Golden Marmot Awards #4

Golden Marmot Award winners on Twitter are cheeky, wise, witty or profound (sometimes all at the same time), always in 140 characters or less.

Congrats to the recent winners:

PowerofNo:

Today I use the paper out of everyone’s printer. No long walks to the copier room when I run out.

nickbilton:

Dear the Internet, you’re too distracting. I wish I could quit you. Love, Nick.

Brendacopeland:

Death to all adverbs.

kikarose:

I have so much work to do and so much cleaning to do. So I’m sitting here procrastinating online. This isn’t working so well.

bencrowder:

Books are just about the most wonderful thing on earth. Well, other than girls.

kate_mckean:

If your query letter is just one long sarcastic, self-deprecating joke, what am I supposed to think about your novel? #pubtip

vixy:

Heeheehee RT @mariancall: to mourn the passyng of #SciFi & the advent of #SyFy, Y’m changing all the vowels yn my name to Y. – Myryyn

elanaroth:

Slush Realization #4: Sometimes people make up things so strange that classifying them as “fantasy” still doesn’t help me understand them.

aitapata:

Worst book title ever: “Teach yourself menopause.” #librarians

seananmcguire:

My afternoon chores are kicking my ass, possibly because I’d really rather be writing than fighting the kitten for the laundry.

diopter:

Ok, I admit it. The word “daikon” makes me giggle. A lot. #12yearsold

LianaBrooks:

In fever ravaged state I’ve decided editing and brownies make a good combination for the evening. I’m going to go clean chptrs 26 and 27

nickbilton:

Do you ever read something and think “what nonsense, this writer makes no sense” and then discover that you wrote it. Rewrite time.

Annarkie:

Okay, time to do laundry and plot this scene revision. #writegoal

bethrevis:

Dear Twitter: If quizzes ruin you like they ruined Facebook, I’m dropping you faster than Rose let go of Jack.

BCB:

…is shutting down the internet now — yes, sorry, the entire thing — to write.

kristynmarie:

Researching symptoms of a head injury for my romance novel. The things one has to learn for love.

If you’d like to nominate someone’s Tweet for a Golden Marmot, please RT with a #marmot hashtag or e-mail marmot [at] inkygirl [dot] com (put “nomination” in the subject header). If e-mailing, please include the exact URL of the tweet (click on the time/date posted in the bottom left corner of the tweet), or I won’t be able to consider your nomination. If the person you nominated wins a Golden Marmot, then you get a side credit (“Nominated by xxxx”), so please do include your Twitter name as well.

The criteria for winning a Golden Marmot Award are frustratingly vague and entirely subjective, but often include writing or publishing, cleverness, humor or wisdom. Must be original (e.g. no fair using a famous quote). Award schedule is sporadic.