1. Double Your Creative Power! , Stebel – a great book for any writer trying to create a worthy long piece (i.e., novel or screenplay). Really helps you to conceptualize ideas and put them into a concrete story that is sellable. 2. Empire Falls , Russo – The beginning of a beautiful love affair. This guy is like a McMurtry for New England. I wanted to meet these people in this book, hang out with them, eat in the diner, have a beer. I love that it’s just a story about regular people living regular lives, and that you get completely sucked in by the hug-ability of his characters. It’s just fun and touching all at the same time. 3. Odd Thomas , Koontz – Fairly average for Koontz. I didn’t really buy the main character (Koontz has been in love with genetically weird characters for a while). It was more like a fun hour on the SciFi channel than a really epic suspense adventure. 4. Straight Man , Russo – This has become my second favorite book, after Lonesome Dove. Incredibly funny,
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