Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29
- Up to 42225 today, over 1500 words in a day filled with real life stuff. #amwriting #mguwc #nanowrimo #
- Created a “Pink Floyd/Roger Waters” station in #pandora and OMG TEH AWESOME. Doors, Dire Straits, Led Zepellin, Beatles, etc. #
- @dmcduck My ending’s already in mind, but I won’t get to it for another 40k or so, probably sevens week of December. #mguwc in reply to dmcduck #
- @aslapintheface Sorry, the writing is coming slowly today — the day job beckons — and I don’t let myself hang out on Twitter until I get 2k. in reply to aslapintheface #
- RT @maureenjohnson: Another beautiful holiday tradition: removing the six dozen viruses my dad has gotten on his computer. #techsgiving #
- RT @alyankovic http://twitpic.com/qoah9 — I try to live my life with no egrets. #
- 1820 words, and now I’m trying to figure out how my characters sucker the antagonist into another trap. HELLO TWITTER! #amwriting #sorta #
- @ryanestevenson I’d try that, but I camembert it. in reply to ryanestevenson #
- “Hey, immortal demon guy! Come get us! Under this power relay station! No, it’s not a trap, why?” #wip #amwriting #notreally #
- @dmcduck Somehow I think it would be easier to get my antag involved in a land war in Asia than into this trap… in reply to dmcduck #
- @dmcduck No, we’re not trying to get *me* into the trap… in reply to dmcduck #
- @dmcduck Nicely done! in reply to dmcduck #
- @dmcduck I’m trying to get back on track. Heading to a write-in presently. Just need a dumber demon. in reply to dmcduck #
- @dmcduck Well, you’d better finish tomorrow at the latest. in reply to dmcduck #
- 2036 words today. The rest of this write in is just gravy. Mmmm gravy. #amwriting #mguwc #nanowrimo #
- Even though I’ve got my 2k for the day, only 739 more and I get to 45k total. This is how I get into trouble. #amwriting #
- @dmcduck I got around luring the demon into the trap by writing [I’m skipping this scene] and continuing on. in reply to dmcduck #
- “Wait, I know you. Didn’t I kill you last night?” #wip #amwriting #mguwc #nanowrimo #
- 3030 today, manuscript at 45255. First 500 words were torture, but if you hang in there, good things happen. #amwriting #mguwc #nanowrimo #
- @ryanestevenson I tell ya, if I can squeeze 3k out of a day like today, I have no excuse not to get 2k every day. in reply to ryanestevenson #
- In retrospect, yesterday’s 3k was some of my weakest work in the book. But no fixing it until it’s time for rewrites. #amwriting #notediting #
- 2 exciting scenes to write today, but suddenly overcome with fatigue. My get up and go has got up and went. #amwriting #mguwc #nanowrimo #
- @dmcduck I’m trying to draw on the supposed rejuvenating qualities of peppermint. It’s working a little. in reply to dmcduck #
- @aslapintheface Yeah, I know. Can’t just quit SSRIs cold turkey, though. Cold ham, maybe. in reply to aslapintheface #
- @niassa Wordpress is teh r0xx0rz in reply to niassa #
- @PhilippaJane Goofy emo werewolves? in reply to PhilippaJane #
- @mikecane Moto Droid is industrial design only an engineer could love. Ugly ass phone. in reply to mikecane #
- @niassa You’d want to install one of the comments plugins like Intense Debate rather than using the stock comments. in reply to niassa #
- 2100 words today, manuscript up over 47k. Should “finish” #nanowrimo tomorrow, though still another 30k+ on the book #amwriting #mguwc #
- @moondustwriter The biggest difference for me this year was an iron-clad commitment to write *something* every single day. in reply to moondustwriter #
- @ptocheia For my book, Tang + vodka would be oddly appropriate. in reply to ptocheia #
- @rcartwright I haz a small. Room, that is. in reply to rcartwright #
- 49007, only 993 words to go to win #nanowrimo #
- @Westernwizard I got nearly 1k over lunch at Chipotle. It’s not widely known but cilantro aids word count. in reply to Westernwizard #
- @nyneshaydee It’s the last 993 words of #nanowrimo, still over half a million words to go to finish #MGUWC by Labor Day 2010. in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @aslapintheface Thank you! I appreciate your very real encouragement. in reply to aslapintheface #
- @nyneshaydee In a way, that’s going to be the hard part. I got to do the first 50k with friends. I do the last .5M alone. #MGUWC in reply to nyneshaydee #
- .@nyneshaydee The Maximum Geek Ultimate Writing Challenge http://bit.ly/mguwc Commit to writing every day for 300 days. #mguwc #
- @nyneshaydee I think I’m the only one dumb enough to shoot for 2k every day for 300 days. Others are doing short stories, journaling, etc. in reply to nyneshaydee #
- “Wait, are the immortals from the future?” “As long as they’re not from planet Zeist, I don’t care.” #wip #amwriting #
- @nyneshaydee Less bravery and more desperation to finally get this story told. http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009/10/making-writing-a-priority in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @dmcduck I may finish by the top of the hour if I push it. Sitting at 49567. #nanowrimo in reply to dmcduck #
- Aren’t today’s teabag protesters the same people who called anyone who disagreed with the president a traitor six years ago? #
- @sethclifford Thought so. Do they know it? in reply to sethclifford #
- @nyneshaydee Well, I thank you. It’s nice to know people are pulling for me. in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @nyneshaydee The key so far has been to write something, anything at all, every. single. day. You can find time to write if you look. in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @jkendrick Now comes the hard part: writing 6.3 books without the NaNoWriMo community. in reply to jkendrick #
- @Westernwizard Slow day at the office today.
in reply to Westernwizard # - @Westernwizard Posted! I’ve got ~30k more to finish this book then six more books by Labor Day. Gonna be a good year, this 2010… in reply to Westernwizard #
- @Westernwizard Yeah, people have tried to tell me I’m never selling a 7 book series, but they rejected Tolkien at first, too. #bwahahahahaha in reply to Westernwizard #
- BTW, 2854 for the daily word count, and that’s before going to a write-in in 20 minutes here. #cantstopthesignal #amwriting #mguwc #
- @Westernwizard I’ve spent the last ten years writing mostly nonfiction – mostly – and honing the craft. Selling this puppy 1 way or another! in reply to Westernwizard #
- @niassa I am so stealing that. in reply to niassa #
- @Westernwizard What’s weird is that getting my Malcolm Gladwell 10k hours totally snuck up on me. Didn’t realize what I was doing. #outliers in reply to Westernwizard #
- For me, learning how to write was kind of like washing and waxing a bunch of cars and then finding out I know Karate. #
- @Gartenberg One of the best sitcoms EVER. in reply to Gartenberg #
- @niassa On my way now! in reply to niassa #
- @jeanettemarsh We Yanks are an odd bunch. We have all sorts of bizarre customs. in reply to jeanettemarsh #
- @hownottowrite Keep going! in reply to hownottowrite #
- @dgawlik324 But in a good way, right? in reply to dgawlik324 #
- RT @jchutchins: Two muffins baking in an oven. One says, “Man, it’s hot in here!” The other says, “Yikes! A talking muffin!” #
- Trying to fight through the tryptophan and get my 2000 words before the Broncos game #amwriting #mguwc #
- Well, I got a couple hundred words. Thinking about going home if my 1yr old niece doesn’t stop crying before the Broncos game. #
- @rcartwright The desktop I have is a ginormous ancient HP. I had it set up in the room for a while, but takes up too much gorram space. in reply to rcartwright #
- Can we try having a game just without the officials? #broncos #
- @niassa Just not sure it would be *worse* for the Broncos than the officiating we’ve been getting in reply to niassa #
- You’re going the wrong way, Broncos! #
- How in the hell can the center be guilty of false start? #
- RT @BroncosStable Coughlin is 1 cane away from life as Mr. McGoo. #
- Wow. BMarsh. #broncos #
- w00t #broncos #
- RT @jchutchins Best Christmas movie ever: DIE HARD #
- @richfinck <foghorn /> in reply to richfinck #
- @Westernwizard I’ve got a couple hundred words so far, hope to get at least a little more after the Broncos game, but unlikely to get to 2k. in reply to Westernwizard #
- @Westernwizard Fortunately I have to go to work tomorrow and I’ll be the only one there. Should get 5k or more. in reply to Westernwizard #
- RT @DaveKrieger OK, I don’t know what this means, but the fans at Invesco are doing the Tulo chant. #
- @dgawlik324 I think I’d actually pay to see that. in reply to dgawlik324 #
- @niassa I actually visualized him running with his eyes. Corrupted by “Symphony in Slang” at a young age. http://bit.ly/5Iy5DV in reply to niassa #
- RT @jchutchins I don’t like reading print books anymore. Too heavy and ungainly compared to my Kindle. Fully embraced the ebook. #
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM #broncos #
- @niassa I used to think so too. I got over it. Read exclusively on my iPhone now. Picking the right typography makes a huge difference. in reply to niassa #
- @niassa eReader and Kindle, mostly, also Shortcovers. I’ll write up an article on ebook typography. The defaults are never optimum. in reply to niassa #
- @Alli_Flowers Hate to break this to you, but people are stupid. in reply to Alli_Flowers #
- @PhilippaJane But #operationhealthy endures! in reply to PhilippaJane #
- Say it with me: The Broncos secondary isn’t old, it’s experienced. #
- @righter1 w00t! Congo Rat Elations! #nanwrimo in reply to righter1 #
- @dgawlik324 Yes, yes you are. in reply to dgawlik324 #
- RT @maureenjohnson *shoves Thanksgiving out of the way* it’s Christmas! It’s Christmas! #
- RT @OTOOLEFAN: Can Lou Dobbs expand his base beyond the Latino community? #
- @mikecane H1N1: You can’t stop it, you can only hope to contain it! in reply to mikecane #
- @EricStangel Coughlin was too busy trying to shoot Omega Beams at his players. in reply to EricStangel #
- @jennybeanses Who invented liquid soap and why? in reply to jennybeanses #
- RT @mikecane: Dubai in deep water as ripples from debt crisis spread http://tinyurl.com/ygrjr6s @Future_shock #
- PC crashed and took a page of my novel with it (Word autosave preserved some of today’s work, tho). Demotivated to get back into it. #mguwc #
- @mikecane Only problem I have with iPod Touch + MiFi is lack of camera and GPS. in reply to mikecane #
- @jennybeanses Of course, the inventor was ostracized. “Zog! Why you no smell like crap?” in reply to jennybeanses #
- Writing workspace. iTunes on Netbook, Excel, Evernote and Word on 22″ monitor 1, Seesmic on monitor 2. #mguwc http://yfrog.com/1yvm6zj #
- @niassa Might be time to write a blog article so the story seems “fresh” when I get back into it. #amwriting in reply to niassa #
- @nyneshaydee Huh, my demon in the scene I’m writing is also wearing Armani. Small world. #amwriting #nanowrimo #mguwc in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @maureenjohnson OH THE HUMANITY in reply to maureenjohnson #
- “Kyle told me to stop making him look bad because those were great balls. He said I could have caught them with two hands.” Brandon Marshall #
- Anybody else notice that the end of the movie “Pump Up The Volume” is real, only now we call it podcasting? That still hits me sometimes. #
- @PhilippaJane Zombies should never fly. Unless, you know, they need to use up the miles. in reply to PhilippaJane #
- Figured out Excel conditional formatting so days I don’t hit 2k are red, days I get 2k but not my target are yellow and if on target green. #
- Today is yellow at 2189 words. If I get 599 more I go green and hit 54k total. #amwriting #mguwc #waytoogeekywithExcel #
- @Alli_Flowers So far that’s green, but I might add purple for days 4k and over. Can I love Excel too much? in reply to Alli_Flowers #
- I have no shame. #
- I also haven’t figured out how to post images in Seesmic for Windows. http://yfrog.com/1yeeknj #
- You know those times where a story problem solves itself and the outline pops into place? This is one of those times. #amwriting #mguwc #
- @emokidsloveme I think that was an Ugly Kid Joe song. in reply to emokidsloveme #
- The Star Trek score by Michael Giacchino is perfect writing music for just about any kind of thriller. #thatisall #amwritring #mguwc #
- T minus 3 hours to Mongolian BBQ #
- RT @OTOOLEFAN Right now, it’s easier to find a pay phone than a moderate Republican. #
- Last plot chasm vanquished. Clear shot to the finish line from here. The next 2 weeks are going to RAWK. #amwriting #mguwc #
- See, this is what I mean. Finally went green by hitting 54k total, but look, I’m at 2913 for the day. Surely I can hit 3k, right? #amwriting #
- Final word count before Mongolian BBQ: 3285 today for 54497 total. #amwriting #mguwc #
- RT @mikecane Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age http://tinyurl.com/uchx <- put in age then feel like shit #
- Okay, when Neil Armstrong was my age he became the first human to set foot on the moon. I feel less proud of my noveling now. #
- @ichadman I know. I have to fall back on Bill Murray from “Stripes”: “I’m pacing myself.” in reply to ichadman #
- @eliyannakaiser Inspiration. Seriously, if I can do this, with the attention span of a gnat on meth, anyone can. in reply to eliyannakaiser #
- RT @mommywantsvodka: Thar be ninjas. #
- @nyneshaydee Really? Even better than Kung Fu Fighting? in reply to nyneshaydee #
- @nyneshaydee w00t! FINISH IT! (sorry, the score to Mortal Kombat is in my writing music playlist) in reply to nyneshaydee #
- Feeling more antisocial than usual, so no write-ins today. Set up at Chipotle, but already thinking about going home and writing in bed. #
- BTW, in and out of Walmart with a shiny new Griffin iPhone cable in under 5 minutes. Don’t depend on consumer spending for econ recovery. #
- Actually have a lot to do today. Exciting novel act 2 climax and my Official Plan for my writing career to blog, but curiously demotivated. #
- Frankly, I blame my dad for making me do manual labor. “Dammit, Darrel, I’m a writer, not a bricklayer!” #
- @rcartwright so… tired.… in reply to rcartwright #
- @rcartwright I mean, heck, I had to get out of bed at *noon*! It’s barbaric! in reply to rcartwright #
- The score from Jurassic Park is less scary if you’re at Chipotle and can smell the dinosaurs cooking. #
- Why no, I’m not just hanging out on Twitter to avoid writing. #looksomethingshiny #
- Dammit, another Brintey porn bot. Okay, I’ll go write. FINE, TWITTER, BE THAT WAY. #
- @jkendrick Funny, that. I keep opening my manuscript, and dammit, the word count hasn’t gone up since last time I checked. in reply to jkendrick #
- @crimsonsky76 Oh, the shiny things coming to you soon… We’re about to get to the Good Part of the novel. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- @crimsonsky76 Also, I will have an Announcement to make soon. #thatisall in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- @jkendrick Yes, it’s about the story. The story of you getting 2,000 words a day written on the novel. in reply to jkendrick #
- @jkendrick Also, oh, look, I’m building momentum/enthusiasm. #amwriting in reply to jkendrick #
- I still have no idea what C-beams are, nor why they would glitter in the darkness near Tannhäuser Gate. #timetodie #
- @jkendrick And… Look, I’m writing! in reply to jkendrick #
- @crimsonsky76 Oh, it’s a good Announcement. A Very Good Announcement indeed. #notactuallyaamilnebutidoplayhimontv in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- 113k in a month. I bow to you, sir. RT @nlowell #nanowrimo final update: today: 4775 — total: 113,508 … first draft done. #
- 1004 words so far today, 55501 total. #amwriting #
- RT @EricStangel In what appears to be a copycat situation & a cry for help, Vijay Singh was just seen driving around in a golf cart naked #
- RAWK!!! RT @nyneshaydee I’ve written nearly 4K words today. Currently: 46467 words. #wordcount #nanowrimo #
- @eliyannakaiser Next time that happens, say “writing porn.” Then when they say “really?” you can say “no, it’s just fiction” instead. in reply to eliyannakaiser #
- @PhilippaJane What about @jchutchins? He killed the president with a 4 year old boy. in reply to PhilippaJane #
- Just saw the first five minutes of Ice Spiders on SyFy. Already know exactly how the movie is going to play out. #shouldstillbescreenwriting #
- Almost done with my CSI: Miami break, then back to writing. After I hit my quota, Numb3rs! #
- The characters, they still surprise me. Just figured out the perfect way for my chars to escape is to let them get arrested. #amwriting #
- w00t, My protagonist just finally killed a demon. Only took 56,000 words to do it. #amwriting #nanowrimo #mguwc #
- @caitkitt I force myself to write by withholding entertainment. I can go a day without food. in reply to caitkitt #
- @nyneshaydee Flipped him off a catwalk into a vat of molten steel. Turned out to be less like T2 than thought. #wip #amwriting #mguwc in reply to nyneshaydee #
- Seem to be incapable of using the pronoun “I” and yet can use that letter in other words. Like “in”. Weird. That one too. #
- @OTOOLEFAN Oh, sure, NOW you tell me! #notconvincedmyssrisdoanythinguseful in reply to OTOOLEFAN #
- Oh, and btw, the dreaded Act 2 of the first book is DONE BABY! #
- /doing my little act 2 dance #
- CSI: Gondor #TolkienTV #
- Mordor’s Next Top Model #TolkienTV (tell me you wouldn’t watch that) #
- And back to writing on a Saturday night! #glamorouswriterlifestyle #
- I just generated my #TweetCloud out of a year of my tweets — http://w33.us/82u #
- RT @Scottclevenger: Flasher #rejectedreindeer #
- Settled in at the “office” to write… http://yfrog.com/4e2cpj #
- I just aged 5 years. Evernote 3.5 beta lost my manuscript attachment! Tracked down a backup file and reverting back to @evernote 3.1. #
- @crimsonsky76 @ichadman I will NOT EVER upgrade to @evernote 3.5 if they can’t get it stable. “Destroy no data” should be Job 1! in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- @nataliewhipple So what happens when you add it to something inherently unappetizing to begin with? “Mealworm Casserole.” I see your point. in reply to nataliewhipple #
- @crimsonsky76 And yet, it completely disappeared a file attachment, nearly 60 hours of work. Inexcusable, @evernote in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- Trying out @dropbox as an alternative to Evernote for file syncing. Add that to using Instapaper for articles, Wordpress for drafts… #
- @DaphneUn Welcome back to the Rockies! in reply to DaphneUn #
- @crimsonsky76 See, I’ve almost stopped putting actual notes in Evernote. Dropbox, Instapaper and Wordpress pretty much cover it. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- Trust is EVERYTHING with online services. If I can’t trust @evernote, it loses all its value. I’ll move on to something else. #
- @crimsonsky76 I had multiple levels of redundancy, and could’ve reconstructed the file if I couldn’t find a backup. Shouldn’t come to that. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- @ichadman Any bugs that can zap data never should have made it out of alpha. I used to be a developer. I don’t play around with data. in reply to ichadman #
- Are pronouns (he, him) capitalized for angels, or just for gods? #
- @BstiNatosi @PhilNickinson Thank you for the advice. I don’t know how writers researched before Twitter. #
- @crimsonsky76 Well, it also depends on the POV character. I think Susan probably would capitalize, Daniel definitely wouldn’t. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- @crimsonsky76 I attribute that to his having a lot of time on his hands. A dozen millennia doesn’t make one concise. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
- 1277 words at Chipotle. Will finish for the day and write tomorrow’s article at home. #amwriting #mguwc #
