Zach Powers

Spot LIT: Zach Powers Takes Over at the Writer’s Center The local author's goal is to make writers sit up, take notice, and say, “Now, I haven’t seen that before!” Plus July releases and events.

For my DC friends, the new SpotLIT is up! I got to interview @zachpowers.bsky.social about his fancy new role at @thewriterscenter.bsky.social!

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Saw you walk by our table!

a heap of about 100 books on a reddish couch with a blue blanket (from Ireland!) over the back. You can just see Kirby the cat’s head in the corner.

How many craft books went into writing my own, THE UNRULY WRITER? At least this many. And now my book is in the process of finding a home, so stay tuned!

Bonus: tiny cat head.

Only gift is to please give them back their egg.

The best part of the season!

Going in a couple weeks!

I got some coffee to "only have a little" and actually managed to not drink the whole thing. Today I am an adult.

Same! In my pal’s Dodge Dart with overpowered after-market tweeters.

Pretty sure Russell intentionally GAVE Tombstone to Kilmer.

He was, and will forever be, our Huckleberry.

With just 4 DAYS until the release of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY by @samuelashworth.bsky.social, there's still to preorder a copy if you haven't already done so! buff.ly/4bm81sr

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Dooooone!!!!

Why is this chair so uncomfortable today, he asks of the six shirts draped one on top of the other over the back.

YES!!!!!

Dissecting the Craft of Writing - The Writer's Center A Conversation with Novelist Samuel Ashworth By Zach Powers

It was my immense pleasure to talk with @zachpowers.bsky.social at the Writer's Center about writing, dead bodies, and why "what's your process?" is the most futile question in the world!

Gonna write a character so rad all his dialogue tags are gonna be “he said radly.”

necessary in these times

New perspective just dropped: Turd-person point of view - from the perspective of a pile of shit.

Sad to cut this story's best part: The Fiero used to be the grand prize on Name That Tune. In the 80s, of course. Before the 80s the car didn’t exist. After the 80s the show didn’t exist. There must have been another prize on older seasons. There must have been other ways to win cars in the 90s.

It’s a literary novel with elements of suspense. It’s a legal drama. It’s a family drama. It’s revenge. But let me tell you what it is not—the same ole story. Here’s another amazing blurb from @xochitltheg. So so grateful to her because this woman is BUSY doing the work!

A brass plaque featuring President Jimmy Carter in profile with the text “Here stood the president. St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1978, in tribute to Pinkie Masters.

A toast to Jimmy! One of my favorite Savannah landmarks is this plaque in the bar at Pinkie Masters where Jimmy Carter once stood to deliver a toast. I was luckily there last week.

It's official! I have a chap book of short stories coming out in 2025 with Stanchion!

A tiny collection, under 100 pages, all weird and itchy and me. Excited to work with an amazing editor on my first book!

A group of turtles with human heads.

'Strange and Wondrous Immortal Turtles' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1850 (single panel detail).
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$40 Pop-Up! 7 New Ways to Visualize Plot - The Writer's Center The story arc is ubiquitous—and often useful—in analyses of plot, but it's only one way we might look at forward progress and the growth/release of tension within a narrative. In fact, the ubiquity of...

Oh hey I’m teaching a short Zoom workshop this Thursday based on some of the essays in the craft book I’ve been writing for the last 3 years!

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High on dramamine after a flight and I always do the Nic Cage “I’d like to take his face off” gesture.

The three-episode crossover is probably still my favorite superhero adaptation of all time.

Tiny Cat Hat and his Dramatically Lit Brother

A black cat named Nushka tinted blue from the TV. Behind him Kirby the Siamese mix cat peeks over Nushka’s head.

Lighting design by BlackCat. Tiny cat hat by Kirby.

Doing the Lord's work here.

Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…

IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!

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