solve ASAP. Write now, hardware store later. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Cold but a break from the rain. Heard an owl in our tallest cedar tree. This w-i-p is long. I like revision and the story deserves to be as good as it can be but damn. OTOH, I'm enjoying keeping all the plates spinning. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Warmer than yesterday, still, and humid. Cloudy sky hangs closer to the ground. Writing each POV of two-chars-on-the-same-train-who-don't-see-each-other chapters. Keeping it short, lots of metaphoric ricochets & repetition. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Beautiful, dry, cold morning. Stars glint like pins, breath foggy. So quiet, like every creature still sleeping, even the night hunters. Thinking about redemption and trains. Listening to Knowledge Fight. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting knowledgefight.com

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Slept an extra 45 minutes. Got up and put on my writer pants—old-school cotton sweats, then t-shirt & bcz it's cold, and I'm in the PNW, red-checked flannel. Yesterday, finished fixing my stupid mistake. Yay. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Cool, cloudy, a break in the rain, no owls. Quiet. Yesterday a thunderstorm. Should gather chestnuts as the rain makes the skins split. Hoping for another few cold dry days & nights for a small fire in the firepit. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Several trials in this still untitled w-i-p. Reporter Jane Dancy attends Joe Hill's execution at Hill's request. #writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting 1915 Jane Dancy

Everett, WA had 4,000+. Gov. Bob Ferguson was there. Cold, rainy, LOTS of people driving by and honking in support. Only got the finger 3x. So, cool. #NoKings

It's Bess and George from the Nancy Drew books. I thought they looked familiar. #bmoviemaniacs

And now I'm hearing, "Mark Phlegmy," not "Mark Fleming." #bmoviemaniacs

Not even writers who have Netflix money have 5 servants. That's how I know this is all fake. #bmoviemaniacs

Vincent Price has his own batroom. #bmoviemaniacs

I keep hearing "Miss Van Goiter," and not "Miss Van Gogurt" or whatever it is. #bmoviemaniacs

Booby trap? Don't get your boobs trapped. Hold onto your buds. They're about to be nipped. #bmoviemaniacs

Endora could snap her fingers and make this movie a lot shorter. #bmoviemaniacs

#5amwritersclub No walk today. Char reveals he's changed thru his suspicions, w/his reasoning and conclusion showing how he's inching down a not-great path. Must make it read organic to the char and not me being tricky. Challenging & fun. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Another cold, clear, quiet morning. Wore my winter sweatshirt. A gray squirrel chased off the red Douglas squirrel for chestnuts. We competed with that Douglas over hazelnuts & did okay. Now we fight the gray & are losing bad. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Cold. Breathing fog. Crescent moon and a sky full of winter constellations. A doe went running by me. My sweatshirt smells like smoke. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this morning. Re-building 2-months' work after destroying it through a dumb mistake. I make dumb mistakes all the time but haven't done this kind in years. Taking a moment to feel sorry for myself. I'm better. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Quiet and foggy, sweatshirt-over-t-shirt weather. Sitting at my desk, I don't hear the old cat. She hasn't been yelling at me as much now. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this morning again. It's been beautiful in the afternoon last few days, spent a little time outside harvesting chestnuts. They have hulls with needle-sharp spines so I wear welding gloves. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this morning. No owls yet. Train scenes sparked a structural idea for the w-i-p and series. It's so obvious now that I see it. I feel both dumb and elated. That shd be the title to my autobiography: Dumb & Elated. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Moon like a new dime. The morning quiet, crisp, and cold. Thinking of Moore's "The Paper Nautilus., especially the last lines, "love / is the only fortress / strong enough to trust to." Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting poets.org/poem/paper-n...

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Heard the owl hoot twice from a tall cedar. "2 chars on the same train" works, but not sure it's right. I may just be showing off my skills (this bit is tricky and fun) and not serving the story. Move on, decide later. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Lots of salmon in this untitled w-i-p. This bit features Danny Holiday at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. #writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting 1909 Danny Holiday

#5amwritersclub Perfect morning for a walk. Considering a 1916 journey on Great Northern RR. 2 chars aboard, but don't about each other. I usually stay away from such coincidences but this cd work. All depends on how it's written. I'll give it a go. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk, cool and humid. Got back as it started pouring. Completed key part in a char's arc yesterday. Onto the next mess today. Maybe squash soup or delicata hash for dinner w/fresh bread? I sound so wholesome. I'm def not. Work now. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Rained like little drummer boys on the roof last night. Woke up a little after 2AM and heard a small owl hooting a disgruntled hoot, maybe because of the weather, maybe because no other owls were around. Couldn't tell. And so to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Been awhile since I did one of these. Still working on this untitled manuscript. Making progress. This guy breaks my heart. Poor Danny. This is the beginning of his end. #writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting 1916 Danny Holiday

#5amwritersclub Morning walk quiet and humid. Haven't heard the owls for a while but I did see a smallish black cat studying me. I said hello. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk still and cool, I feel fall in the quiet. Slight tear to my Achilles tendon means no ladders for a bit—yay, I hate ladders, but annoying as I have to stuff to do. Coffee is made. Caffeinated scribbling is the best scribbling. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Morning walk humid, still, and very quiet. Listened to knowledgefight.com. Dan & Jordan are insightful, self-aware, and sometimes funny, usually on accident. Revision goes well but this is just a damn long mss. Back to it. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

To Insult a Mockingbird

#5amwritersclub No walk this morning. But the freezer is defrosted. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub The cat is yelling at me. She got first breakfast before my walk, now I must escort her back to bed. Yesterday, I got to the beginning of the end of a char's arc. The next bit is so overwritten, I need a machete. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Return of my a.m. routine. Some cool days let me get outdoor tasks done but light mist this a.m. says it'll be hot and still again. Owls made a racket last night until just one was left calling, but it's gone quiet now. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

That's some of the whitest white people dancing in cinema. #bmoviemaniacs

Did they borrow that bomb from Boris & Natasha? #bmoviemaniacs

To hold back the crowds, obviously. #bmoviemaniacs

Oh no, they're slowly getting away. #bmoviemaniacs

I think that guy jumped into the cab and smacked his diplomatic pouch. #bmoviemaniacs

'Cept Nancy was cool in a boots-made-for-walking kind of way.

I thought the Reproducer was the guy hitting on all the chicks. #bmoviemaniacs

Is it wrong that I hope the Giggler exits this flick early? A tidy burning chestnut to the noggin wd be great. He's very bendy, which i like, but the giggle is...not optimal. #bmoviemaniacs

Shittiest bank vault ever. You call that a priceless goblet? #bmoviemaniacs

Oh, groovy music. Swell. #bmoviemaniacs

This movie has goofballs? Wow, it's really got it all. Hot rods, beach parties, and getting hopped up on goofballs. #bmoviemaniacs

Pinstripe Suit guy whose car got hit and run---what is up with his arms? Does he have pit rash? He should've slathered on some topical cream. There're been a lot of advances in topical creams. #bmoviemaniacs

Jeebus Crispy, dude. Want to impress chicks? Get yourself a Visa card and a breath mint. #bmoviemaniacs