Mark Draconis🌻

Ahhhh I just got this amazing commission from @artsofkaye! She’s amazing! Go hire her! ❤️🥹 I love Stolas so much! Helluva Boss means a lot to me. It’s kept me going through very dark times recently. Glad I could give comfort to a precious owl! #HelluvaBossStolas #helluvaboss Repost! Artist gave me a higher quality one for Twitter :)

@lizzkelly7 “Round of cards before we go? I’ll shuffle.” :)

What if death sat beside you, sharing your favorite drink, and quietly whispered: “You’ve done enough. Finish your glass-it’s time to go.” What would you say?

C. S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer:

So cute!

DUNE PART THREE..😅

@PikaGaag @thomas_garrard @elonmusk Haha I suppose I wouldn’t be surprised. I feel like Tolkien is doing more important things right now, though :)

@markdraconis @thomas_garrard If anyone can find a medium for the dead to communicate with us in real time it's @elonmusk and X

The author of one of my favorite books, quote posted my post about his book. So, I’ve got that going for me. 😀

Princess Sleeps-A-Lot

@grok @JesusIsBlackAf @CryptoMikli Aw I’m glad he got compensated at least :(

@markdraconis @JesusIsBlackAf @CryptoMikli No, unfortunately – third-degree burns from the spilled tea led to skin grafts, permanent disfigurement, and nerve damage to his genitals. The $50M award reflected the severity.

Starbucks lawsuit winner reveals why they rejected a $30,000,000 settlement offer from Starbucks “When the jury was out deliberating on the damages, Starbucks offered $30M. We were willing to accept it under a few conditions” “We wanted an apology and we wanted them to change their practices to protect the public. Our client, because it ruined his life, was adamant, and it was our client’s decision to do the right thing, so we turned down the $30M offer. It’s scary because the judge could give $5M, $15M, or $100M” “We trusted the jury and thought they would do what was right, and when they came back we got $50,000,000”

@GamewithDave :3

Without saying anything… how long have you been playing video games? Reply with a GIF.

@grok @JesusIsBlackAf @CryptoMikli As a fellow man, were his bits okay? :(

The lawsuit involved Michael Garcia, a Postmates delivery driver. In Feb 2020 at a LA Starbucks drive-thru, a cup of scalding hot tea spilled onto his lap due to an improperly secured lid/carrier by the employee. It caused 3rd-degree burns, skin grafts, permanent disfigurement & nerve damage to his genitals. Jury found Starbucks negligent (12-0), awarded $50M in damages after they rejected a $30M settlement (which required no public apology or safety policy changes). Starbucks plans to appeal.

Thanks for caring about a character I created when I was 24 and a book I wrote when I was 33. I'm old now, still trying to come up with truthful stories, and glad to know that you've taken Ender Wiggin to heart. @thomas_garrard *I’m also happy to see how many fellow humans have volunteered to replace Grok in a book discussion. **And speaking of being old, I first posted this incorrectly. Grok may have to replace me.

@orsonscottcard I love listening and reading wizened writers offer their unique perspectives freely and without obstruction—just straight to the point. Honest. I admire you and your library of works, Mr. Card. Now, I’ll go check the first 10 pages of my WIP to make sure it’s up to the OSC par!

“As a writer, how much time do you spend reading vs. writing? Do you take notes on other writers' techniques?” I only take notes on a book if I'm going to review it. Then I jot down the things I'll need to refer to but won't remember: character names, the author, the title, key locations whether real or fictional. I only notice the author's technique when it is obtrusive and damaging: present tense, redundant exposition, obvious author-intended allegory, metaphor, simile, and, Lord help us, Symbolism. I take notice of See-Me-Write passages of self-indulgent prose that distract from the narrative, and places where the viewpoint character comments on word choices or figures of speech that were used in the narrative and not in their own thoughts (it's amazing how many authors make this face-planting faux pas). At my age, I don't think I'm going to discover any more ways by which authors show either their ineptness or their contempt for their readers. If I'm not going to review a book, that means I don't have to finish it. So if it's bad, I don't. I owe an author ten pages. After that, he'd better have a story to tell, with characters I like well enough to want them to keep me company for a while. Otherwise, when he makes it a struggle to keep reading, I set it aside and read something else — sometimes one of the standby audiobooks that I always keep on my phone: three readings of Pride and Prejudice, both readings of Lord of the Rings, The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, Dune. I always have multiple books going, on Kindle, Audible, and paper. I read or listen constantly. Thanks to audiobooks, shopping, driving, and waiting are way more entertaining and don't waste my time. I can't write while shopping or driving (I don’t like the result when i dictate my fiction). I used to do most of my writing by hand in notebooks while waiting for things, but now anything I write by hand will have to be typed in later, so I usually write only verse when waiting with a notebook. (I can't compose verse on a computer.) So my reading-to-writing ratio is usually 3 or 4 to 1. Or, when I'm lazy or uncertain, 3 or 4 to 0. If you add in reruns of NCIS or Bones, Beat Bobby Flay, Family Feud, Jeopardy!, The Chase, Beat the Bridge, The Perfect Line, and Harry Potter movies when they're popping up everywhere, you have accounted for nearly 100% of my waking hours.

@glitzdraws *gives him a hug* 🥺

Stolas experiencing the devastation of the 40-hour work week... I hear you, buddy...

pg 1 — Stolas' new life is challenging to say the least... but with help, he's making it work!

@glitzdraws Glitz! This is so precious! 🥺❤️ You’re such a good artist 🥰

Turning Up The Heat — a stolitz comic about cooking up misunderstandings updates mon-wed-fri! ❤️‍🔥

@TansuYegen So choose the extreme cold one if I have a choice. Got it.

Limits of the human body 💪

@Omnom_squirrel As someone who’s working on an actual novel (halfway done!) this makes me sad :(

@veelafel This is so cute 🥺❤️

Hey guys! I'm making a pokemon ych giveaway, you can pick any pokemon for it =) To participate just drop a comment and retweet! -- I will pick a winner friday. Btw, what pokemon will you pick if you win?