Gerard Birkeland

Pen name. A dreamer and a liar. When I dream and lie on paper, I call myself a writer.
SFF writer
Oatmeal enthusiast

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

I can't even find my own link to my (relatively) new author's page. How can I expect anyone else to?

Here it is. For your reading pleasure, I've posted the never-before-seen English translation of my short story, "Black Box"

https://t.co/Y4S1GGELYB

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

One very real issue as a sci-fi author is finishing my projects before technology catches up to my "futuristic" ideas. #AmWriting #Slowly

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

But do these streaming services realise that my being the custodian of my entire family's Disney+ subscription is the only thing that's kept me from cancelling for the past couple of years?

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

I love it when I put on my glasses and there are seven invisible hairs ready to stab my eyeballs.

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

When the #writing group says can't wait to see what happens next in my story.

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

I mean, I'm sure it sucks being possessed by a demonic spirit, but MAN that back-cracking situation they got going looks fantastic!

[ARGrimes Author @ARGrimes1]

😁😁😁

[Natalie Anne @Natalie_Anne666]

I have 50 followers... I am releasing a short story soon... Logic dictates I should get more followers so I have more people reading... Right? Fancy following me? I can be rather amusing at times :) #readingcommunity #writersoftwitter #BookTwitter #readersoftwitter

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

This is beautiful!

[Christy Obalek Writer + Illustrator @ChristyObalek]

Hi! I’m an illustrator and bird nerd who has finished writing my first #childrensbook and now I’m working on the illustrations

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@SpellmanEllie I honestly never considered this until literally last week, when an editor commended my choice of a farmer as the main character -- now I think about it a lot!

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@VinThornAuthor @BookSpotlight I second this. As a group they're arrogant to spare. As individuals there are some Aes Sedai who are quite brilliant (and several who're absolutely infuriating)

There is a lot of nuance within the White Tower, though, something I'm looking forward to seeing more of in the series

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@TheSarahDoughty I'm useless at staying faithful to one book at a time! It's not so much that I lose interest in one book (most of the time); it's more an 'ohh, shiny!' attitude towards all the other books in my life.

Let me illustrate:

https://t.co/EqvCYSq2hO

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

Writing's slow today. I feel I have the attention span of—oohhh what's that?

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

Today's writing-related Google search that will probably put me on a list somewhere:

"can a dead thumb unlock a phone if you apply electricity"

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

My optician: "How many digits can you read on the screen?"

Me: "How many digits are there?"

O: "Uh... How many do you see?"

M: "Seven?"

O: "Oh..."

Anyway, I'm getting new glasses.

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

"Gertrude entered the room with scoffeers running down her cheeks and a tray loaded with chocolate biscuits, cups, and a scoffeeming hot pot of coffee."

Friendly reminder to always look through the selection before running a search/replace in your WIPs.

#WritingCommunity

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@MicheleQuirke Maybe Mando should keep from feeding him after midnight, just to be safe 😬

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@hankgreen Only internally, though that's quite frequent.

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

@summerstoli Oh, good. It's training to come after me even faster 😐

[Gerard Birkeland @AverageUrsa]

Felt clever after restructuring my chapters and deleting redundant parts, only to realize I'd accidentally created a plothole the size of Australia

[Ash Tudor @AshTudor888]

Why isn’t writing a spectator sport?

“Looks like she’s going for the semicolon. No wait! Colon! It’s a colon!”

“And in the last minute of the game, she deleted the entire paragraph. Unbelievable.”

“The plot hole is fixed & the crowd goes WILD!”

#WritingCommunity #writerslife