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Award-winning Writer. Rep: Mark Falkin at Falkin Literary. Out now: THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW. Coming March 2025: STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. https://scottsemegran.com/books/starman-after-midnight.html
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Congratulations @andrewporter01.bsky.social !! 👏

Just a reminder that there's nothing more American than fighting Nazis. Here's Captain America, who was created by Jewish patriots Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, punching Hitler in the face. Pow! 🤜💥

My new novel STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT will be out in 11 days! It's available everywhere for preorder in paperback or eBook. “Starman After Midnight is effortlessly funny, likably odd, surprisingly moving, and imminently relatable—a genuine pleasure to read.” — BlueInk Review books2read.com/STARMAN

Dear Media Outlets and News Organizations: When someone performs a Nazi salute, then call it a Nazi salute. It's not a "provocative gesture" or an "unusual hand signal." It's a Nazi salute. Thank you, Citizens Who Prefer the Truth

I'm seeing a big push from companies for authors to use AI narrators for their audiobooks & I'm here to say that ALL of my audiobooks are narrated by exceptional human beings like @bpcvo.bsky.social & @sailert.bsky.social who've brought so much humanity & artistry to my audiobooks! 🎧 📚 ❤️

Here's a billionaire actually doing some good: MacKenzie Scott. Her $19 billion in charitable giving has been ‘transformational’ for nonprofits. Such a bad ass! fortune.com/2025/02/18/s...

It's been hard staying positive nowadays especially since we're repeating the 2016-2020 years, except worse. Glad I have my family and friends. Glad I have the writers community. Glad I have writing as an outlet. Shit's bad, enough to make this optimist sour.

My new novel STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT will be out in 2 weeks! Use code STARMAN at checkout to receive 25% off your preorder from Tertulia! “Starman After Midnight is effortlessly funny, likably odd, surprisingly moving, and imminently relatable—a genuine pleasure to read.” — BlueInk Review

Behold! The new hardcover for the YA edition of my novel THE BENEVOLENT LORDS OF SOMETIMES ISLAND, the first place winner for Middle Grade / Young Adult Fiction in the 2021 Writer's Digest Book Awards. Buy a copy today! scottsemegran.com/books/the-be...

Are you a writer, editor, publisher, graphic designer, artist, photographer, book lover, comicbook lover, cartoonist, or journalist? I want to follow you! Follow me and I'll follow you back. I need more of y'all in my feed.

Peek-a-boo! 🙈 Happy #Caturday from Garfunkel the Cat!

Still a felon 🤷‍♂️

My new book STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT comes out March 4th. @lonestarlit.bsky.social had this very nice thing to say about it. ⭐🤩⭐ “Darkly comic and sometimes surreal... smooth and clear prose offers refreshing and absorbing reading.” — Lone Star Literary Life Read more 👇

This unsent secret letter that Monk discovers in his father's archives from the novel Erasure just kills me. People are complicated and Percival Everett does a great job of elucidating just that. This is my third time reading this novel and I love it more and more. 🤓 📚

Literally one of the dumbest things in a long list of equally dumb-ass things going on right now. Could there be anyone more unqualified? Nope. www.kxan.com/hill-politic...

Go read this profile now about my friend author Fernando A. Flores 👏

Congrats to my friend Fernando A. Flores and the publication yesterday of his new novel Brother Brontë! Enjoyed listening to him read from the book and answering thoughtful questions from the adoring audience last night at Alienated Majesty Books. Long live books! Support your local bookstore. 🤓📚✌️

The February Edition of my monthly newsletter is up on Substack. Hope you enjoy reading it! Share and like, please. If you want to support the newsletter, then buy a copy of my new book. Links within. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/scottsem...

My new novel STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT will be out in 3 weeks! Use code STARMAN at checkout to receive 25% off your preorder from Tertulia! “Starman After Midnight is effortlessly funny, likably odd, surprisingly moving, and imminently relatable—a genuine pleasure to read.” — BlueInk Review

Kendrick albums on repeat today. GNX, Damn, and m.A.A.d city. Going to be thinking about that half time show for a while. 👏

RIP Tom Robbins, one of our great humor fiction writers. Still Life with Woodpecker was a formative novel for me when I was in my early twenties.

Went shopping at my fave HEB grocery store this morning and was asked 3 times if I'm watching the Super Bowl. I said nope every time and the returned puzzled looks brought me so much joy. I'm clearly in the minority in Texas as a man who doesn't watch football or gives two shits about football.

Great interview with Denzel. He's deep, man. Here's a gift link.

Snuggling on her fuzzy blanket. Happy #Caturday from Chibi the Cat!

Comic book mail call: Marvel Team-Up #15. November 1973. Cover Art by: Gil Kane & John Romita. Writer: Len Wein. Penciler: Ross Andru. Inker: Don Perlin. Colorist: Glynis Wein. Finished collecting the entire MTU run with this one. 150 issues and 7 annuals. 🤓 🕷️

To all my writer friends who applied for NEA grants this year, this is happening now. Although my application for the NEA grant is still in their system, it's very likely that I'll have to apply again, or they may just be taken away altogether. Really sucks. 😡🤬 #writerscommunity