Farewell Summer - Hello Autumn

@mudhousebooks Matters of Convenience will be #Free in #Kindle format at #Amazon for 1 week in mid-September. Consider it a #backtoschool #giveaway ♬ Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Ava Appelsawse - available at Amazon

♬ original sound - Roy

Thanks for everything, Serena! Including your form of graciousness.

A Line A Day: DOUBLE FAULT - a short story
https://t.co/SgTVHgbiZu pic.twitter.com/FTmcdnuecq

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 3, 2022

1 of 1 https://t.co/41WMierFWN

— AlexisOhanian7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) September 3, 2022

I was pretty disappointed after this loss. But my coach told me to save this photo because “one day that girl will win a lot of Grand Slams.”

I am glad I listened. Thank you #Serena for a lifetime of inspiration. 🐐 pic.twitter.com/uU1QSf8OQ9

— Rhiannon Potkey (@RPotkey) September 3, 2022

Margaret Court: “Serena Williams has never admired me”

Explain this then… pic.twitter.com/9SOG9xNx2l

— 💔 (@kvitovaserena) September 6, 2022

Took long enough but happy to see arrival of this day.

Barack and Michelle Obama receive a standing ovation upon returning to the White House for their official portrait unveiling.

Donald Trump refused to hold the ceremony for the Obamas while he was president. pic.twitter.com/wNBoG2rlgH

— The Recount (@therecount) September 7, 2022

Portraits unveiled pic.twitter.com/I1WzvWxIui

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 7, 2022

LFG https://t.co/zcmlg6DjUO

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 4, 2022

A Line A Day: J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets https://t.co/7KYLK4npcL pic.twitter.com/C7ZHuNphkw

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 7, 2022

😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/m3IqdOgF6U

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 7, 2022

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R.I P.

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 8, 2022

Heavy is the head that wears the crown

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 8, 2022

choose your fighter pic.twitter.com/lnWehaPVAW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2022

Irish and Black Twitter roasting Queen Elizabeth: pic.twitter.com/dVrT6AhfYi

— Jack Russell (@JolietJack) September 8, 2022

How to be a writer:

1. Write

Follow me for more free tips!

— Elizabeth C. Wagner (@ElizCWagner) September 9, 2022

Writer: I'm actually pretty good at this writing thing

*Reads someone else's writing*

Writer: I am garbage

— Alexander Pennington (@Authoralexp) September 4, 2022

Art

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 9, 2022

A Line A Day: Ode to the Library https://t.co/452WtJDSIv pic.twitter.com/NGclbiiMqq

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 4, 2022

Writing, because no one listens.

— 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. (@boundlesshopes) September 4, 2022

Amazon offered my wife a book they thought she 'might be interested in'

It was my autobiography

— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) September 5, 2022

My favorite thing about the book is that it feels like a book. It feels like a real, you know, go to the bookstore novel, book. You know the reason why you go, to read a book from a bookstore.

— Jen (@mouthyjen) September 6, 2022

I just saw a TikTok video where a reader was debating if she should rate a book less because a character had a THOUGHT that offended the reader.

For those of us in the business of writing about the ugly parts of human behavior, this is what we're up against.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

— Zoje Stage (@zooshka) September 5, 2022

In this vein, I’d like to remind you guys that (per the recent figures from the Penguin/DoJ case) many indie authors are outselling their trad pub counterparts. It’s not a competition, but the idea that indie/self-pub books are somehow ‘lesser’ is just unfounded snobbery ❤️ https://t.co/DsKnduhGYH

— Zola (@jadechurch_) September 5, 2022

I don't know if it's goofier to tell writers they can't write characters who aren't identical to them (you're a CIS white dude so better not write that Black lesbian character) or to tell makers of fantasy worlds that no made up creatures can have melanin. What I do know is that https://t.co/GMcuCtch2H

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) September 7, 2022

whatever you tell creatives will be largely ignored by them. After all, what's the point of being a creator if the art you make must be dictated by the silly whims of others? 

  MATTERS OF CONVENIENCE

Kindle edition will be FREE at Amazon from 9/12 to 9/16 https://t.co/QpQm8XNNxL

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) August 21, 2022

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