Sue’s Comments (group member since Feb 20, 2012)

Sue’s comments from the Q&A with Sue Merrell group.

I'm not usually offended by rough language, but I just finished "Mile Marker Zero" and found the splattering of F-bombs on virtually every page excessive. And you know, I wasn't as offended by quotes from people who evidently used the word as I was by the few times the author used it in his comments. Am I becoming my mother?

Wow, just received a review in Italian! Thanks Cristina.Using Google translator I was able to read it and was most intrigued by her comments about how the reaction to serial murder was different in a US town than it would have been in Italy. Most intriguing. The review process should be informative for reader and writer alike.

Great News Town is free today at the Kindle Store, in honor of Leap Year. An opportunity like this only comes once every four years. Don't miss it.

Hi all. The Kindle version of Great News Town will be available free on Feb. 29 so I thought I'd set up this discussion group to answer any questions you might have. Introduce yourselves.

My mother sat down to read a Ken Follett book and she hadn't gotten through the first chapter when she put it down. "I can't read this," she said. "Too many bad words." So what's your opinion on rough language? Does it add to the realism or does it offend you the way it offends my mother?

Great News Town is fiction but it was inspired by a series of murders that happened near Joliet, Ill., in 1983. What inspires you to write?

In my other life, I review theater, so I know how difficult it is to write a fair review, to highlight the good qualities without glossing over the shortcomings. But I'd rather read constructive criticism than a review so glowing it can't be true. How about you?

Great News Town is about a serial killer. So how is that great news?