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*The Better Angels and the Really Bad Idea* is set on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy. It has not yet been scheduled for release, but if you subscribe to my monthly mailing list, you can receive updates when it appears. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

"I advise you to take cover," Grumpy said. The Angels positioned themself on the far side of the consoles, away from the door that was gradually falling to the cutting beam. "No. Get on the other side."
Racy and the Angels sprang over the consoles just as the blast door blew in, throwing flame and shrapnel. Wreathed in smoke, David stood in the door carrying a massive #Corona-18.  #wss366

(from The Better Angels and the Really Bad Idea)

People act as though billionaires are just sitting on their money. But that's not true: they just have it all invested in things that are more productive than keeping you alive.

I used to comment that the "amputation diet" was not an effective way to lose weight. But you know what's even stupider? The "chemotherapy diet", where you get rid of 10% of your body's cells by killing all of the newest ones. I'm sure your body doesn't need those. :eyeroll_emoji:

"After this, we'll cover it over with the pink."
He continued in a conspiratorial whisper. "Otherwise the blue might show through."
"Really?" she said, uncertainly.
"Yep. We painted it blue when we thought you were a boy. But now we know better. Just wait, Angel. You'll see."
"I love you, Daddy!"

"I'm really angry," she said, with a pout.
"What's wrong, Angel?"
"You said you'd paint my room pink!"
"Yeah?"
"But you're painting it white!" She stamped her foot. "I hate it!"
"Angel!" He crouched down, careful to not get paint on her dress. "This is just the #primer. " #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you agree with Flannery O’Connor, who said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”?

I believe the act of writing allows you to interrogate what you really know about a topic. But I also believe it requires a certain intentionality. I think it's possible to sidestep important issues and to fool yourself.

#ScribesAndMakers Do you create for income? As a professional or as a hobby? Or for fun/ for yourself?

Yes.

The door opened and a young blonde women stepped out, wiping her eyes.
"Next," called a kindly female voice from within the office. From a line of distraught girls that that extended down the hallway, another one stepped inside, and closed the door.
"What's going on?" Dr. Baxter asked, standing at the administrative assistant's desk.
"Oh," Alan said. "It's counseling,"
"Counseling?"
"Well," he said, shaking his head. "After those last exams, it's more like 'consoling.'"

#wss366

The thing that you don't understand about people who voted for the Leopards-Eating-People's-Faces-Party is that they really really like to see people's faces getting eaten by leopards.

@wss366 is a daily prompt that aims to offer an ordinary word with multiple meanings that you can use to write a very short story or story fragment. Or feel free to share a fragment from a work-in-progress. Tag your post #wss366 so we can see your contribution!

Ooh. Someone must have bought a copy of *senokulvitre*! It's Amazon rank went from 9,538,614 to 195,631. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491276940 Whoa! They bought a copy of *Premitaj Floroj* too! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1477567267 Woohoo!

I had a great time at #Boskone! https://stevendbrewer.com/boskone-mostly-hits-one-miss/

I posted this to LinkedIn: I suspect that many businesses, that have been largely supine in the face of the destruction of the institutions of the United States, are going to discover that they actually depended on those institutions to ensure a level playing field. The people that will be running things going forward will be picking the winners and losers. Get ready to start losing.

Ooh! I had a wonderful conversation with @LJ at the #SFWA table. We're practically neighbors! WHO KNEW!?

My last #Boskone panel, *Fantasy Beyond Swords and Sorcery*, is this morning at 10am. After that, I'll hang out at the SFWA table for another hour or two, then pack up the table and drive home. It's been a good Con.

#WordWeavers SC POV: Who was your first love/crush?

From Lady Momoire's Journal (writing about Revin):

It seems like a such a long time from last year when I was still a little girl. Now, with all of the experiences I've had in the past year, I feel so different.
Everywhere I look — everything I see — reminds me of that special someone. When I awake in the morning, there is only one person I'm thinking of. And when I go to sleep at night, there's only one face I see when I close my eyes.

There are three sequel novellas to *Revin's Heart*: *Devishire!*, *Campshire!*, and *Ecorozire!*. They have not yet been scheduled for publication. To find out when they are released, you can subscribe to my monthly mailing list. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

"What d'ya need, Chief," said a burly man wearing overalls in the front room.
"I'd like to place an order for 10 barrels of your Weaselspit lager," Revin said. "We'd like to set up a regular delivery on Mondays and Fridays."
"Whoa, Chief," the man said. "That's a lot of beer. Barrels are 150 miners each."
"Here's 8 reggies," Revin said.

#wss366 (from Devishire!)

After one of my panels, someone brought a book up to me to sign. I was all excited. But then I discovered they thought I was "Steve Brewer" who is a mystery author in Las Vegas. I was forced to admit that if I signed the book, I would be merely defacing it.