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"As summer-job luck would have it, I became a new delivery boy, entrusted with the stubborn stick shift, absent air conditioning, and temperamental radiator of the drugstore’s decrepit red Gremlin." New Americana Stories features fiction by Scott Solomon themuseumofamericana.net/2023/07/11/ame…

In "Old Man Proffitt," a beleagured delivery boy seeks refuge. Many thanks to Lauren Alwan and the entire the museum of americana team for giving this story a home. (Link in bio and below.) themuseumofamericana.net/2023/07/11/ame… #fiction #shortstory #literarymagazine #writingcommunity

I read from my work at the North Carolina Writers' Network fall conference (@WritingestState). Other highlights included sessions on setting (Bryn Chancellor), quotations (Sarah Archer), atmosphere (@KellyMustian), and the writing life (tommy tomlinson). #writingcommunity

Made it to #AWP24.

#AWP24 panel on autobiographical fiction: Now that you’re older, make inferences about what flummoxed you in the past. Chris Dennis Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry Jeffrey Dale Lofton (on BlueSky as JeffreyDLofton) Sasha Vasilyuk Maria Kuznetsova

#AWP24 panel on publishing after age fifty: There is something to be said for playing the long game. @Bigfatpress @lajone72

Recently, I undertook the task of moving back to my hometown. Had I not made this exhausting yet exhilarating effort, I would have been filled with regret for the rest of my life. Now, every morning, I awaken to a view of one of Richmond’s community gardens.

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I recommend "The Sweetest Girls" by Elaine Palencia. Like all of the work in Women Speak, this story is not full of stereotypes conjured by a man with political opportunism on the mind. Instead, these are the Appalachian voices of strong, real women who value heritage and home.

"You neither dare nor care to leave your fetal position to crawl to the commode. When you soil yourself, they hold their noses & hose. 'You’ve hit bottom,' they say. 'You’re lucky you ended up here.'" - Scott Solomon mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-…

Thank you Benjamin Drevlow and @misterbullbull for publishing “TheFray,” a story of mine delving into the perils of involuntary commitment to a substandard mental health facility. (Link in bio and below.) #fiction #shortstory #mentalillness #darkhumor #writingcommunity

“Know how your story ends and write towards it.” theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

I attended the 2024 James River Writers Conference in my hometown! There were many notable panels, including the state of publishing (Melanie Figueroa (she/her)), the author/agent relationship (Lyn Liao Butler), and finding a #literarycommunity (Zachary Steele). #jrw2024 #writingcommunity #rva

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Richmond Blizzard #rva

TFW when something's got your name on it.

I am thrilled to launch Scott Solomon's Writerly News, through which I intend to write down writerly things picked up along the way. scottsolomonwriter.substack.com/p/hello-world #craft #literature #fiction #nonfiction #books #novels #stories #essays #flash #writing #writingcommunity #substack

In Scott Solomon's Writerly News, "Ode to Short Pump" looks back at a once-rural area of Virginia that inspired one of my published stories. scottsolomonwriter.substack.com/p/ode-to-short… #craft #inspiration #literature #fiction #stories #writing #writingcommunity #shortpump #richmondva #rva