Helene Kiser

What are there luggage stores in the airport? Do people travel with stuff in plastic bags?

Police warned angry goat on roof 'only respects one man' A routine patrol took an unexpected turn for a police in Gresham, Oregon, when they spotted a goat stuck on a roof.

Roses are red
Poems should scan
Happy 12th anniversary to this headline which says

Let's never use SMART goals anymore. Let's call them what they are:

S specific (but pointless)
T time-wasting
U unrealistic
P poorly planned
I irrelevant
D demotivating

I don't know who to credit for this gem. If you do, please tell me! #amwriting

BREAKING NEWS: I AM FAR BEHIND ON MY SELF-IMPOSED TO-DO LIST AND ALSO I CAN'T TURN CAPS LOCK OFF

After 8 years of blood, sweat, and actual tears — my second book manuscript is DONE! 🎉📚

Hot take:
Yes, you should pay for a professional beta read.
No, don't use friends OR Fiverr.

Why?

Link in bio for my latest newsletter on this very topic.

#WritingCommunity #BetaReaders #WritingLife

Yep

Ruckert's law says "there is nothing so small that it can't be blown out of proportion"
Found one typo AFTER sending manuscript = I'm a trash writer and a hack and should quit forever and also maybe bathe in eels

The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?

OK, seriously? As someone who took care to write an obituary worthy of the man who died, this disgusts me. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... #AIOverreach #HonorTheDead #AuthenticMemories

I’m not saying that this revision is perfect but I did both laugh maniacally (about things coming together) and cry during yesterday’s drafting sessions.

POV: You're on edit #47 and need to "just tweak the flow" 🤖

#WritingLife #EditingHell #WriterProblems

help i have read two critically acclaimed novels in a row that i wanted to throw against the wall

Writing through grief, trauma, or loss isn't just about getting words down—it's about honoring your truth and healing in the process.

Start where you are. Write at your own pace. Your vulnerability deserves care.

#memoirwriting #writingheals #grief #storytelling #mentalhealth

Stages of editing:
1. This is brilliant
2. This is trash
3. Delete everything
4. Ctrl+Z frantically
5. To write is to suffer
6. Repeat

This document is titled "finaldraftV4_REALLYfinal_useTHISone"
Thoughts and prayers gratefully accepted

I've been writing for seven straight hours and have about 300 words toward my book proposal. Why is this so hard?

This winter I ripped my entire manuscript into pieces. This spring I am fitting the pieces back together. Destruction as creation.

Great advice for getting unstuck - coming at something sideways

Having a hard time imagining possible angles for the 7th season of Black Mirror coming out this week. Our dystopian reality is already off the charts.

Gaston Bachelard: We consider the past, and a sort of remorse at not having lived profoundly enough in the old house fills our hearts, comes up from the past, overwhelms us.

Miss Scarlet only looks guilty. It is definitely Colonel Mustard. Do NOT trust that guy.

One million...and one

How is your existential crisis going? Asking for a friend.

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward 35,040 hours.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I am SO DONE

sign: Drive Slowly. Artists and cars share the road.

I recently attended a writing residency. Here's what I learned. www.linkedin.com/pulse/writin...

Dr Pepper blackberry zero

Guys this is SO GOOD

With apologies to REM, I feel nothing like fine.

The scariest story of all: