Randy Susan Meyers's Blog, page 17
April 4, 2017
Why This Book? Interviewed by Deborah Kalb
Q: How did you come up with the idea for your new novel, and how closely are Jake and Phoebe based on Bernie Madoff and his wife, Ruth? A: The idea did come just when the Madoff case first broke, and it fascinated me. How do you pull something like that off? As I saw […]
April 3, 2017
April 2, 2017
The (Dis)Comfort of Money
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.”– Candace Bushnell Money is the last taboo. People will spill seamy details about their sex lives, before they talk about their salary or, savings accounts. And yet, money is so often at the heart of marital fights, broken dreams, and wake-in-the-middle-of-the-night […]
April 1, 2017
Tour Dates for “The Widow of Wall Street”
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March 30, 2017
March 22, 2017
Love me! Read me! Buy me! Writer’s Fear-Clenching Book Launch Thoughts
Book launch day shoots towards me like an asteroid. Three weeks. Not ready. Almost-final drafts of essays surround me. Fear, sleeplessness, and worry consume me. I won’t get reviewed. I will get reviewed—but they will all hate me. I have nothing to wear to events. Okay, I do have stuff to wear, but nothing […]
March 17, 2017
Book Club Contest: Be my guests at dinner!
“Full of deceit, scandal, and guilt . . . the consequence will leave readers reeling” — Library Journal Simple Rules: Book clubs pre-ordering 5 or more copies of The Widow of Wall Street can enter the drawing to be my guests at a restaurant in their town. After pre-ordering, email randy@randysusanmeyers.com with the subject line: Dinner: The Widow of […]
March 16, 2017
How Readers Discover Books
This is going to be one long post! I tried to organize the answers to my survey, “How Do You Discover Books” in a way that will be most useful, but, wow! I was overwhelmed, not by the number of people who responded to the survey—that was a respectable 213—but by organizing and reading the […]
March 15, 2017
The Widow of Wall Street Book Tour!
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March 9, 2017
How Do You Discover Books? (Let Me Know; Maybe Win a Prize!)
If you’re anything like me, your need for books is second only to water, food and love—but how do you find your books? For some of us it’s a mysterious process, with something similar to a divining rod leading up to the right novel at the right time. Others turn to aunties and friends. I […]
