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The puppies at work that literally say "arf are" are always the cutest.

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My brain is stuck in executive dysfunction. I realized I haven't written anything since Tuesday. No outlet, only stress and back pain. To get old in a crumbling empire is tough.

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Anybody else like... Microdosing meltdowns to stay functional? Yeah, no, me neither. 👍 It's all good. So... Are we paying taxes this year??

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I've been kicking my own ass about not writing a lot lately... It's literally STILL only January... 🙃

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Watching Phantom Menace with additional context and things make so much more sense now. Before, half this movie was just words. I wasn't a Star Wars fan growing up. It's growing on me.

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Finished The Acolyte and now watching The Phantom Menace... IS ANAKIN A VERGENCE?!? WHAT?! Jeeze I'm filming in 3 weeks I cannot be deep diving into this. 😭 #StarWars

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The Acolyte is so damn good! Why do people have to go and ruin things? I'm not even done with the season and I want more! I hope they eventually do a novel continuation... I'd really like to know where they were headed with this. #StarWars

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Dad posted his breakfast in family group chat this am. Me, thinking that looks good and then remembering, "You ain't got no eggs, lieutenant Dan."

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Joined the People's March on Washington today in a sea of strength and hope. I hadn't felt this connected to Americans since Obama's first inauguration and my spirit was restored. Didn't see much coverage in the media, but not surprising. The People won't roll over. It's on.

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I love movies... But I literally just mixed up The Warrior's Gate (2016) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). Why are they so similar...?

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Look. I believe my friends when they give me compliments on my writing. But getting validation from an outside source is a new kind of high that I'm going to be seeking again for the rest of my stupid little life.

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My 18+ year old chihuahua with no eyes decided to pick a play fight with me and bite and lick my hands. I cut up jalapenos to cook with dinner. Instant regret.

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I wish Haribo gummies weren't so damn hard...

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Me getting off work: "Yeah, day off tomorrow!" Also me: "You scheduled three meetings tomorrow." Me, remembering: "Fffffuuuuu----"

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While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

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I stand by this.

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Me, constantly getting told to read a book because I'll like it: 😅 Me, knowing I probably won't like it because I'm super picky about what I read for fun: 😅 Them, after they bombard me with book recs to the point that I get annoyed and just start telling them I can't read: 😶

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Me: "Hey, you have a deadline for book 2, film locations to pick, a script to revise, a stage play to choose, a production meeting to schedule, and horses to take to the vet tomorrow. What are you doing?" Brain: "I am still emotionally compromised by The Bad Batch." Me: "Oh... Carry on then."

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Hi! I'm Charlie! And I would very much like to write about LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE instead of editing my book. 😁👍 😭

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Me, just trying to enjoy my morning and listen to Songs I Can't Listen To by Neon Trees: 😊 Brain: This reminds me of Maggie. We should use that character. Me: I'm already working on two series. Brain: Here's her whole plot if you modernized her timeline and started it after Eddie dies. Me:

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Dear creatives: Does your writing involves a horse in any way, shape, or form? Have you never touched a horse before? Go take a lesson. Go ask questions. Go find a horse girl that wants to tell you everything about her little Barbie horse. Just spend a little time with a diagram! Please!

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... The popularity of the "(blank) of (blank) and (blank)" type titles in books makes me wonder if these authors are just copy pasting their ideas from one another like a giant literary circle jerk.

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Growing up is realizing that Faulkner was not the villain in BioDome. He might have gone way off the deep end, but I get it, dude. I get it.

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The crazy thing is... Why do I want to date only to find out six months in that this person actually hates something I'm passionate about or decides it's time to reveal a red flag that I can't live with? That's time I could have been napping or playing with horses or gardening. Or... Writing.

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"You should tell more people about your book. Promote yourself!" Why..? "So you can make money!" That's cute, you think indie authors with less than 20 books make money. 😂

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I checked up on a guy I went out with once who was a beautiful gentleman and kind soul... Turns out he's against unions, doesn't understand class disparity, and supports capitalism. Sheesh... A relationship would be nice but just like horses, I'm tired of training them.

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You ever finish watching a really good show and it just hit you in all the feels and you know it's going to stay with you for a very long time, if not forever...? Like what am I supposed to do with this?!? Other than funnel it into my writing, I guess... Man that was just amazing storytelling.

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I think I might be developing an unhealthy obsession with clone troopers from Star Wars.

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I've binge watched too much Bad Batch recently and now my internal monologue is Kiwi-flavored. Same thing happened when watching Our Flag Means Death. Oh well. I'll just add it to my acting repertoire. 🤷

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Just finished Season 2 of The Bad Batch. How dare they! 😭 And Season 3 is the last one? Come on! This is a disservice... The story is so good! I guess I'll have to watch Rebels, Clone Wars or one of the other animated ones... Or I could actually work on my book 😬 #StarWars #badbatch #deadlines

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Did an interview at my favorite indie bookstore the other day after a book signing event and they asked about my writing process. After explaining that the characters develop a personality and write the story themselves: "So it sounds... kind of like a psychosis." Honey, you ain't wrong.

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I created a fictional language for my space mercenaries story. Im in too deep. The trilogy series I plan to write for the use of this fictional language is too small... So I will be throwing this dumb language into every fantasy/scifi story I write in the future. I understand tolkien now...

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The struggle this poor dude at tractor supply just went thru to put three 50lb bags of horse feed on my cart... And then he stacked them parallel, three high instead of across the cart perpendicular for stability. This mother fucker never played Jenga in his life.

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Damn... We really will use anything but the metric system.

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Watching Empire Strikes Back for the first time: "And there was only one tauntaun!!" #StarWars #WritingCommunity

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I really wanna be a Star Wars fan but I can't stay awake through any of the films. But I was curious to how many people went down with the Death Star and it's approx: 1,700,000 military personnel 400,000 maintenance droids 250,000 civilians, contractors, catering staff Damn Luke. #StarWars

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Had an author signing event today and I was talking to another author about a concept project I had of a state government funded serial killer whose victims are people that are mean to customer service, etm. And the man dressed as Santa Claus laughed and said, "Okay Obama!" #WritingCommunity

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Wait wait wait... I just heard that people think em dashes in a story means it's written by AI? Are you shitting me? You can pry my em dashes out of my cold, dead fingers you cultureless swine! I bet you don't even know what an Oxford comma is! #WritingCommunity

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Casting announcements for lead male characters: "charismatic, stoic, dark" Lead female characters: "alluring, free spirited, girlfriend/wife/mother, femme fatale" Male age: "30s" Female age: "20s" ... I'm just gonna start taking male characters out of my stories/scripts. Y'all get enough.

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"We are so happy you're here. We couldn't do this without you doing your civic duty on a panel of jurors." Look here. I wouldn't mind jury duty but you literally wasted my day. I would enjoy sitting on a panel for a case, but not if it comes at the cost of being able to feed myself for a week.

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Had a new brand of energy drink today. It surprisingly did not make me bat shit manic. I'm impressed.

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Overcast. Drizzling. Cold. And I'm reminded of my four days in Tintagel a few years ago. I'd commit unspeakable crimes to have the ability to go back and just exist by the ocean a little longer.

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Me, hearing about CEOs around the country paying big money for increased security: "Have you heard of the Praetorian Guard? 😊"

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I envy authors that can just write smut. Every time I try I end up with a slow burn romance full of political intrigue, clever betrayal, dramatic battles of good versus evil, and found families pursuing revolutionary ideals against a system built against them. No, I'm not any fun at parties.

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I'm probably gonna throw this out a couple more times through the end of the day. We're nowhere near our goal but still very thankful of donations that have come in.

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