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Tweets for the week of 2012-08-26

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Tweets for the week of 2012-08-19

  • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, read by Stephen Fry. On youtube? http://t.co/Yf8dbBOW #
  • I don't mean to make accusations, but I seem to have lost SEVERAL hours of sleep last night, and I'm fairly certain Naomi Novik is to blame. #
  • Boy, AltNation's playlist sounds a lot like bizarre mid-80s remix today. Same bands, but with lead singers swapped around. #
  • So, there's a "Cover Wars" thing going on at The Qwillery. Hidden Things is in the running. Maybe go vote? #nopressure http://t.co/eRisOasw #
  • SO ANNOYING to be reading something that I only have available in dead-tree format. Leave the book somewhere, and it's like I DON'T HAVE IT. #
  • Speaking of Hidden Things covers, I'm running a cover-design contest: Submit your wonderful/horrible good/bad stuf! http://t.co/GLT57Ee2 #
  • I'm not going to lie to you Marge: I'm not a 4chan guy, but this story made me laugh out loud. http://t.co/tz1PHdbd #
  • Does anyone remember reading a kid's book about three kids learning about codes and ciphers? Main character codenamed himself "The Brain?" #
  • A ha! Book in question: Alvin's Secret Code, by Clifford B. Hicks. Man, I read the covers off that thing. #
  • Just finished recording an interview for @antonstrout's Once and Future Podcast. Much writing talk. MUCH geekery. So much geekery… #
  • Aww, man. Now I'm all verklempt. RT @mybookishways: HIDDEN THINGS by @doycet just made me cry. Love this book. #
  • 34 minutes to daughter's birthday skating party. 37 minutes to my new broken wrist. #goodparenting #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-08-12

  • Awesome. Watch Curiosity land on Mars with considerably less time-delay than NBC Olympic coverage. http://t.co/5NiGBHDh #
  • What If: Robot Apocalypse — A post that makes Curiosity even more impressive. http://t.co/wzicrawi #
  • RT @sekimori: I wish my house had a search engine. #
  • Hidden Things and @chuckwendig's Mockingbird mentioned in Kirkus Reviews' "speed reader" suggestions for August. http://t.co/xHLv1RYp #
  • After mucking around with various advertisement and promotional… things, I can say, with complete authority, I'm very bad at such things. #
  • Best Olympic camera angle: http://t.co/etKQaFEF #
  • "I don't mind spoilers at all, and I find extreme spoiler-aversion pretty tedious." http://t.co/8JRuqMX5 #
  • Hidden Things cover design contest. http://t.co/GLT57Ee2 Perfect for those with mad design skills… or MSPaint a few spare minutes. #
  • Honest Toddler (and the related Twitter account) is wonderful. And terrifying. Because I'm quite sure my son is… https://t.co/mGqzGHze #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-08-05

  • I'm not a Trekkie, but I want to see this episode now. http://t.co/R8Umm23K #
  • This is @daphneun's new favorite picture of me. I leave 'why' as an exercise for the viewer. http://t.co/JfEybSzR #
  • The only significant difference between me and NBC viewers is that I *know* I'm not watching the 2012 Olympics. #
  • RT @jkottke: I love Twitter the service and I am starting to really dislike Twitter the company. #
  • Hipsters in two paragraphs. https://t.co/CI1yMcT2 #
  • Browser wars in a nutshell: http://t.co/MCHI1CBr #
  • People Who have Disappeared Mysteriously — http://t.co/UrrDwXsx — no I'm not explaining why I was looking this up. STOP STARING AT ME. #
  • Thinking aloud about a game I'd like to run. http://t.co/ZKyRSrw9 #
  • Only thing keeping me from a new ISP is my current ISP's chronic instability. The local CenturyLink node hasn't been stable in weeks. #
  • I literally use my smartphone browser more at home than anywhere else, thanks to CenturyLink's day-long weekend outages. Ridiculous. #
  • I give Total Recall a solid meh stars. #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-07-29

  • Oh HELL Yessss. "Do Not Push" – A Gotye Call Me Maybe Mashup by Pomplamoose: http://t.co/qO4iI017 #
  • At the doc, trying to determine the cause of the intermittent fever I've had since comiccon. So far we've ruled out menopause. Tentatively. #
  • Have now seen the NBC adaptation of the original BBC version of the 2012 Olympics. Not impressed. Embarrassed, actually. #
  • RT @emilymphocyte: LOOK AT ALL THE TRIBUTES! This is going to be the longest Hunger Games ever. #olympicceremony #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-07-22

  • Very exciting day! The day before Kaylee gets home from grandparent camp. Oh, and I'm doing a panel at #Comiccon this morning. Whatevs. #
  • Hey #comiccon I'm signing Hidden Things ARCs at the Sails Pavilion and the Harper Collins booth today. ARCs are FREE. Just sayin'. #
  • #Comiccon is a frankenstein mix of Neverending Crowd Death March, and Never Enough Time to See All the Cool Stuff. I'm going to miss it. #
  • Want to hear about the awesome stuff I saw at #comiccon Tough. Check out @50ShedsofGrey instead, because it is funny and dirty and funny. #
  • Daughter has requested a new "read together" book, and happily agreed to The Hobbit. Chapter One (and a lot of extemporaneous singing) down. #
  • Raise a shaking, palsied hand if you contracted #thefuckingplague at #comiccon #
  • I've been waiting for this to kick in! MT @angelajames Hey @doycet the pre-order price of your e-book dropped to $7.99! http://t.co/diviNAN7 in reply to angelajames #
  • Now on the Twitter header: "Who Unfollowed me?" Who the fuck cares? I have all these other beautiful people to talk to. #
  • Sometimes, I think "the blush is finally off the rose; it is no longer possible for a book to keep me up until 4 am." [1/2] #
  • Then, I'll open something like Ready Player One, and realize that I am very wrong, very happy, and very, very tired. [2/2] #
  • (Ready Player One is also @DaphneUn's most recent free pass to do an "I told you so" dance whenever she sees me.) #
  • So… we're fucked. Seriously fucking fucked. Global Warming's Terrifying New Math – http://t.co/jSRO71pt #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-07-15

  • "Hungry? There's an App(le) for that!" My Drunk Kitchen: American Strudel: http://t.co/zPg61Fxr #
  • "If you take Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, US it up a bit, and throw in some PI Noir, you're not too far away from Hidden… https://t.co/CvN9ZQhI #
  • Pretty much what I imagine every time @daphneun suggests a costume I should pack for ComicCon. http://t.co/eoofot5G #
  • I don't intended to tweet every Hidden Things review, but their comments on the female characters really made me happy. http://t.co/dozFlh1Y #
  • (I don't intended to maek tpyos all the time, either, and yet…) #
  • XKCD's new site: What If? So very, very good. http://t.co/hwGiqbfd #
  • Hidden Things goes international! Congrats to Elyssa, up in Ontario, Canada, for winning an ARC via Goodreads. #
  • Maybe next time I don't set a book giveaway deadline for the same day I leave for ComicCon… #
  • Begs the question: professional what? Let's have a poll! http://t.co/YIJjm86P #
  • Ho. Lee. Crap. (@DaphneUn is leafing through the Comic Con book.) http://t.co/drmeURix #
  • #comiccon attendees: MAY I RECOMMEND… http://t.co/bGcaECR3 #
  • I thought the online #comiccon schedule app was terrible for only its interface. Then I realized it doesn't include THE MASQUERADE. #fail #
  • Without the Masquerade on the online schedule, we ended up with a ten-person dinner reservation at the same time. Awesome. #dammit #
  • Spotted TARDIS bathrobe for sale at #comiccon Insert 'bigger on the inside' joke here. #
  • Hey #comiccon maybe print badges so that the info your security guys think is is So. Fucking. Critical shows EVEN WHEN THE LANYARD FLIPS. #
  • I shouldn't be so hard on the #comiccon folks; they must not know any graphic designers. #
  • As I said in a recent interview (which isn't out yet), the Hunger Games trilogy isn't so much "Katniss's Story" as it… https://t.co/JLKYci6B #
  • RT @DaphneUn: That's my boy! “@JaneEspenson: Tiny Wash curses sudden but inevitable betrayal. http://t.co/CnfZHO7m” #
  • Hey Twitter: I'm looking for comics for Kaylee in the same vein as Princeless. Any suggestions? #
  • So, @JaneEspenson tweeted a picture of my kid, dressed as Wash, playing with toy dinosaurs. Pretty sure that's some kind of #comiccon bingo. #
  • For those asking about the Firefly panel: Didn't get in. Only showed up 4.5 hours early, which is #sdcc speak for "8 hours late." #
  • Stopped for evening noms at Broken Yolk Cafe, headquarters for the #hubatcomiccon #ponieseverywhere #
  • Word. RT @ChuckWendig: The only real metric that matters when I'm reading a book is how badly I wish to keep reading when I'm away from it. #
  • I've wasted HOURS failing to find friends at #comiccon using texts. @DaphneUn's run of random, lucky encounters is some kind of superpower. #
  • Seriously: Friday began with the lovely Jane Espenson, a RANDOM STRANGER handing her a backdoor pass into the Firefly panel… [1/2] #
  • [2/2] …a spot in the panel's reserved seating, a half-dozen author encounters in the massive Exhibit Hall, and concluded with AMBER BENSON. #
  • Every day, we walk out of #comiccon and past a gigantic, outdoor barbecue (with DJ)… sponsored by the History Channel. #rollsanitycheck #
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Tweets for the week of 2012-07-08

  • Publishers Weekly Fiction Review: Hidden Things by Doyce Testerman. http://t.co/1rLicgPM via @publisherswkly #
  • Like microfiction? Like winning stuff? Check out the Hidden Things Microfiction contest. http://t.co/D7aYm8qv #
  • Last day of the Hidden Things microfiction contest at http://t.co/D7aYm8qv Write weird stuff on twitter, win an ARC! #hiddenthings #
  • The next #hiddenthings giveaway will be for graphically-gifted folks, with prizes including ARCs and assorted #SDCC swag. #
  • Publishers Weekly reviews Hidden Things. "A satisfying blend of noir and magic." http://t.co/1rLicgPM #
  • Sean has started using product in his hair. *Food* products, but whatever. #
  • RT @HCCLibraryLove @LibraryJournal Books for Dudes column features @doycet's HIDDEN THINGS & lists all things Bradbury http://t.co/Dwvcrcd0 #
  • We stand on the lawn at just-past-nightfall, watching the Firewords show. All our finest thoughts blazing across the sky. #myfavoriteholiday #
  • One of the finest comedic minds of my generation. Louis C.K. – Give It A Second: http://t.co/YYnjnUHa #
  • Congrats to @theoriginaledi, who won an ARC of Hidden Things by crushing the competition in the "weird microfiction" contest! in reply to theoriginaledi #
  • If you're a writer going to San Diego ComicCon to catch panels on the craft/business, well, forewarned is forearmed: http://t.co/neDfsmWT #
  • I must say, Twitter, you are being quite charming and funny this morning. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?!? #
  • Third day of achy, full-body cruddiness. I must be sleeping really poorly, because I'm not sick. I'm NOT. Shut up. #