Okay. Here goes, the first weekly terribleminds guest post -- this one by C.Y. Reid, who would like to talk to you about his experiences writing a Choose Your Own Adventure Android app. Welcome him, and don't hesitate to drop down into the comments section and ask the dude some questions. Please to enjoy.
I am thus opening up Thursdays to others, should they choose to fill its space. I've got a couple of great guest blogs that still need to go up, so you can look for those on upcoming Thursdays. I'd love posts from other storytellers, creative types, writers, what-have-you.
A reminder. One that Charlie Sheen dished out just by example. One that a handful of other prolific writers and wanna-be authors really should have been told. Shut up. Pay attention. Stare hard. I want these words branded in your brain: Don't be a dickface.
You're completely at sea when it comes to social media, the dark waters of forums, Facebook, Twitter, and more. Even though you've already accepted the principles I mention above, it's a big ocean, and you left your water-wings at home. Time to become a shark.
Being a full-time parent and being a writer aren't incompatible. Hell, if you truly want to write, there's no job so time-consuming or tedious that you can't scribble down 250 words a day in your lunch break or on the subway ride home. Where there's a will, there's a word count, and all that.
So I went into this wanting to write something to continue the tradition of showing why we can't have nice things every time he lets us blogsit. But I can't do it. I don't have the intestinal fortitude required to write something more vulgar than Chuck, and I'm just not a very funny person. So here we are.