Anton Strout's Blog, page 155

21:24 apologizes for any drunken hookups that show up in my steampunk due to The Real World New Orleans premiere on in the background # 21:32 @keln1 no no, the Situation isn't on til Jersey Shore season 2 starts on July 29th... # 09:06 always grumbly when you come across a fresh bad review... guess I'll sign this anthology contract & send it off to ease my pain :P # 10:48 would love to redesign my website and all, but honestly, I barely have time to write stories, novels and proposals...

12:17 @cmpriest sounds like you're having a fun exchange day! # 19:59 @amber_benson You are the Norm to their Cheers! # 20:00 @JackieKessler kill the pain, darlin, kill the pain.... # 22:20 has finally blocked the Mafia Wars game... baby steps, people, baby steps! # 08:43 will spend my day training in the deadly art of ninjitsu... or the deadly art of a new computer business system here.. still, DEADLY! # 09:16 @PirateJenny nope. # 09:20 oh joy.. leisurely training day has been thrown into...

12:50 wonders if I can Six Degrees of Separation my books into a rabid fandom and/or movie deal... wherefore art thou, Kevin Bacon? # 14:32 @undeadapproved there is no news. # 16:47 Help! Help! The #Amazocalypse done be eating my book sales! # 16:49 @undeadapproved I am waiting to hear on a few ideas I pitched... this is a slow, slow process... deep breaths. # 17:04 I COULD lie & tell you all that I'm going to write tonight, but with Lego Harry Potter out today, what do YOU think is going...

13:56 Let us proclaimmmmm the mystery of Ceiling Catttttttttt # 16:15 apparently this nest of good ideas is still in my head and NOT down in the Word document as I had hoped.. #writerfail # 22:13 This dwarven city is CREEPY! #dragonage # 22:44 boy, I sure hope the last Harry Potter movie really captures those 200 pages of sitting in the woods well! # 23:31 @Book_Faery @thebookcellarx see? Fantasy books are ruining your brain... fact! # 07:36 @terioncalling I'm in the Dwad Trenches right...

17:00 is watching the Rush documentary and turning 15 again....not that my hands really remember the chords that well... # 22:58 Lessons from tonights #trueblood.. I don't wanna have vampire sex... no good ever seems to come from it. # 08:37 failwhale already, twitter... really? This does not bode well for a Monday... # 08:40 @DarkWoofer oh, well, in that case, bring it on! # 09:07 thinks that there is science to do. # 12:04 is at my 'Jerry MacGuire' best today! #Automatically shipped by Lou...

14:13 Dear commercial, I'm not sure if Celadrin is a joint health medication or part of Elrond's high council in Rivendell. # 18:31 tonight there will be grilling, drinking and Rockbanding so nyah! # 01:25 The sweet tea vodka mixed with lemonade has put the coffin nails in and apparently, I don't want to rock & roll all night #Rockbandfail #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

16:22 Shakira is singing an ode to Fozzie Bear with Waka Waka? Neat! # 21:45 @Veronica at least you have devices and signal and things to read... hooray for traveling downtime time killers! # 21:47 @dianarowland if you infect me with anything less than the T-Virus there, I'll be VERY upset! # 21:49 is exhausted and capable of little right now.. honk to the shu in front of the TV # 22:10 @dianarowland yer the best! # 22:16 wonders what the most exciting thing at #SDCC will be? Probably the...

13:02 In which I pay tribute to an all too brief friend & discuss the unexpected bonds between readers and writers bit.ly/9jkwK5 # 15:10 somewhere there is a world of gear-clad Victorians who dress up in Firefly and Flash logo t-shirts to take pics of themselves at cons... # 17:13 @MidtownComics congrats! If you need anything for it, let me know what I can do! # 21:08 man, that Travis can choreograph! #SYTYCD # 21:30 Even if they do a Doctor Strange movie, I'll still be holding out for a...

14:39 oh, sweet delicious ARC of Zero History by @GreatDismal *hides under desk & ignores writing deadlines* # 14:41 @undeadapproved try me! # 16:06 @undeadapproved will be putting up my full schedule soon, I swear! # 16:08 I will be helping out writers & crushing dreams at the #Gencon Writer's Symposium Aug 5-8, schedule here: bit.ly/99eCky # 16:23 @EvoGamerGlitch that's not a ticket kind of thing.. crushing dreams comes with the totality of being in my presence for more than five min.. #

Some things take longer to mentally process than others.  This post has been about six months coming for me, so please bear with me if I go a bit long here. 

I'm very thankful for the fact that I have stories to tell and that they get to readers hands, be it through printed or electronic form.  The fact that I get to share the made up things in my head with others still excites me as I put book four to rest with my editor.  I've always wanted to entertain, but do I think I write life altering...