Sublime Scrabbler Gifts

Phil uses all seven tiles in Scrabble and ascends to heaven

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'The girls must be feeling better...'

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

'You could do that.' I did

"Your editor called again to see if the well was still dry."

"Ok, so you beat me at scrabble!"

'Our interns work extremely long hours. The harness will help keep them awake during your operation.'

"Show off."

Writer: Humour and Tragedy.

'Don't write on that wall with crayons! It'll show up better on that wall over there.'

"Ain't isn't a word, and you know it."

"My favorite tea: hot daffodil-infused chamomile with a hint of whiskey. Are you serious? Of course I'm serious! I've been dosing myself with small quantities of poisonous daffodil ever since 1931. You have to build up an immunity if you want to survive in the cutthroat world of Scrabble tournaments."

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

'You know darn well 'Aaargh' isn't a real word!'

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

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"Well %$@#(&!! is not a banned word in the &%Xsing UK!"

"Where do you get your derivative ideas?"

Look, dork, I won't ask again. Will you help me use a computer? Maybe. What for? Internet Scrabble. I hear it is possible to play – what is the word? Online? I should like to send data over cyberspace. Through cyberspace.

'Hows it coming?'

Now that I've written the book, could you put in a good word with the sales team's muse?

Bring it on, Scrabble nerd! Want to tell him directly? What do you mean? There's a chat function so you can taunt other online Scrabble players. Just type in your insult and hit send. Have I died and gone to heaven? The internet. And I suspect it' met its match.

"I don't like playing Scrabble with Gracie! She totally makes up all kinds of crazy words! And they're always in the dictionary!"

'I don't know - asceticism just doesn't seem like ENOUGH any more,'

'...And then, apparently, it just went berserk when someone insisted on having 'Podcast'.'

'You know that thin person inside you, struggling to get out? -- He seems to have gained weight, too.'

Congress today convened a special panel to study use of illegal performance enhancing drugs on the senior Scrabble tour. Members of Congress expressed outrage that such a national pastime could be sullied by fiber doping. Their anger led to an angry exchange with one witness. Hey Congress, here's a four-letter word … Turn off her mic.

'How God invented polish'

'Your poetry totally captures the raw, primitive essence of the writing workshops you've attended.'

Come to bed, snookums. In a minute. Are you still playing Scrabble? And flaming my opponents. I just crushed an eight-year-old by 100 points, and then told him his parents don

"Well, Martha, I certainly hope your Scrabble victories keep you warm at night!"

I'm thankful for Xbox Series X. Scrabble. The Love Doctor. Well I'm thankful for friends and family. That's what I meant. What he said. and the Love Doctor.

Writer’s Corner

Rider's Block: Well I'll be. I've completely forgotten how to start this thing.