A. Walker Scott

@stephenRB4 Salted. The first time I came across the sweet stuff I was taken by surprise. Never recovered.

Salted or sweet popcorn? 🍿🍿🍿* *please don’t be a ‘yes’ or ‘both’ reply guy.

@realeverywriter I don't have a bed. I gave up on that about 30 years ago.

You don't really make your bed everyday do you?

Hanging out at FenCon.

@stephenRB4 Twitter

Do you call this platform Twitter or X?

@CatasusAina 5000 items, IIRC. I paid to upgrade, and I'm already at 5206 in my main library, plus a few hundred more in my audio, video and magazine libraries.

@AWalkerScott1 Oh! What is the max? Im cataloguing now, I'm afraid it will be all for nothing

So...I just maxed out my Libib account. Now I either stop cataloguing my books...or I pay to upgrade.

@DarynFaulkner I don't mind if a book uses American spellings and punctuation. I don't mind if a book uses British spellings and punctuation. But mix them and I'll want to stab my eyes out.

Readers, especially US folks: Does it really bother you when a writer mixes in US English and British English spellings within a work? Personally, I think the Brits have the nicer spellings for a solid 80% of words where we have our little disagreements...

@stephenRB4 Last night.

When did you last block someone on social media?

@struutinsky I misplaced an incomplete short story for several years.

Writers, have you ever lost an entire manuscript?🫣

@SusanSavageLee1 Pay attention to real people (unless your character is a dog, then pay attention to dogs).

How do you create believable characters? #writingq #writers #WritingCommunity

@KT_Carlisle Hot tip. You can be less of a snot.

Were you taught to use double spaces after punctuation? I was never taught this, but I see other writers do this a lot. Editing pro tip: You only need one space after punctuation—not two. 😉

@MetzgerKaty Absolutely.

Okay, writers, super important question: Do you get this reference? "So, you want me to move a giant block of concrete, weight unknown? Here, let me just eat a can of spinach first."

@the_erik_doran @ChrystalMAuthor And yet, the ones in Chinese were just straight up right there...though often so badly mispronounced that I couldn't quite figure out what they were trying to say!

@ChrystalMAuthor Yes and no. I enjoy coming up with new curses that have the same effect in universe but are safe in ours. Gorramit and Rutting from Firefly are two of my favorites.

Do you write profanities in your novels? Mine are riddled with them, and people seem to get really offended. Are we censoring ourselves like this in today’s world?

@ChrystalMAuthor If you want those readers, take them out. If those aren't the readers you want, leave them in. There are a lot of people who don't like profanity in their reading, but maybe you're not trying to sell to that block of readers.

@jessica_barberi That version looks late teens to early 20s.

Alright So I think I got it where I want it! Aged up and cleaned up:

How old would you guess her to be? Character concept I am trying to decide if she needs further tweaking.

@jessica_barberi Between 12 and 16

@GrammarTable Tell me about it. I have several of each which frequently have events I put on the community calendars in my magazines.

Keeping up with "theater" v. "theatre" in theater names burns off a lot of calories.

@lhallwriter Well, I've only actually read Huck Finn and Dorian Gray. Of those two, Dorian. Dracula and Pride and Prejudice are on my reading list for this year.

Out of these 6 books, you can only choose one - which is it? Me: Dracula

@brclothwrites 8? I was in second grade. I got a ribbon for reading 100 books.

How old were you when you discovered the pure magic of reading books solely for pleasure? 📚❤️

@HLDocherty Thought #1: GAHHHH!!! Thought #2: The publisher of the magazines I write for won't allow semicolons because they "look stuffy." She also won't allow any punctuation on the covers, and since the article titles go on the cover...

I read an article on a publisher website saying no semicolons because they confuse the reader. Thoughts? #WritingCommunity

@elchandler Only 6 so far. I'm behind schedule.

How many books have you read so far this year?