Todd Thorne

Writer of gritty, odd, murky F/SF; unabashed geek; fan of single malt scotch; fiend for dark chocolate.

[Todd Thorne @dark_opus]

How about a dark swirling #thriller with:

🏃‍♀️ a female led & driven plot
👩‍🔬 near-term #scifi plus a #paranormal twist
🔬 college students rocking #STEM
🌪️ storm chasing insanity
🤷 no final cliffhanger

https://t.co/4POumAJX8o

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@Lunaria_40 Melvin

Just thinking about it takes me back to my grandmother’s vintage kitchen.

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@Kel7Green That plus I rejoice my landscaping gets a good drink from Mama Nature, its preferred source, as opposed to my pathetic sprinkler system.

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@DrSpooky_ER I played in a Rec league some time back. Our first base player took a line drive in the face early one game. She finished the game and stayed for libations. The next day her doc banned her from playing for weeks due to her broken bones. I think she lasted two.

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@jflWrites Lately I use one file per chapter. I’ve been drafting a lot on my phone. When Internet connectivity is spotty, I’d rather a couple small-ish files be pending snapshots to the cloud as opposed to one, ever-growing file. Call me paranoid.

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Ever notice how the “Share” claim in a Share Size package of snacks is a wild exaggeration?

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@ProofreadJulia Gosh, I hope she’s not slipping. 🤣

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Wow. J. k Rowling emailed and wants to hear all about my writer’s journey. I guess I finally have arrived.

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@deidrejowen Oh yeah.

My bane is the whole copy-paste finger fumble exercise on my phone. I’m lucky to cleanly pull off that trick like once out of every ten attempts.

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@DzintraSullivan Another day in paradise. Right?

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@jflWrites This too shall pass. And pass. And pass.

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I got my book's copyright officially registered. Not exactly a barn-burning day of writing but we'll take progress where we can get it.

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@yesjimstheman Beautiful

Here's one of my favorites from Iceland. A double, spawned by Skogafoss Falls

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Shred it, Trey!

[Trey Stone @TreyStoneAuthor]

When I don't write books, I play guitar - (or sit there rocking back and forth worrying about why I'm not writing books, but that's another story) - and tonight's gig night! Looking forward to getting on stage again! 😎🤘#heavymetal

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@Grampa1950

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@saniyafatma1278 Sun worshipping at its finest.

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That feeling when you’re the kind of texter who hits Send after typing 2 - 3 paragraphs. Meanwhile the other person Sends after every 2 - 3 words.

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@TimWolffAuthor Right there with you. When it comes to editing, sometimes it's polishing coal nuggets into diamonds. Other times it's scooping stinky nuggets clinging to the word litter.

Most of the time it's me wondering WTF made me think I could do any of this in the first place.

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@jakonrath Gotta admire a guy who shows Death how to do eternity righteously while barely breaking a sweat.

Here's to your next act, Chuck Norris!

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@BookSpotlight You mean it’s not just a time, effort, money, and sanity black hole? Dang. Bubble bursted.

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@Kel7Green This. For sure.

You could toss in: marketing the finished book = desperation to smash all those words down into a concise and compelling enticement

The Word Fu for writers never ends. Ever.