Scott Schumaker

Blurbs. Alive or dead?
Simon & Schuster says it’ll no longer require authors to get blurbs, saying the quotes put to much weight on who you know, overshadowing actual quality writing. But, S&S will still use the blurbs if the author has them. Has a blurb ever convinced you to buy a book?
#read #book

Memoir. Dead or alive?
A number of agents I’ve talked say dead, or at least a hard sell, unless you have a big platform. Has the story, no matter how compelling or well-written, become secondary to followers?

My wife is a novelist and a fierce editor. That helped a ton! 🙌

Many hours were spent to create the first throw-it-all-up draft of my memoir, LOVE, LOSS & HALLUCINATIONS. Many more hours were spent hacking out what did not serve the story (roughly the pages I’m holding). 73,000 words survived!

#edit #memoir #writing #book #books #literaryagent

Big thanks for organizing this, Cynthia.

In LOVE, LOSS & HALLUCINATIONS, Scott was a professional triathlete who thought he had life and love figured out, but his world collapses. To save his marriage and become a better man, he starves on a vision quest, bumbles his way through India, and drinks ayahuasca in the Amazon.
#2025pit #A #MEM

“When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.”
—Benjamin Cremer, Wesleyan pastor and writer @brcremer.bsky.social

Definitely😂

How your weekend is going in one photo…
#irishwolfhound #dog #weekend

😠🤯 this is 1984 Ministry of Truth 💩

“And pretty soon you realize that all we’re going to do is sit around the fire” 🔥🧘
#nowspinning #updated #vinyl #vinylcollection #ramdass #eastforest

Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.

Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde speaking w/ eloquence, compassion, truth, and courage while the supposed Christians smirk.

New ride! And it is a blast.
#lauf #Icelandic #roadbike

Here for the dog party!
#dogsofbluesky #irishwolfhound

“Scott, I’m scared.”
👆the first line from my forthcoming memoir, Love, Loss & Hallucinations.

#booksky, if you’re a writer, what’s the first line of your current project? If not a writer, what’s your favorite first line, from what book, and who’s the author?

#booksky 🙌📚✍️

Are we going to drop the earth off at the vet, say goodbye at the door, and leave her to die in the hands of strangers? We can decide, even now, not to turn our backs on her illness. We can still decide not to let her die alone.” —Pam Houston, DEEP CREEK

what’s your answer?
“We are all dying, and because of us, so is the earth. That’s the most terrible, the most painful in my entire repertoire of self-torturing thoughts. But it isn’t dead yet and neither are we….(1/2)

Hey bsky, dropping in w/ this initial post. Nope, I am not a TikTok refugee, but I do love indie music, books, memoirs, authors, creatives, poetry, my wife, redwood trees, aspens, mountains, nature, shadow/soul work, men’s work, plant medicine, adventure travel and big, big dogs! Who’s with me?!