I’ve been writing a mystery for 7 months. 1/2 the time I wonder if I'll ever finish it. The other 1/2 I wonder if I'm just an old fool who's kidding himself if he thinks a publisher will want it.
@toddstrasser
#writerslife #mysterybooks #bookstagram #babyboomer
I’ve been writing a mystery for 7 months. 1/2 the time I wonder if I'll ever finish it. The other 1/2 I wonder if I'm just an old fool who's kidding himself if he thinks a publisher will want it. @toddstrasser #writerslife #mysterybooks #bookstagram #babyboomer
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The oven mitts we have aren't very effective when reaching into a 500-degree oven. After burning some hair off my forearms a few times, I found the solution: welders gloves. And now I can weld custom exhausts onto my Subaru (Not!). #homemadepizza
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Next project: A state by state map of the US made out of pizzas. With a little trimming I think this could be Montana. Granted, Michigan will be a problem, but perhaps a two-pie solution will work. And not sure what to do about Hawaii. #pizzafail
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With practice and patience I found that my ability to make a round pizza grew worse. I called this mushroom and onion pie Pollock's Big Pig. #pizzafail #jacksonpollock #abstractpizza
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I was raving to a group today about Demon Copperhead and someone asked how long it was. When I said, "560 pages," they groaned and said it was too long. Okay, so think of it as your next two 280-page books. #greatbooks #demoncopperhead @barbarakingsolver
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The saving grace of pizza is that no matter how badly you mess up the preparation, after 11 minutes in the oven at 500 degrees, it still tastes pretty good. I call this one Pimples. #pizzafail
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Got a pizza stone and watched Youtube videos on how to stretch out the dough with your hands. It's all BS. Pizza dough does not want to stretch. It does not want to be round. It wants to shrink back into it's original form. I call my first attempt The Snowshoe. #pizzafail #pizza
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Just finished Demon Copperhead. The most impressive book I've read in years. A TREMENDOUS achievement. #greatbooks
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@paulapoundstone ...with judge get honorable discharge." But I have some pretty funny stories about starting and running the company back in the late 1970s and 1980s. It got written up in People Magazine and the WSJ. Anyway, good luck tonight in DeKalb, where there probably ...
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@paulapoundstone Hey, Paula, you were great last night in Mamaroneck. When you mentioned your podcast, I wondered if you'd ever want to speak to the person who invented the X-rated fortune cookie? Actually, they weren't really X-rated. Just double-entendres like "Woman who sleep.
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The #1 Killer of Children and Teens in the US youtu.be/Yzk7gex62KY via @YouTube
It's not car accidents. It's not sickness and disease. It's not drug use. It's guns. #gundeaths #books #giveaboyagun #guncontrol #gunsafety #childhoodmortality #toddstrasser #childgundeath
High Rates of Sexual Abuse in J.R.O.T.C. youtu.be/6XnQo9jD1MI via @YTAdvertisers
A recent investigation by the New York Times uncovered high rates of sexual abuse by J.R.O.T.C. instructors against young female cadets. #jrotcsexualabuse #jrotc #priceofduty #toddstrasser
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WHAT THE MILITARY DOESN'T TELL YOU ABOUT JROTC youtu.be/BIKs4BN0_0s via @YouTube
#jrotc #war #military #books #yabooks #toddstrasser #priceofduty #reading #army
While writing the book for Home Alone, I discovered the secret message left by John Hughes. Here’s a link youtube.com/watch?v=jyXQrMVb… @paxtonholley @IReadMoviesPod
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SOME TRUTHS ABOUT J.R.O.T.C. THAT SCHOOLS DON'T ADMIT youtu.be/8llsfrF0HIE via @YouTube #JROTC #military #soldiers #highschool #priceofduty #toddstrasser #childsoldiers
When American Children Were Required to Wear Dog Tags youtu.be/9oO4a3if_vI via @YouTube
With the war in Ukraine we are as close to a nuclear WW3 as we were 60 years ago during the Cuban Missile Crisis. #UkraineRussiaWar️ #nuclearwar #falloutbook #history #war
