Mr. Right-Enough Goes International

One of my marketing strategies is to give away copies of my book, extracting only a promise that after the recipient reads it she will pass it along to friends and will write a review for me on Amazon.com.
So, Mr. Right-Enough is travelin'! And going international with Penny and Judy from Canada.

Left are Jay and Karen Sullivan from Texas, whom I met in NYC. And on the flight home I gave my book to two flight attendants. Unfortunately I didn't get their names or their picture but it was the noon United flight from Laguardia on October 3rd so if you're reading this please send me your names and email addresses!
One of them looked at the book and said, "Oh, I've heard about this book!" Well, can you imagine how that felt???

Maybe you'll see me on the street and get a free copy. If not you can get yours at Amazon.com.

Book Launch/Signing

I'm just back from my book launch party and am on a high that will probably keep me awake all night. It was a great event in a wonderful space (Flourish Studios) with fabulous attendees. Not least of whom was Mikki Williams who introduced me in her inimitable style. You have to see the shoes she was wearing - pictures to follow.

Poe: 5 Essentials for the Betterment of a Story

Edgar Allan Poe penned immortal poems, such as “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee,” and unforgettable tales of psychological horror, such as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Masque of Red Death,” The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” He was also a prominent literary critic and essayist, as well as the inventor of the detective story.

In a recently-found treatise, he set down the following advice for bettering a story: *

1. Employ an unreliable narrator, preferably one who doesn’t know he is insane and has no recollection of such events as digging into a grave to rip out the teeth of his recently departed lover.
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You're invited...!

If you're in the Chicago area (or headed this way) you're invited to the book launch/signing party for my novel

Mr. Right-Enough
on October 7, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
at Flourish Studios, 3020 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.

Please join us, it'll be lots of fun - wine, cheese, reading, conversation...and my good friend and speaker-extraordinaire Mikki Williams will be doing the introduction!
It's a free event and open to the public - just R.S.V.P. so we know how many to plan for:
REGISTER HERE or just send me an email: samanthahoffman@aol.com
Hope to see you there!

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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