WRITE THIS, NOT THAT! A short, pithy writing treatise by yours truly

Write This, Not That!

Write This, Not That! is the distillation of many hours at the computer, talking with critique partners, and absorbing the wisdom of better authors than I.

If you want to tighten your fiction writing, read this. It’s a CHEAP 99 cents and will be FREE February first and second. Get it here: http://www.tinyurl.com/SuzdeMelloWriteThis

Why should you read a writing manual authored by me? Well…a lot of people seem to think I know how to write. Others feel that this is a pretty good little book. And did I mention you can get it FOR FREE?

Still a doubter? Here’s a little info about me:

Sue Swift/Suz deMello

Best-selling, award-winning author Suz deMello, a.k.a Sue Swift, has written over sixteen romance novels in several subgenres, including erotica, comedy, historical, paranormal, mystery and suspense, plus a number of short stories and non-fiction articles on writing. A freelance editor, she’s worked for Total-E-Bound, Ai Press, and Liquid Silver Books. She also takes private clients.

Her books have been favorably reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Booklist, won a contest or two, attained the finals of the RITA and hit several bestseller lists.

A former trial attorney, her passion is world travel. She’s left the US over a dozen times, including lengthy stints working overseas. She’s now writing a vampire tale and planning her next trip.

Find her books at http://www.suzdemello.com

For editing services, email her at suzswift@yahoo.com

Befriend her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sueswift

She tweets her reading picks @ReadThis4fun

 

Happy Release Day!

Not one but TWO books are released today.

Available June 1 from Ellora’s Cave

Here’s the 4-1-1:

Re: Temptation in Tartan:

She had to marry a monster…

Rumors had followed the chieftains of Clan Kilborn for centuries. Said to be descended from the Viking Berserkers, they were ferocious in battle, known for tearing off the heads of their enemies and drinking their blood.

But English noblewoman Lydia Swann Williston would marry Kieran, Laird Kilborn, to bring peace to the Kilborn lands after the horror of Culloden and the brutal pacification. A widow, she also brought needed wealth to Clan Kilborn. For her part, eighteen-year-old Lydia wanted children. With her husband killed at Culloden, she would make a new life in the Highlands.

The old chieftain of Clan Kilborn also died in battle, and she hoped that the new young Laird would lack his ancestors’ ferocity.

She was wrong.

Buy the book at http://www.jasminejade.com/p-10121-temptation-in-tartan.aspx

Walk Like A Man

And there’s also Walk Like A Man:

Macho quarterback Jim Wellman meets his match in bright and sassy physical therapist Marti Solis, who goads him out of his wheelchair, pushing him to walk again. Unlike every other woman Jim has wanted, she refuses to jump into the sack with the celebrity athlete. Though attracted to his bedroom smile and rugged good looks, she’s intimidated by his fame and turned off by his arrogance.

Can Jim become the lover Marti needs? Can he learn to walk like a man?

Set in California’s beautiful Napa Valley, this multicultural romance delivers humor and pathos, sparkling dialogue, layered characters, a heroine to root for and a hero who’s pure fantasy.

 Buy the book at http://tinyurl.com/6mn6hr9

I hope you love my books!

**Hey writers! Your vampires should suck, not your dialog**

Today I am the guest of the marvelous Maria-claire Payne, who allows me to exhort my fellow writers on the extremely important subject of dialog, using an example from Highland Vampire–this is Maria-Claire’s Merry Month of May I suck your____ promo.

http://maria-clairepayne.com/your-vampires-should-suck-not-your-dialog-welcome-sue-swift

I’ll be back at her blog next week with more about writing, vampires, and other scary stuff.