Ruth Buchanan

South Carolina has the type of potholes that if you hit them the wrong way will launch you into outer space.

Question. Should I eat this entire bag of chocolate and candy before or after the kids come trick-or-treating tonight?

My ring light deciding to flicker out and die mid-session on Halloween is a little too on the nose. 😂

Now that I live in a narrow, three-story townhouse, my favorite thing to do is run upstairs quickly to get something, forget why I came up here, head back downstairs and immediately remember what I went upstairs to get and then repeat this process until I'm crying.

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For some reason, my autocorrect has started changing EOD (end of day) to Edo. Yes, I will be getting that document back to you by the Edo Period.

Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's the caffeine.

Out for a run this morning in a small town. Cool breeze, Halloween decorations out, crispy orange leaves falling. I feel like I'm in an episode of Gilmore Girls. Except I would have to be a townsperson out for a run while the gang walks to Luke's for breakfast because Lorelei and Rory would never.

Writer to writer:

Nothing like arguing with a support bot first thing in the morning to make you feel alive! 🤡

I keep meaning to ask my friend how things are going with her new boyfriend, but every time we talk we get all worked up about other stuff and I forget, and it's like we're reverse Bechtel Testing.

Never

126-day streak of not falling down the stairs at my house.

The only way I've been able to get any writing projects done is to show up consistently. Day in and day out. Even on days when my brain feels like a potato. Potato brains can get things done.

I have a lot of work to do today, which is why I'm taking a test to see which sort of fall soup I am.

"It only took them 7 minutes to rob the Louvre," I say as I gear up to clean my guest bathroom.

Physically, I am here. Mentally, I am working on the soundtrack for the Louvre Heist.

While half the Internet is down, tell me something you love about someone in your life.

@erinnewton.bsky.social makes amaaaaaazing Halloween costumes

Not panicking but Hoopla is also down.

RIP Mary Shelley, you would have loved the song "Jar of Hearts."

Want to develop a reading habit? Focus on reading what you like. Don't worry about what books are popular or "important." Follow your interests and follow the fun. You'll have trouble putting books down.

"You know what I just started doing recently? Plotting!" Said to me unironically today by an award-winning novelist working on her 13th book. 😂

This morning I opened my windows to get a cross breeze. It's currently 68° in my house. I have never felt more alive.

It doesn't matter if the song is good or bad. Earworms don't care.

When Stories Are Everywhere Do we find them or do they find us?

Do we find them, or do they find us?

A lot of the writing life feels like a grind. But not a grind that wears me down. A grind that sharpens me up.

Yes precisely

I'm not stopping till I see thoughts.