The key to any fiction is tension. Romantic tension, professional tension, survival, etc. In a thriller, the tension is primarily adversarial in nature. Here, whether our protagonist is striving for some sort of reconciliation, kumbaya moment with the antagonist or is willing to stop them at all cost, the thriller is driven forward by the…
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Panic Time
Gack! I just found out my book will be released in ebook and print on January 10th. I knew it would be sometime in early 2018 but was hoping for February at the earliest. My first book didn’t come out until almost 18 months after I accepted the offer. My last book with this publisher…
How to Pull Off a One-Day Writing Retreat
This November, I participated in NaNoWriMo with the goal of finishing the first draft of my next novel. I had a disadvantage, though, because I had family visiting for a week at the end of November. Unsure if three weeks would be enough to finish my draft, I decided to try something new at the end…
Have You Googled Today?
I just Googled myself. I’ve done it now and then, and I’ve set up a Google alert (but all that does is tell me someone with my name got arrested for cruelty to animals, which really isn’t what I had in mind), but I was reading an article on making sure you have a “platform”…
WHEN, WHERE, and HOW do I write a book?
I’ve been so busy writing, editing, and reading, I almost forgot about this blog. WHEN: A wise friend of mine said to me, “Time is there, you just have to take it.” If you have trouble with it, then tough. That’s right, I said it—tough! Too many writers use lack of time as an…