What It Takes

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“What It Takes” exposes the secret life of a desperate marathoner. Many thanks to driplitmag for giving this story a home.

 

It’s My Plant Life (And I’ll Compare If I Want To)

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Crepe Myrtle. Crabgrass. Writing. Revising.

https://scottsolomonwriter.substack.com/p/its-my-plant-life-and-ill-compare

Crepe Myrtle v. Crabgrass

A Look At Epiphanies (And Music Videos)

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With the aid of music videos, a look at epiphanies through the work of Caroline Leavitt, Jami Attenberg, Brenda Miller, Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders, Nora Bradford, James Joyce, Richard Brautigan, Flannery O’Connor, Charles Dickens, and J. D. Salinger.

 

A Look At Epiphanies (And Music Videos) by Scott Solomon

Everything Old Is New Again

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When “Old Man Proffitt” was published in The Museum of Americana a while back, I had no idea my story, set during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, would rhyme with the march of time.

 

Old Man Proffitt by Scott Solomon in The Museum of Americana

When

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“When” is a story about when it’s time to say when.

Mahalo to Professor Tyler McMahon and his team for giving this story a home in Hawai’i Pacific Review.

When by Scott Solomon in Hawai'i Pacific Review

2025 James River Writers Conference

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I attended the 2025 James River Writers Conference in Richmond, Virginia.

Along with Angie Kim’s keynote address regarding writing later in life, there were many notable panels, including the art of revision (Kris Spisak, Kate McKean, Heather Osborn, Leslye Penelope), publishing paths (Bill Blume, Leslye Penelope, Vanessa Riley, R.R. Virdi), the art of the pitch (Julie Valerie, Elizabeth Becker, Jessica Felleman), agents & authors (Patty Smith, Angie Kim, Kate McKean, Jade Wong-Baxter), and finding a literary community (Dae Newman, Rosa Castellano, Brynn Markham, Tony Keith Jr). With respect to the latter panel, I found the luncheon on Sunday to be quite conducive to making new friends.

2025 James River Writers Conference

Best of the Net Nomination

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Along with many fine writers and artists, I am honored that my story, “To Whom Much Is Given,” has been nominated by Tom Dooley, editor of Eclectica, for the Best of the Net anthology.

 

Best of the Net Nomination for To Whom Much Is Given by Scott Solomon in Eclectica

Literacy Ills

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In the United States of America, literacy ills affect more than the prospects of writers seeking readers. Above all, literacy ills affect us all.

Literacy Ills by Scott Solomon in Substack

 

Aspects of Narration

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Aspects of Narration applies E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel to a novel (The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson), a memoir (We Are Too Many by Hannah Pittard), an essay, and a short story.

Aspects of Narration by Scott Solomon in Substack

Ode to Short Pump

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In Scott Solomon’s Writing News, “Ode to Short Pump” looks back at a once-rural area of Virginia that inspired one of my published stories.

Ode to Short Pump by Scott Solomon in Substack