“All Afternoon Those Birds Twitter Twit”

  • 07:29 Day 4 #homealone. Place is cleaner. Now I’ve got actually home projects I wanna tackle. After work :). #
  • 07:30 "You ask me what I think/ I tell you, you ignore it/ The reasons for it make me crazy." #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~7hh3v #
  • 10:36 Querying markets re: story status & making a list of current open markets. Gotta push stuff out this month! ♫ blip.fm/~7hq00 #
  • 11:22 Feeling an intense hategasm coming on for the student-loan sharks. #
  • 11:50 Full-on hategasm for the student-loan sharks, now. 🙁 #
  • 11:57 Hategasm interruptus–I’m pretty sure I’m going to have another story published! 🙂 #
  • 13:22 RT @mightymur Now is the time on Sprockets when we HEADDESK! I think perhaps I need a lunch break before I kill. [My sentiments exactly!] #
  • 16:23 Looks like I get to leave work early. What to do with myself…? Oh yeah, more rewrites!! Rar! #
  • 17:14 Good news: at the PM writing spot. Bad news: I’m 1/2 asleep and the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. #
  • 17:27 Good news: more awake now. Bad news: stressing over all the #homealone chores that await me. #
  • 19:17 I want to read: Monkeybicycle6 by Various – tinyurl.com/q3d6bh #
  • 20:49 Good news: almost done rewriting another #wip. Bad news: Not the one I’d been working on for the past 2 days. #
  • 21:49 I’m becoming physically and psychologically addicted to DEADLIEST WARRIOR. #

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  • 09:00 Did #ithacafest tucker me out? Got up late & scrambled out the door this AM. #
  • 09:01 Left a crapload of dishes in the sink. And I’ve only been #homealone for 3 days. Eh, I’ve got 6 more days to do ’em 😉 #
  • 10:01 I want to read: One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk… by Rebecca Walker – tinyurl.com/kr8xto #
  • 11:43 10 Author Online Promotional Don’ts bit.ly/ICkPS #
  • 11:44 More love for my FANTASY MAGAZINE microfic bit.ly/K7kkK — still not too late to read and vote for your 3 faves! #
  • 12:12 Writer pr0n! RT @jonrog1 My desk- season/plot notebook. to-do notebook, act notes ep 207 #leverage twitpic.com/6engo #
  • 12:37 RT @TaraBusch Review of Radiophonic Workshop @RoundhouseLDN 🙂 bit.ly/5JH0x [Wish I coulda seen this!] #
  • 13:25 twitpic.com/6et59 – From the #ithacafestival arms dealer (read: craft fair). Chow Yun-Fat ain’t got nothin’ on me! #
  • 13:27 twitpic.com/6etb8 – I know some folks are glad to graduate & leave, but geez. #
  • 18:11 RT @charlesatan Check out The Story Is All: Ten Fiction Editors Talk Shop bit.ly/Akd0g #
  • 18:16 Where am I with the Revenge of the Writer? 1 story pubbed, 2 rewrites cooling off, 2 more to finish, and 3 stories to resub. #rotw #
  • 18:20 Something to get my ass in gear. #musicmonday ♫ blip.fm/~7gdvf #
  • 20:25 Pausing tonite’s writing to do housekeeping. Just ‘cos I’m #homealone this week doesn’t mean I’m gonna let the place slide ;). #

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  • 08:03 Should’ve gotten more sleep after almost a whole day at #ithacafest. Stayed up too late watching BLEACH, instead :(. #
  • 08:13 Can’t be at #BEA09, but I can watch some of the proceedings live on #BookTV. #
  • 09:04 One of the most basic storytelling principles, illustrated by a child at the #ithacafestival vimeo.com/4926483 #
  • 09:12 twitpic.com/6bwsm – Post-interment drink last Fri at my 90 yr old Italian aunt’s house. 90 yr old Italian aunts rule! #
  • 10:13 One of the other authors in the @fantasymagazine microcontest called my piece "very moving." I feel the same about hers. bit.ly/jADiI #
  • 10:33 "Dark reflections of the past/ Drown in our tomorrows" #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~7dhni #
  • 10:36 Okay, I got a list of rewrites as long as my arm to get to before I treat myself to more #ithacafestival tonite. #
  • 10:36 RT @raebryant Micro-Shorts: “…Enjoyable…fun…spell bound…vivid…incredible…well written…” — bit.ly/jl6xP #
  • 11:54 @sufferjets I’ll be there! #
  • 11:55 WiFi at the writing spot no longer wonky. Is that good or bad? Eh, I’ll just sip my blended coffee drink & not worry ’bout it for now 🙂 #
  • 12:21 @susanorlean I know *exactly* how you feel 🙁 #
  • 12:26 For once, there’s a real psychic reason I’m not writing: too much still crammed in my head that needs to be dumped out. #gtd #
  • 13:54 On page 96 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. Epistolary pieces like "The Travails" are hard to pull off as well as this… #
  • 13:55 On page 105 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. Read "Lieserl" in another anthology; loved it then, too. 5* #
  • 14:51 twitpic.com/6clje – I trashed my table but I got another rewrite done! 🙂 #wip #
  • 18:28 @littlefluffycat I still use a metric crapload of paper per story. Had the writing stopped way too many times due to "glitches" ;). #
  • 18:32 Weather at #ithacafest was so gorgeous! The Mutron Warriors kicked ass! I really, really hated having to go :(. #
  • 18:49 @littlefluffycat I refuse to let my writing disappear when the EMP hits at the start of the zombie apocalype ;). #
  • 18:51 One reader considers my @fantasymagazine microfic to be w/another’s in a "photo finish!" bit.ly/1vaNUx #

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  • 07:29 All houseguests, & even a house resident, are about to ship out to MA. I get to be Macauly Culkin in HOME ALONE for 1.5 weeks. #
  • 11:03 Macaulay Culkin HOME ALONE-mode is in effect! Down walking thru #ithacafestival while there’s still room to walk thru it. #
  • 12:27 Had to take a break from the #ithacafestival in the library to dump my camera. Taking way more pics & vids than I know what to do with. 🙂 #
  • 12:36 Heading back out into #ithacafestival before I succumb to the allure of AC and Wi-Fi :). #
  • 12:38 Oh, and have I mentioned my microfic at FANTASY MAGAZINE (in the past 12 hours)? bit.ly/HCIip 😀 #
  • 14:15 Indoors briefly for another camera dump. #ithacafestival #
  • 15:50 Taking a brief respite from #ithacafestival to enjoy a lil’ time to myself (Home Alone!!). Will head back tonite to watch @suffejets. #
  • 21:19 Missed @sufferjets due to a TCAT miscalculation on my part. Crud :(. Gotta plan better for #ithacafest at Stewart Park tomorrow. #

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  • 08:18 On page 84 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. "Go Back" has a very elegant & very subtle fantasy element. 5* #
  • 08:19 RT @gregvaneekhout When I think about the amazing and diverse talents of the people I know, I feel like Snapper Carr in the JLA. #
  • 08:30 Off work today. Not really a day off, tho. Getting into headspace for funeral this afternoon + more family tonight. #
  • 16:56 Vote for my story "Good for the Gander" in the @fantasymagazine micro-fiction/graphic contest! bit.ly/HCIip #
  • 19:43 #blog Publication in @fantasymagazine! bit.ly/nX97U Vote for your top 3 faves: bit.ly/HCIip (Hopefully, mine’s one of them!) #
  • 20:23 Today’s interment was very nice. Even better that some closure could finally be had. #

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  • 07:27 Had the netbook for 5 mos. To this day, strangers ask about it at least 1x/wk. I’ve become a netbook evangelist. So repent, sinners!! 🙂 #
  • 07:36 On page 66 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. More modern-day history in "Shimbara." 5* #
  • 07:40 On page 75 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. "The Elizabeth Complex" is another brilliant mix of modern w/historical. 5* #
  • 07:46 Busy day today. #ithacafest parade, houseguests, prep for funeral service tomorrow, oh…and that writing thing, too. #
  • 08:58 #blog This is how you translate a foreign-language word in a short story! bit.ly/2cmTP #
  • 12:06 Planning tomorrow’s funeral service wardrobe. Bittersweet, but it’s long past time for closure. #
  • 13:02 Time for lunch! #3breakupwords #
  • 13:28 Wondering what’s draining the power from my cell phone faster than usual…? #
  • 13:29 Emptying out the Flip for the #ithacafest parade tonite. #
  • 14:59 RT @The_Rumpus How to be inappropriate at Book Expo America #BEA09 bit.ly/ZU1m6 #
  • 17:21 Trying to find a spot to watch the #ithacafestival parade route. Think I’m gonna have a hot dog first. #
  • 17:39 Have a decent spot, had my hot dog. Wish I had someone to watch my stuff so I could find a bathroom ;). #
  • 17:50 Wow, the spots around me filled up *quick*! #ithacafestival #
  • 20:47 Depleted both the space *and* the batteries of the Flip taking vids of the #ithacafestival parade :). #

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  • 07:40 On page 51 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. Been awhile since I enjoyed a novella as much as "Black Glass" 5* #
  • 07:43 On page 55 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. "Contention" might’ve done better w/more narrative tension. 3* #
  • 07:47 Double-checked my email this AM in case I was dreaming. Not dreaming–I’m still shortlisted for a writing contest!! #
  • 09:10 Long weekend threw me off. Thought I had relatives coming tomorrow. They’re coming *today*! Gah!! #
  • 09:58 As Gunnery Sgt. Foley would ask, "Which one are you?" Different types of critiquers. bit.ly/6kPHC #
  • 10:19 @littlefluffycat Thanks a bunch! Keeping my fingers crossed :). #
  • 10:53 "Cos since I’ve come home/ Well my body’s been a mess…" #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~74myi #
  • 11:49 Hi, I’m Don. #3wordsaftersex (Yes, it’s that slow at work right this second.) #
  • 12:31 Time for lunch! #3wordsaftersex #
  • 13:05 @jdfreivald Totally missed your congrats–thanks!! #
  • 13:36 Back to work! #3wordsaftersex #
  • 14:03 Something in the air today? Stream of rudeness just now. Grr. #
  • 17:11 Off work early! #3wordsaftersex #
  • 17:27 Internet’s wonky at the PM writing site. Not that I *really* need it to write, but still. 🙂 #
  • 19:29 Houseguests are here! #3wordsaftersex (Okay, I’m getting kinda sick of that joke, too. But houseguests really are here.) #
  • 22:40 @littlefluffycat Nice story! 🙂 #

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  • 07:15 On page 29 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. 1/2-way thru the 1st novella. History, feminism, slavery & voodoo, oh my! #
  • 07:17 Stayed up a little too late watching LAND OF THE LOST. Man, Sid & Marty dropped some serious LSD back then, didn’t they? #
  • 07:54 Supposedly, if you haven’t received an email re: the flash contest I entered, you’re still in the running. I have not received an email :D. #
  • 09:01 First day of summertime "banker’s hours!" God, summer’s finally here! #
  • 09:17 "So what twisted logic or internal emotional blackmail do you use to make a pile of pages?" bit.ly/95UKW #
  • 11:23 "You can cry tough baby, it’s all right/ You can let me down easy, but not tonight." #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~72b2g #
  • 12:23 Gonna have a netbook-free copyediting lunch. Just the MS and the trusty Mirado Black Warrior No.2 pencil! #
  • 12:30 RT @thebookslut How… cute. "My First S&M Guide." bit.ly/CelYL #
  • 13:46 RT @S___Elliott It’s never a bad idea to reread Where I’m Calling From, esp. if you want to remember how to write a short story…. [Amen!!] #
  • 13:49 Figured out how to tighten up the current #wip. Should be ready to submit by the end of the week! #
  • 17:43 At the summertime PM writing spot, where the biggest temptation is buying new books. At least the coffee’s good. #
  • 17:44 Now to create another draft of the MS I edited at lunch. Gonna see how much survives my ruthless cutting! #wip #
  • 18:18 Wasn’t sure what was slipped into my lunch to make me think I had the #wip all figured out :(. I’m close, though! #
  • 20:53 *Shortlisted!* The Revenge of the Writer finally starts to pay off ;)! Details to come. #rotw #

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  • 08:04 RT @drmabuse I didn’t realize until now that Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics for the amazingly awful song "We Built This City." [Forgot that] #
  • 08:09 Happy Memorial Day! Already had the cookout so mine will be spent cleaning up the last bits of life-wreckage left in the wake of skool. #
  • 08:12 twitpic.com/5x1g6 – You know you have real friends when they tolerate your neuroses. #
  • 08:40 On page 19 of 256 of Black Glass: Short Fictions by Karen Joy Fowler. Once, I’d have ignored any collection that started w/a novella. Not… #
  • 08:56 Go to the Sci-Fi channel!! Right now! It’s a LAND OF THE LOST marathon!!!! #
  • 15:42 Rewriting and napping, not necessarily in that order. This is definitely the life :). #
  • 18:51 Back from dinner out. I haven’t eaten so much in 2 days since last Thanksgiving. #
  • 19:02 Damn, LAND OF THE LOST is *still* on :). Loving the combination of 70s DOCTOR WHO Moog synth music w/that banjo ho-down music. #

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