Adam Black

Writer. Runner. Thinker. Dealer of life.

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

Are our only options "outright dictatorship versus an electoral process that is factually only open to the rich”? https://t.co/OLnxnUAAFA

[Michelle Legro @michellelegro]

Put everything down and read this Jack Hitt piece on the greatest humbug of the 20th century: Sea Monkeys https://t.co/QMi9doV3CH

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@rickygervais Single Shadow

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@WaltHickey You're a math guy. I'm sure you took this into account. Inflation included in that annuity vs lump sum Powerball calculation?

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@rickygervais But will we ever know what the real facts??? #postmodern #existentialism #ilovedtrudithemost

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@jedediahberry The Manual is my guide to wonderful writing.

[NPR Books @nprbooks]

New E-Book Lending Service Aims To Be Netflix For Books http://t.co/Wm3r4Ebuqq

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@GOP Many of your posts end in exclamation points. Be calm.. If your message is important, you can use a period, it will still be effective.

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

Why does a bag of McDonalds food smell like a urine drenched diaper?

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@LitRejections Thanks!

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@MsTerryMcMillan I tell my two year old that all the time.

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

Unlike many jobs, teaching draws idealists: many or most teachers love to teach. Thus, easily exploited--(not unlike athletes in the past).

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

Asked #OuijaBoard which agents I should #query, turns out they're all dead. Maybe they have time for me?

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@LitRejections So don't mention that it's the first of a planned trilogy?

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

I don't want to be followed in hopes of the return follow. I want to be followed when I have something important to say. #followfreedom

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

If I haven't written by 6 A.M., I have failed. #writersguilt

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

You are anti-health-care reform? Then @realjohngreen is gonna get real with you. (via @Upworthy) http://t.co/oTeaN6q9TM

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

@jamiattenberg So now do you feel sorry for the rest of us?

[Adam Black @iamadamblack]

Americans need more guns. Maybe we should arm the children.

[Erik Larson @exlarson]

I planted 'cat mint,' not realizing it was named for a reason. I found a giant feral cat cuddling it. Really, get a bed...um, flower bed?