Author Scott A. Clark

Book 3, The Duchess and the Dwindling Stars, is undergoing some replotting, but I'm hoping to have it by year's end. It's definitely quite a ride headed for the series finale in Book 4.

Louisville was absolutely incredible. I beat my single-day sales record handily, but the interactions, as always, were the best part. My table mate and neighbors were fantastic, and it was great to see some old friends. I can't say enough good things about that festival.

It's Ace Week! As an otherwise cishet middle aged white guy, I struggle to feel part of the community, but Demi/Ace is part of my character sheet nonetheless. Many of my books' characters are Aro/Ace or just not specified, because that's how I see the world. It's actually kind of freeing.

Pro sports statistics have gotten absurd. Mark Flam has an average 52.6 passer rating in stadiums facing north-northeast when the moon is in the seventh house of Aquarius. How is that useful??

Oops, wrong room.

I'm in Louisville, KY tonight. Big festival tomorrow, and it's one of the best ones. I've been so lucky in my author journey to be at these events that are more about community building than just sales. Although, some sales would be welcome, of course.

There are plenty of excellent examples of peak 80s synth songs. Thomas Dolby, The Human League, The Thompson Twins are all top choices. "Dare to be Stupid" by Weird Al deserves to be in that conversation. It's a bloody masterclass.

Seriously, as a tech guy, this is about as bad as exploits get. #hugops to all the web hosts that have to emergency patch everything today.

No notes. Perfection.

I'm probably gonna try this out at my event this weekend. I still think it's good.

Let's get back to #WIPSnips with some new writing! Look for The Duchess and the Dwindling Stars in Spring 2027 (we hope). #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

I saw a post about condensing your pitch down to a couple of words, and I came up with something: The Hitchhikers Guide to Organized Crime

I'm mid-rewrite and I found an enormous gap in my structure. Added probably 2k words and a whole new chapter to fill in the gap. It's a strange new world, this level of rewrite, but I think it's making me a better writer. Certainly a slower one.

Reposting this to #catsofbluesky #wreckitralph

This cat threw the most insane side-eye yesterday. This would do numbers on Tumblr.

Sometimes nonsense is the best medicine to make a scene more interesting.

Recently, I discovered that Surf Music was the original punk rock. No, not The Beach Boys, but surf before the record companies. Dick Dale, The Bel-Airs, Eddie and the Showmen. Mind went pop.

Wow, response to this has been... non-existent. Some days you can't give away a book.

A friend and I discovered what flirting at 50 looks like: "What's your sign?" "Aleve." "I'm a Tylenol with Advil rising."

Three beers drunk and a handful of chapters rewritten, I think I'm done with Part One of the book. It's amazing what a change of scenery can do for inspiration.

Wrote a new scene tonight, which is a feat considering I rarely write on weeknights. I also did a database migration at work today, so I'm not sure how I'm still conscious right now... Maybe I'm not.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The bad behavior of corporations, like Sony and Google, is only because they think they're indispensable and you won't leave them. There are always alternatives.

Why does the smoke detector ALWAYS false alarm at 3:45am? Like not "in the middle of the night," but 3:45am specifically. It's uncanny.

Imagine you're out of work, almost no prospects, and someone or something is invading your nightmares. You show up to a job interview, and those dreams all come true. Welcome to the first day of The Duchess and the Accidental Thief. #booksky

There's someone out there who is waiting for a story just like yours. The moment that they read it, it'll become their new favorite.

Maybe I should try this "talking about my books" thing on occasion. I am rather proud of them, but it's like how many ways can you describe something that's been out for 2-3 years? I'll figure it out.

Dunno what was up with my brain today, but no writing got done. Not sure if it was ADHD, burnout, distraction, or what, but it's frustrating AF. It took 14 months to write the draft, I don't need it to take another 14 to fix.

I'm working on some revisions, and I wrote the phrase "her words eliding into a drowsy mumble." Not exactly Shakespeare, but I might actually be kind of good at this writing thing. #workinprogress #wip

The Muppets are more influential to me than Monty Python or Star Trek and possibly Hitchhikers Guide. They've always been there when I needed them. 50? Moi? How The Muppets rocked the world with anarchy, nonsense and the inimitable Miss Piggy www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I'd like to talk about my books, but the WIP is still very much IP, and the most recent one is nearly 2 years old. How do you market that?

Don't tell me fall starts tomorrow, or that it's scary season, or whatever. Our next daily high under 90°F is ten days from now. It's still very much summer. Put the pumpkin spice down and slowly back away.

Post your getaway vehicle

A bit over 1800 new words recently on the book. It's taking a darker direction, and I think that's a good thing. It felt too neat and tidy before.

It's always so disappointing when, in the few precious hours you get for writing, your brain decides it would rather be doing literally anything else.

Losing all these brilliant people in one week is hard for everyone. What makes me sad, though, is who are we replacing them with? In the bottom-line-driven entertainment world, everything is disposable. Who are the Dollys and Tims of 25 years from now?

In my wildest dreams, I could never aspire to this level of satire. I loved every second. 🇳🇴

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

When I heard Peter Cullen passed, the name sounded familiar, and I never watched the Transformers stuff. Then I saw he was Eeyore also, and okay, I liked the Pooh stuff, but it didn't hit. Then I saw he was also Monterey Jack from Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers, and that shit hurt.

Oh. My. God. Could we not with this? One was bad enough, but now the universe is just trolling us. Clue is an all-time comfort film, and my 14-year-old adores it too. Iconic role after iconic role. I'll be in the corner, completely unable to can.

My cup of ambition for the morning. I couldn't tumble out of bed, though, since I slept the back half of the night on the couch. Stupid insomnia.

I boycott *$ every day because their coffee tastes like burnt ass, but I support *$ workers. If you do too, find a local coffee shop. I guarantee you'll get a better product.

There's not much I love about Nashville anymore, but they did this right.

Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.

The only trope in my books that I purposely write to is "found family." It's the cornerstone of everything I write and foundational to me personally. This is why "I like you" is a greater compliment than "I love you" in my family.

It seems like my entire feed is people promoting their books. That makes me feel inadequate, that I'm not doing it too, and hopeless, that I could never stand out, and also irritated, that all we authors do is hawk our wares. There has to be more to this, right?

You know how sizes are like, Medium 32-34, and Large 36-38, and you're a 35? That's what it feels like to be me all the time.