Debra Hamel

Tweeting from my subterranean lair.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

Going on 20 years ago, I created @TwitrLit, where I posted the first lines of books without attribution but with (affiliate) links to Amazon. The roughly 6000 first lines I posted now have a permanent home at https://t.co/DSlOgk1f4C

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@janetjay2 I'm glad to hear that! Thanks so much for sharing that :-)

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I just noticed that Amazon has put my little book Killing Eratosthenes on sale, so now is the time to grab it! Teaser: it involves the murder of a naked man. https://t.co/R4bvWvz0ql

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@ian_hocking What a memory! I'd forgotten about Pipes myself. I'll take a look at this in greater depth later. Merry Christmas!

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@NytReview Can't remember disliking a puzzle as much as this one.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

[Spoiler] Tuesday’s crossword was lovely.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I have no idea what this means. #newyorkercartoons

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

It’s been 8 years since I wore a Fitbit clipped at my waist rather than on my wrist. Sometimes I still worry that the one on my waist will fall off.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@GrammarTable My answer was "God, no."

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

And (2) what turned out to be an episode called House of Evil in an anthology series called Ghost Story (and later called Circle of Fear). Anyway, it stars a young Jody Foster, and it haunts me to this day: https://t.co/mxUgYcWpc5

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

There are two more similar things on my re-watch list. (1) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (oh man, that's gonna be scary still, I think), which I found on YouTube: https://t.co/sQCtTH6l5v

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The 1974 movie Bad Ronald terrified me when I was little! I rewatched today for the first time: https://t.co/YDagwMGoih It's...not as scary. But I can see why I was scared. And Ronald *was* kind of bad. I had remembered him getting a bad rap.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@MSulev It does hold up! I rewatched a couple years ago. (Planet of the Apes, sadly, did not.)

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

@GrammarTable Jury Duty! Not The Jury. Just finished, and it’s worth watching.

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@GrammarTable I was watching The Jury last night and was struck by Ronald the Juror's impressive use of the possessive "you guyses'."

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I do not know why my lovely little book Killing Eratosthenes is selling at a reduced price on Amazon right now, I just know that it is. Get it while it's hot! Sex and murder and nakedness: https://t.co/jPoLDnfjXS

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I’ll tell you what screwed up Millennials: the Bear in the Big Blue House telling everybody that the flag being up on the mailbox means that the mail came.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I don't know if something like this can matter, but if you hate the new Duolingo: https://t.co/2Xgtjtj4ur

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I truly hate #Duolingo forcing the word bank on us. Takes so much longer. I'm about done with my path. Could finish today if I wanted. I thought I'd hang around longer, but at this point, it's just a chore.

[Debra Hamel @debra_hamel]

I swear it takes me longer to locate those stupid word bubbles in Duolingo than it would take for me to type the words. (At least on the computer.)