Beth Carpenter

@eileenwanita I'd be much more concerned if you didn't. They say "write the book you want to read." If you don't want to read it, who will?

I love my novel. Like, I genuinely enjoy reading it back to myself when I'm editing. Does that make me conceited?

@ccfosterwrites I was 55 when I got an agent and 57 when my debut released.

I'm seeing a lot of writers worrying their opportunity to find an agent and sell their books has expired with age and that's absolutely not true. I was 31 when we sold my debut! Your dreams don't expire when you hit 30 despite what society tells you! Keep going!

@garonnevik That's when I often succumb to the urge to start some veggies indoors from seed, and by the planting date, I have too many leggy, sparse plants to transplant, whereas I could have just waited and bought a half-dozen healthy bedding plants when the time came.

I have this discomfort rising in me. I thought it had gone away. But it has returned again. It won't release me. I'm getting the urge to get in the garden again, get some dirt under my fingernails and blisters on my palms. Could it be? It's not time yet. But I have this rising urge to buy too many plants and then be overwhelmed for months until I throw up my hands and give up exhasperated in the fall. The warming days are telling me it's almost time.

@christempleton6 @TregollsC @JoffeBooks Congratulations!

Nice piece in my local paper. It’s very strange reading about yourself !! @TregollsC @JoffeBooks

@realPeterCrerar Yes, I've often rushed the ending on the first draft. I wish I could get in that mode and "rush" the whole first draft to be expanded later, but it doesn't seem to work that way for me.

Writers, has impatience with the writing process ever affected your pacing?

@gmk_julie I'm curious. Do you feel the same about books? As a child, did you like the magical fairy godmother in Cinderella? Maybe you can enjoy flights of fancy in your imagination, but it feels off to see them on a screen.

well guys I tried. After almost 50 years on this planet, I went and watched my first movie about life on another one because y'all were screaming about how fabulous Project Hail Mary was. I enjoyed exactly 1 thing about my first space/alien movie experience and that was some of the dialogue. 2 things if you count being with my husband, youngest son, and a bunch of friends. My husband the English teacher says it's because I do not possess the "willing suspension of disbelief" required to enjoy any kind of space, or fantasy type movie/story. He may be right, I tried one of the LOTR movies and hated it, also tried a super hero one before and same. Is this just cause I grew up without TV? Does anyone else suffer from this apparent deficiency?

@BeckyLTuch Here's a post from an agent that might be helpful. She's no longer living, but her blog is so filled with good advice, the estate left it up to help writers. jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/04/what-t…

Portion of a contract from a literary magazine to a writer. 😮 Does this look reasonable to you? (Emphases mine.)

@realPeterCrerar Generally true for me, although if I'm writing from the POV of someone with special expertise, I'll be checking facts and definitions.

If I have to look up the word, I won't use it in my story.

@RobertFael @realPeterCrerar I was about to say the same thing. And sometimes, I'm surprised.

@realPeterCrerar I do sometimes check that it means what I think it means.

@SDDonovan What good would it do me if I couldn't read? And if I couldn't read the bank statement, how would I even know I had $5 million?

Here's a good one. 5 million dollars but you can never write or read again. Do you do it?

@JulieLovesFluff I write for the Harlequin Heartwarming line. It's completely no-smut, 4 new books every month. It's not in stores, but available from online bookstores and by e-book.

My daughter asked for me to recommend a love story for her to read and they're all so smutty these days that I'm considering those Amish romance books for lack of better material. Y'all have suggestions? She's 14.

@potatoslav I'm guessing habit. I grew up on margarine because it was supposed to be healthy and was considerably cheaper. I switched to butter when the price fell many years ago and never looked back. Also, some like spreadability out of the fridge.

why do so many boomers insist on using margarine when butter both tastes better and is an actual food

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@GreatLakesWife_ I agree. It's 7:25 in Anchorage right now and there's still some sun on the mountain. That makes me happy.

Don’t hate me but changing the clocks makes sense. If we were on regular time year round, the sun would rise at 4:30 am in June which is too early. If we were on daylight time year round, it would rise at 9 am in December which is too late

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@thejasonkantor That's a tough one.

@4BethCarpenter Mine is bureaucracy

One dyslexic teen I tutor struggles to spell the word restaurant - its the bane of existence Has anyone else experienced this

@babyfeverbabe It can vary with age, sex, and family dynamics. Some families have an oldest boy, oldest girl, middle, and baby. I'm 5 years younger brother #2, and my sister is 6 years younger than me. She has a mix of oldest (ambitious, advanced) and baby traits (wants her way.)

In families with many children (4+), who is the “oldest child” “middle child,” and “youngest child”?

@jdclarknovelist Maybe my definition of drafts and revisions is different than yours. I make an outline and then write each scene. That's draft 1. Then in draft 2, I make sure the story flows. Draft 3 is polishing descriptions, wording, cutting surplus words. Is this different from your process?

Here’s a writing community hot take: I don’t understand those of you who take multiple drafts of rewrites and revisions to get the novel where you want it. I edit and fine tune during the drafting phase, so the idea of rewrites and revisions feels like you didn’t write a novel on your first pass through but an extensive outline. So, from my perspective, there’s no such thing as a panster, only plotters in denial. #JodysHotTakes

@LauraRbnsn So you see apology as synonymous with repentance, this is to turn away, change course, and not repeat the behavior. But Apology=a regretful acknowledgment of an offense or failure. Example: I apologize, but I can't meet for lunch after all. I'm stuck in traffic.

Do you ever hit those moments where you realize you're using a word differently from everyone else? I'm not trying to troll or anything, I think I literally just use the word "apology" differently. I keep seeing people say things like "if someone did something for medical