Online Book Reading

If you missed the live version of my online book reading you can listen to the recording. I read a brief section from my new novel Mr. Right-Enough and then answered a few questions about the writing process.
CLICK HERE to listen.

Review for Mr. Right-Enough

Dear Samantha,
I bought it for Kindle (on the Mac) and loved the book. I finished it in 3 sittings at my computer. The words "couldn't put it down" don't fit exactly for reading a book on a computer but that is truly what happened.
Thank you,
Hazel
Author of Power Brainstorming: Great Ideas at Lightning Speed
Hazel Wagner, PhD, MBA, CMC

Mr. Right-Enough in Kindle Edition

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10 Rules For Good Writing

Advice from Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard started out writing westerns, then turned his talents to crime fiction. One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time, he’s written about two dozen novels, most of them bestsellers, such as Glitz, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, and Rum Punch. Unlike most genre writers, however, Leonard is taken seriously by the literary crowd.

What’s Leonard’s secret to being both popular and respectable? Perhaps you’ll find some clues in his 10 tricks for good writing*:

1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

* Excerpted from the New York Times article, “Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle”

Read the rest of the article.

Writing Tip for Today

WRITE THE WAY YOU SPEAK
Don't overthink it and don't overwrite. Sometimes people, especially beginners, want to sound smart and literary and professional, but that only makes your writing stilted. Write so that people will want to read your work. Make it natural and casual, particularly when writing dialogue. Read it out loud. If it doesn't sound like you and your friends talking re-write it until it does.

Mr. Right-Enough Now in a Kindle Edition!

Pretty soon there won't be anywhere where you won't be able to find my book! (Okay, that's a slight exaggeration.)
Do you have a Kindle? Check it out: Mr. Right-Enough Kindle Edition

Not Just a Chick Book!

If you think Mr. Right-Enough is just for women, think again!

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive!
By L.X. Berlant
"First of all I'm a 50-something male, and second I typically only read technical books; I don't have time for fiction. This was a huge departure for me but a very enjoyable one. The author is masterful with both the story and words. Every chapter left me hungry to know what happened next, and so I pressed on regardless of how tired I was. Excellent and entertaining book, highly recommended even for tech nerds."

Thanks so much!
Come on, guys, you can read it too!