Uf. This list and I go back to 2006. Hehe. I've lost it, found it, replaced it, and added to it even just today. (I orginally started it because all of the horrible excuses for lists of replacements for "says" that I could find didn't suffice.)
I don't figure it's worth an actual deviation since it's merely a list of words, half of which I took from thesaurus entries. Either way, I figured I might as well share the list somehow in case anyone is interested. Here's my list of ideas for words to put in your writing besides "says" or "talks." Many must be taken in context to see that they are being put in in place of says, so they can't just be stuck in at whim; you have to think about how to place some of these ideas.

addresses
advises
admonishes
affirms
agrees
alerts
alludes to
amends
apologizes
articulates
asks
asserts
assumes
badgers
barks
bawls
begs
bellows
blabs
blubbers
burbles
booms
cackles
calls
cautions
chants
chastises
chats
chokes
chortles
clarifies
commands
complains
compliments
compromises
concludes
concurs
conjectures
continues
conveys
copies
counters
cries
crows
cues
curses
cuts in
declares
decrees
deduces
describes
discerns
discloses
divulges
drones
echoes
elaborates
encourages
enunciates
establishes
expands (on)
exclaims
explains
exposes
expresses
fibs
flirts
frets
forewarns
frowns
gasps
gathers
gloats
goads
gossips
grins
gripes
grovels
guffaws
haggles
harasses
hassles
helps
hints
hollers
hoots
howls
huffs
hushes (see "quiets")
imitates
implies
indicates
infers
informs
inquires
insinuates
inspects
interprets
invites
jokes
laughs
lectures
lets slip
lies
maintains
mentions
mimics
moans
mumbles
murmurs
mutters
nags
negotiates
notifies
objects
orders
pants
paraphrases
parrots
pesters
pipes in
pleads
praises
prates
prays
preaches
probes
proclaims
proposes
proves
provokes
puts forth
queries
questions
quiets (as in saying "The mother then quiets her child." opposed to putting "'Shhh!,' says the mom to her noisy kid.")
rambles
rants
rebukes
recalls
recites
recognizes
recommends
recounts
refers to
reiterates
relays
remembers
reports
requests
retells
retorts
reveals
rewords
roars
scolds
screams
screeches
shouts
shrieks
sighs
sings
smiles
smirks
sneers
snickers
sniffs
snitches
snorts
sobs
speaks
spouts
states
suggests
summarizes
supposes
surmises
swears
tattles
teaches
teases
tips off
torments
translates
trills
utters
verifies
vows
wails
warbles
warns
weeps
wheezes
whines
whimpers
whispers
worries
yaps
yawns
yells


Do you have any other ideas to add? Oh, and please point out any alphabetizing/counting/other errors you see! Thank you to anyone who reads this for actually spending time looking at my pitiful excuse for a journal entry. And don't directly steal the list, please. ("Steal" as in take and directly repost somewhere as your compilation of words.) I may not have thought of these words, but I did compile them. You can print it out if you like it, though. I'd be honored if you did.

*EDIT: As you may be able to tell, it's still a work in progress and will be updated whenever a new word comes to me!