Scott Michael Powers
A blog of sci-fi and speculative ideas for the taking.
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The unspeakable outside the gates
What is the difference between indie authors and small business startups?
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On the Morning After the Retirement of the Baby Boomers’ Generation
Joan Didion, Amazon Echo, neckties and the rubble and ash of cultural infrastructure.
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From Algonquin Round Table to Alvarium Experiment
If you are a writer and you have an opportunity to commune with similar writers, court it like you’ve found true love.
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The Murder Plague strikes gold
Thrilled as I am, I write all of this with a hint of cynicism about literary prizes.
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50 questions for indie authors to ask
Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
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The sock drawer of dreams
I can’t recall if it was Doris Lessing or Nadine Gordimer who said it: please help me here if you know. One of those Nobel laureates said something several decades ago that I, as an author, have always found inspiring in the most discouraging of times. She said (or maybe wrote) something like, “I would…
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‘The Road,’ ‘Handmaiden,’ Pulse and the dystopian novelist’s job
That plus a literary award
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Murder, rockets, ghosts, terrorists, nukes & beach babes
Small-town newspaper faces dead line with live news story
