Scott Meyer

Scott Meyer has been a DJ, a stand-up comic, a writer for video games, an office manager, a pretend ghost bellhop, and a cartoonist. Now he writes novels.

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I fear that at some point Wes Anderson will travel back in time, get stranded in the 1980's, and end up directing this FedEx commercial as an SOS to us in the future.

https://t.co/LG8Lq8Utiw

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

@Kelly_M5150 What can I say? Born to do it.

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I was the guest on the most recent installment (#138) of the podcast #ComicsfortheApocalypse. I had a lot of fun blathering at great length on a subject I know very little about. (An activity that has been the cornerstone of my career.)
https://t.co/JxGi8s9fw1

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

@SPlaneswalker No concrete plans right now, but I've got ideas. Thanks for asking!

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

Unless you throw in some chases and fights a mystery is essentially a book about going around and talking to people. It's the story of one person's quest for more exposition.

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

@deBoerisTroef A second Authorities book.

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I see there’s a new Scooby Doo movie on the way. Ah, takes me right back to my childhood. I didn’t particularly want to watch Scooby Doo back then either.

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

There's nothing concrete at the moment, but I have an idea I'm playing with about Miller, Murphy, and Jimmy traveling the country looking for people who found the file, like Prof. Xavier and Magneto recruiting young mutants. #AudibleChat

[Audible @audible_com]

Hey @binstructions and @luckylukeekul, final question: what's next in the Magic 2.0 series!?

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I plan things out in advance, which helps me avoid writing myself into a corner. My big time sink is knowing that I need a joke in a certain spot, and knowing exactly how the joke should work, but not quite having the joke, if that makes sense. #AudibleChat

[Jeremy Pilcher @verynifty]

Scott, do you spend more time writing? Or more time not writing yourself into a corner? #AudibleChat

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I don't think I've ever written anything I like more than the spider skeleton argument from An Unwelcome Quest. #AudibleChat

[murfsurfmurph @murfsurfmurph]

@audible_com Favorite joke/reference?

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

There's a version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy read by Stephen Fry that I listened to many, many times. (I know, you're shocked to hear that I'm a Douglas Adams fan.) #AudibleChat

[Audible @audible_com]

Here’s a question for both @binstructions and @luckylukeekul! What’s your favorite Audible book? (aside from your own of course haha)

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I'd probably wait until I get one of my books back from my proofreader, then go back in time and make all of the corrections before I send it to them, just to see how they respond to gettign a typo-free manuscript from me #AudibleChat

[m @luckylukeekul]

Oh man. I would totally trap another version of myself and make him record and I would play with puppies #AudibleChat

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

Either one! #AudibleChat

[m @luckylukeekul]

Helpful as in I learned how to say them? or helpful in that I got a good laugh? #AudibleChat

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

Thanks! I used to be in a job where I did a lot of distance driving, and audiobooks kept me sane. The idea that anything I wrote is making traveling easier for someone means a great deal to me. #AudibleChat

[Leigh Haddington @leighhaddington]

#AudibleChat no question just a massive thank you to both @binstructions and @luckylukeekul for an amazing series with Magic 2.0 got me through a lot of traveling away from my family. Currently listening to The Vexed Generation. You guys fucking rock!

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

@Luckylukeekul was the recording I made of all the impossible to pronounce names in Master of Formalities helpful? #AudibleChat

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

Yes. When I was gearing up to write the 4th, 5th, and 6th Magic 2.0 books, I listened to the first three. I also listened to Master of Formalities on a long road trip. Well done on all of them, by the way. #AudibleChat

[m @luckylukeekul]

@binstructions do you listen to the books? #audiblechat @audible_com

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

I will be watching very closely for the answer to this one. #AudibleChat

[Audible @audible_com]

We’ve got one for @luckylukeekul! Do you ever ad-lib lines that make it into the final product?

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

Daydreaming, yes. In class, no. There's no specific work I can point to, but I did hear about the idea that we live in a computer program, which led to the idea of finding the program somehow, and from there Martin's mistakes are the exact ones I would make. #AudibleChat

[Nerdy Blurb TV @NerdyBlurbTV]

@audible_com @binstructions The premise is so unique that it makes me feel a lot of your inspiration came from daydreaming in class as a kid. Would I be wrong or are there specifics works you got the inspiration from? Probably both but would love to know

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

The rights were under option somewhere, but they've reverted back to me, and we're shopping them around now. I'd love to see it work out, but really, there are a million ways for a book NOT to get made into a TV show or movie. #AudibleChat

[TwoTimeTime @TwoTimeTime]

@audible_com @luckylukeekul @binstructions My third and final question is for Scott & Luke. Will I ever be so lucky to witness as Netflix Magic 2.0 series? Same awesome, chapters for episodes, and Mr. Daniels to narrate the whole shabang?

[Scott Meyer @binstructions]

No plan for a Rocket Hat book, but I do have an idea floating around for one about the Knifeketeer in which Rocket Hat would probably turn up. #AudibleChat

[LIfe Of Brian @SibeRescueBrian]

@audible_com Question for Scott (@binstructions ): Any plans for a book about Rocket Hat? I love all your books and am a big fan of the strip you wrote, but that character is my favorite. #AudibleChat