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Practice writing and read good books.
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Sam reviews Anita Diamant's The Red Tent
“You have to,” my wife insisted, “read the Red Tent because of its descriptions and dialogue.”
So here I am, having read the book, ready to give the potential reader my view of this New York Times bestseller.
Men, this book is for you.
Forget the women. They already understand this stuff.
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Mar 1, 2010
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Sam reviews Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata
I was invited while in Hawaii to go to the annual Punaho fundraiser on its amazing campus in Honolulu earlier this month. One tent was comprised of donated items, and while rummaging through the endless boxes of books I found Leo Tolstoy’s most controversial work, The Kreutzer Sonata (The Song of the Cross). Having read only a single Tolstoy novel, I decided I should grab it and take a look. Little did I know what I was getting myself into.
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Feb 22, 2010
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Sam Reviews The Road.
The Road is profound. It rivals The Shack for impact, although it approaches spirituality in a dramatically different way. The Shack is about finding hope and peace and renewal with God after an event changes a man’s life forever; The Road paints a landscape where finding peace and hope is impossible in a dying world devoid of God’s presence.
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Jan 18, 2010
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Sam Reviews Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue"
It is probably best to say upfront what Going Rogue is not: it is not a book that gives us the views of Sarah Palin on issues of foreign and domestic policy.
Rather, it is a book that according to Sarah Palin was written to tell Americans who she is, where she came from, why she believes what she does and to set the record straight.
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Dec 31, 2009
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Tiberius in the Circus Maximus
Sam tells the story of Tiberius, his Golden Retriever, and their encounter with the manic dancer in the Circus Maximus.
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Nov 29, 2009
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Revising Your Text
Sam revises his restaurant scene, adding description to enrich the story.
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Nov 10, 2009
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Finding Time to Write
Sam blogs about finding time to write and shares a scene from his upcoming novel, Bella Roma.
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Nov 5, 2009
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Sequel to Di Zhen.
Sam Grier talks about his sequel to Di Zhen. "I've titled it Bella Roma," the author says.
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Sep 15, 2009
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