I have rarely felt an affinity so strongly and so quickly with someone as with this guy: 🤨

I had a wonderful experience at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference this weekend and I highly recommend it. My favorite part? Hearing about all of the exciting nascent books of my fellow writers! @sfwc.bsky.social #sfwc

Readers - what's your favorite first chapter in a book? Or first paragraph?

Day 1 of #SFWC and we've already had one dramatic evacuation which, if there are any main characters lurking among us, should have already led to one meet-cute, one existential crisis, and one set face looking down the grim, rain-soaked streets...

Attempting a rewrite of chapter 1 today. Wish me good words!

That Monday morning feeling when the coffee has yet to live up to its promised potential

What's your favorite writing craft book? I've spent ages with The Winning Brief by Bryan A. Garner, which is less applicable now that I'm writing fiction but still has great insights. Since turning to fiction, it's been Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody and Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell.

I never learned French so much as I learned how to shout out foods that I would like to eat in French at a restaurant, say merci several times, and then just sort of hope that someone might bring something vaguely like it to me.

Flu season is rough for the literary. Mr. Darcy: "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." The man in my house: *ardently clears phlegm from throat*

I can’t go somewhere, then come home, then go to an entirely different place after that! I’m not a bullet train!

When you're complaining about no one behaving properly and you forget mid-rant whether you're talking about your children or your characters

Who’s going to the #sfwc? See you there! @sfwc.bsky.social www.sfwriters.org

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