Randy Susan Meyers

The Widow of Wall Street

Loving Roman à Clef Novels

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  Roman à clef is a form of fiction I’ve always enjoyed reading, from Primary Colors to The Devil Wears Prada). Encyclopaedia Britannica defines roman à clef like this: (French: “novel with a key”) novel that has the extraliterary interest of portraying well-known real people more or less thinly disguised as fictional characters. In The Widow of … Read more

Balancing Shrill, Skill and Shill

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“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln Selling–the worst part of writing. Writing a book takes a certain set of skills: intense concentration, imagination, the ability to read the same 400 pages time after time, and the fortitude to … Read more