Author Archives: scottmacmann

Old intel report lingo. Nothing significant to report. NSTR. I got a sentence down tonight. Wow. But more importantly I moved several planned scenes around (Scrivener rocks) based on lengthy ponders earlier today while getting weekend chores accomplished.  There’s a rule that says you shouldn’t introduce something until the reader absolutely needs to know it,Continue reading “NSTR: Nothing Significant to Report”

Went to Springfield, Ohio’s Wittenberg University today with a couple of writer colleagues for an event, and as we wrapped things up a review of the calendar shows we have twenty (20) weeks until our next event: Gem City Comic Con in Dayton, Ohio. And you think to yourself: Self. Twenty weeks is a greatContinue reading “20 weeks till GemCity? It will be here quickly.”

Far out. Winter Solstice, my trippy, 70’s novel pitting NAZIs against spies against corporate robots against college students is five years old. Really, it’s forty years old when you think about it. That first draft was finished in 1979. I have a friend who insists I must have been on drugs writing it, but IContinue reading “My debut novel turns 5”

There is, I think, something amazing, yet also sad, about us. How alone we really are. How we gather things around us to create the impression that is otherwise. Recently we observed the Thanksgiving holiday. It was good, you know. Sorta. I have a great deal of loss in my life that rears itself atContinue reading “#Thanksgiving #Loss”

I almost sent a text message to a friend. It’s a friend whose name I heard in a snippet. Overheard really. And the snippet suggested maybe they aren’t doing so well. The snippet suggested in that smug — oh I would never have a problem, oh no, never me, but let me tell you aboutContinue reading “I almost sent a message”

A few quick thoughts before sleep takes me. As much as I would like to put Novel #2 in the can, it has resisted this. I and my stable of developmental gurus seem to agree that we are close, but we continue to discuss edits. Adjust this. Add some of this. etc. While shaving thisContinue reading “And yet still #amediting”

What’s this? Reviewing middle grade literature? Let me explain. One of the great benefits of being in a writing community is the opportunity to make friends with other writers and expand one’s universe by reading genres that you would not normally. Such is the case with Panda Girl by Jeri Maynard. A month ago atContinue reading “Review: Panda Girl by Jeri Maynard”

This past week my last living uncle died. Uncle Ted was really old; nearly 100. With his passing I now have no living grandparents, parents, or parent siblings in my life. All dead.  Kinda weird, you know. I mean, I don’t know, it’s not like I had talked to Uncle Ted in the last… 30Continue reading “#orphan #writing #mesmerized”

So maybe #CrazyTomLives (coded title for Novel #2) is not quite finished after all. After lengthy discussion #amwriting some major POV shifts. Not talking about rewriting the whole thing, but several key scenes would be experienced from different eyes. It’s an interesting idea. We’re gonna see what happens. Forward march!

Well…. At this point I think the site is at least functional at a very basic level. And let me reiterate that point: very basic. It’s been years since I’ve messed with this kind of thing and technology has not stood still, has it? With that said, as impressive as all this is, it hasn’tContinue reading “the terror that is word press”