Author Archives: scottmacmann

I, The Writer is print and Kindle available. My #fearless leader @drwendyv is here. My own as well. Short essays for the reading room? Go to Amazon.com 

My essay will be just one of dozens and dozens. Every journey is unique. Some were gut-wrenching. Others merely sucked. This promises to be a fascinating look under the hood. Due out approximately November 1st.

Woke to an email — when do these people sleep anyway? — that I had an essay selected for inclusion in a book of essays on the writing muse. You know. Cool. Meanwhile, #amwriting some interesting stuff. My decision to return short #fiction to my menu items is paying off with more energy and inspiration.Continue reading “To Be or Not To Be A #Writer”

My story “Sound Retreat” will be one of twenty-odd short stories featured in an anthology to be titled “The Wordsmith Chronicles” sponsored by Sweetycat Press. It is due out in January 2021. Very little that I write is not torn out of my heart, and this story is in that tradition. There is stuff onContinue reading “Sound Retreat”

Not sure when you’ll be able to read it, but got word my short story “Coffee Break” will at some point see the light of day in Djinn World at http://paperdjinnpress.com.  I enjoyed writing it. Not my usual genre, but I added my own unique absurd viewpoint. I will certainly provide links at the appropriateContinue reading “#writing #fiction”

Learned a few days ago that my submission has been accepted for the anthology “I, The Writer” which is due to publish in November. My approximately 500 word essay will be one of 100 with writers of every sort describing their amazing and sometimes tortured journeys. How and why they came to be writers. WhatContinue reading “I, The Writer”

So, my novel “Winter Solstice” was included in the Sweetycat Press Book of Books. I start on page 41. Kinda cool. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08GFSYFR8/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_4368549507?_encoding=UTF8&fbclid=IwAR0A8xy0m8GSuiJ58v1A_ibTK5eRZzjVROWXbWp1oZvTxccHdNrzjn_3aZA&ie=UTF8 Who’s going to turn that down, eh?  It’s a catalog of books across genres, authors, ideas.  So take a look. Maybe you’ll see something that triggers something. 

oh. you know. i think i don’t believe the world is full of nonsense Sadness. Sadsense. And I’m not sure if there’s anywhere for me anymore

Horizon Beta by D.W. Vogel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Bugs! Book 4 of Vogel’s Horizon Series tells us what happened to the passengers and crew of the Horizon Beta, the second of four colony ships sent away to escape the imminent destruction of Earth. Whereas the Horizon Alpha encountered creatures remarkably like dinosaursContinue reading “Bugs!”

What is it when we feel things? What do they mean? What do they tell us? What can we learn that might help us not die? Recently I lost one of the most significant male role models in my life. But really I lost him seven years ago when I became divorced and I wasContinue reading “Feel things”