Scott Semegran
@scottsemegran.com
Award-winning Writer. Rep: Mark Falkin at Falkin Literary. Latest book: STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. Previous: THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW. https://scottsemegran.com
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Starman After Midnight is now available in audiobook! Narrated by the incomparable Brian P. Craig, the story is both mysterious and hilarious. Publishers Weekly calls it "Darkly funny."
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Although it was great attending the Texas Book Fest and being toasted for a book award I won a few months ago, the best feeling to me as a writer is getting back to my fiction work. I've been thinking about my current manuscript and I'm itching to immerse myself back in my story!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Although it was great attending the Texas Book Fest and being toasted for a book award I won a few months ago, the best feeling to me as a writer is getting back to my fiction work. I've been thinking about my current manuscript and I'm itching to immerse myself back in my story!
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What a great few days celebrating books and literary culture at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas! I enjoyed meeting the other book award winners and finalists at the Writers' League of Texas booth, where we toasted each other with some bubbly while discussing our books. 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a great few days celebrating books and literary culture at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas! I enjoyed meeting the other book award winners and finalists at the Writers' League of Texas booth, where we toasted each other with some bubbly while discussing our books. 1/2
I've been writing fiction & publishing books in Austin for 30 years, but it's a real trip seeing my face & reading about my creative work in the Austin Chronicle for the very first time! Thank you @austinchronicle.bsky.social for featuring my audiobook STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT in this week's issue!
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I've been writing fiction & publishing books in Austin for 30 years, but it's a real trip seeing my face & reading about my creative work in the Austin Chronicle for the very first time! Thank you @austinchronicle.bsky.social for featuring my audiobook STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT in this week's issue!
Starman After Midnight is now available in audiobook! Narrated by the incomparable Brian P. Craig, the story is both mysterious and hilarious. Publishers Weekly calls it "Darkly funny."
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Starman After Midnight is now available in audiobook! Narrated by the incomparable Brian P. Craig, the story is both mysterious and hilarious. Publishers Weekly calls it "Darkly funny."
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
Available now on Libro.FM, Apple Books. Coming soon to Audible. Listen now!
scottsemegran.com/audiobooks/s...
I'm so grateful for this excellent review of the new audiobook edition of my novel-in-stories Starman After Midnight in this week's edition of the Austin Chronicle! Thank you @austinchronicle.bsky.social
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Scott Semegran Goes Back to His Indie Roots • The Austin Chronicle
Scott Semegran was a military brat who spent half his childhood in San Antonio before moving to Austin in 1989 to earn an English degree from UT. Then he started reading the writers that weren’t on hi...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm so grateful for this excellent review of the new audiobook edition of my novel-in-stories Starman After Midnight in this week's edition of the Austin Chronicle! Thank you @austinchronicle.bsky.social
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The @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social will be toasting my book's win of the Discovery Prize for Fiction at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social this Saturday at 4pm. Come by the WLT tent and join us if you're at the Texas Book Festival on Saturday. 🏆 📚
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social will be toasting my book's win of the Discovery Prize for Fiction at the @texasbookfest.bsky.social this Saturday at 4pm. Come by the WLT tent and join us if you're at the Texas Book Festival on Saturday. 🏆 📚
I'm discovering more & more that even when I'm not in the mood to write, that I can still do it if I just start my routine of making myself tea or coffee, putting on my favorite writing music, eating a cookie, and reading the last few sentences from my previous writing session. It works every time!
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm discovering more & more that even when I'm not in the mood to write, that I can still do it if I just start my routine of making myself tea or coffee, putting on my favorite writing music, eating a cookie, and reading the last few sentences from my previous writing session. It works every time!
I've been checking out all the new celebrity book clubs with Jimmy Fallon and Dua Lipa and I gotta admit, the more book clubs, the better! If you're a celebrity thinking of starting a book club, then do it! 🤓 📚
#bookclubs
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November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've been checking out all the new celebrity book clubs with Jimmy Fallon and Dua Lipa and I gotta admit, the more book clubs, the better! If you're a celebrity thinking of starting a book club, then do it! 🤓 📚
#bookclubs
#bookclubs
Please get out and vote today, if you haven't already! 🗳️
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Please get out and vote today, if you haven't already! 🗳️
Saw the movie Good Fortune yesterday. A subplot is about service workers being replaced by robots & it was the 1st day at Alamo Drafthouse where I had to order thru an app instead of with a human server. Instead of enjoying the previews, I futzed in the dark with an app I'd never used before. Lame!
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Saw the movie Good Fortune yesterday. A subplot is about service workers being replaced by robots & it was the 1st day at Alamo Drafthouse where I had to order thru an app instead of with a human server. Instead of enjoying the previews, I futzed in the dark with an app I'd never used before. Lame!
Saw the movie Good Fortune today and loved it! Glad to see Aziz back on the screen. Such a great flick! Catch it in theaters if you can.
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Saw the movie Good Fortune today and loved it! Glad to see Aziz back on the screen. Such a great flick! Catch it in theaters if you can.
Happy Halloween y'all! 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Happy Halloween y'all! 🎃
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BREAKING: Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Going to early vote this morning 🗳️
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Going to early vote this morning 🗳️
I hope everyone is safe at the Austin Public Library downtown. 🙏
Austin police responding to reported shooting at library downtown
There are early reports of one person shot at the Austin public library downtown. Authorities are working now to clear the building.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I hope everyone is safe at the Austin Public Library downtown. 🙏
Getting ready to take my daughter who's a Beatles fan to see Paul McCartney in San Antonio for her first concert experience!
October 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Getting ready to take my daughter who's a Beatles fan to see Paul McCartney in San Antonio for her first concert experience!
Hey #writerscommunity I spent the week down in the dumps because I read a shitty section in my WIP and my brain went into "you suck as a writer so why do you even try" mode. Thought of a good way to rewrite the shitty section this morning, so now my stupid brain is fine. The writer life is wild 🤪
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hey #writerscommunity I spent the week down in the dumps because I read a shitty section in my WIP and my brain went into "you suck as a writer so why do you even try" mode. Thought of a good way to rewrite the shitty section this morning, so now my stupid brain is fine. The writer life is wild 🤪
I received a claim number for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement. We'll see how this goes. 🤪📚
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I received a claim number for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement. We'll see how this goes. 🤪📚
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Next novel on deck. Been wanting to read this one for a bit. Diving in! 🤓 📖
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Next novel on deck. Been wanting to read this one for a bit. Diving in! 🤓 📖
Went to the @austinbeerworks.bsky.social Book Fair today and bought Fernando A. Flores' new book along with his limited edition cassette from @hostpublications.bsky.social. Really enjoyed chatting with Anna and Claire who run Host! Support independent publishers y'all! Also, read more books!
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Went to the @austinbeerworks.bsky.social Book Fair today and bought Fernando A. Flores' new book along with his limited edition cassette from @hostpublications.bsky.social. Really enjoyed chatting with Anna and Claire who run Host! Support independent publishers y'all! Also, read more books!
It's always a trip to read something I wrote months ago for the first time. It's like revisiting a dream. Often I don't remember what I wrote although I remember some of it, the beats of the story, but not the words exactly. It's strange & surprising when I realize it's good! #writerscommunity 🤓 ✍️ 📖
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's always a trip to read something I wrote months ago for the first time. It's like revisiting a dream. Often I don't remember what I wrote although I remember some of it, the beats of the story, but not the words exactly. It's strange & surprising when I realize it's good! #writerscommunity 🤓 ✍️ 📖
Hey #writerscommunity Beginning revisions on a first draft of a new novel I finished a couple of weeks ago. Wish me luck!
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hey #writerscommunity Beginning revisions on a first draft of a new novel I finished a couple of weeks ago. Wish me luck!
I had a wonderful time at the Boerne Book Festival yesterday with my wife and the amazing writers featured at this fantastic literary fest. Such a great time with memories that'll last forever. Thank you to Caren Creech and the staff at the Patrick Heath Public Library for being gracious hosts.
October 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I had a wonderful time at the Boerne Book Festival yesterday with my wife and the amazing writers featured at this fantastic literary fest. Such a great time with memories that'll last forever. Thank you to Caren Creech and the staff at the Patrick Heath Public Library for being gracious hosts.