Scott Michael Powers

I write these ruminations on writing as if they’re destined only for my sock drawer.

  • The tragedy of Capote’s failed revenge against ‘swans’

    The tragedy of Capote’s failed revenge against ‘swans’

    How two awful TV features lay out a Shakespearean tragedy of our times.

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  • ‘The Murder Plague’ unleashed on the world

    ‘The Murder Plague’ unleashed on the world

    “This book will save humankind. That’s why Ron DeSantis can’t wait to ban it.”

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  • Hustlers in the woods of indie publishing

    Hustlers in the woods of indie publishing

    Let’s pretend you’re intent on becoming a successful con artist. Who’s your ideal mark? Dreamers, perhaps. Wannabe authors?

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  • Is it indie bookstores versus indie authors?

    Is it indie bookstores versus indie authors?

    The disrupted book retail biz is dividing local indie bookstores from local indie authors.

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  • Writers reading between the lines of rejection

    Writers reading between the lines of rejection

    Writers exact revenge for rejection through ‘Blackout Poetry’

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  • On Vonnegut, a Sweathog and literacy

    On Vonnegut, a Sweathog and literacy

    Every reader has a Vonnegut though it might be Wilde or Walker or Kerouac.

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