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These Novels Shuffle Tropes Like Cards
Great books for those who "love seeing how a skilled author crafts the time-worn trope into a new, fresh story."
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Christina Dodd
| August 11, 2022
Meg Gardiner: What It Was Like to Write a Prequel/Sequel to the Classic Film 'Heat' with Michael Mann
How does an author immerse herself in the world of Neil McCauley, Vincent Hanna, and Chris Shiherlis?
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Meg Gardiner
| August 10, 2022
How Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Made 'Heat 2' – An Opus of International Crime
The evolution of an iconic crime story.
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Nick Kolakowski
| August 9, 2022
Hold the Backstory: Or, How To Open Your Novel with a Bang
"Now that’s what I call a thrilling, reach-out-and-grab-ya opening."
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Laura Childs
| August 9, 2022
The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller
Tyrell Johnson on writing, respecting plot, and discovering a genre
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Tyrell Johnson
| August 8, 2022
Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel
"[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"
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Elissa Grossell Dickey
| August 8, 2022
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The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory
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Michael Paul Kozlowsky
| August 5, 2022
Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller
On "the power of the things we hide."
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Anastasia Zadeik
| August 4, 2022
Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature
The Greek chorus will now be heard from...
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Hayley Scrivenor
| August 3, 2022
On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction
"There are more stories about people like me out there now than I ever could have imagined."
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Ashton Noone
| August 3, 2022
On Growing Up in a Family of Murder Mystery Addicts
Katy Watson spent her childhood surrounded by (fictional) murder. So why did it take her so long to write a murder mystery?
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Katy Watson
| August 1, 2022
Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir
Or, how to write a California crime novel when you've never actually been to Los Angeles.
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Caroline Macon Fleischer
| August 1, 2022
Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible
Crime writers talking craft, classics, and too much coffee.
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Eli Cranor
| July 28, 2022
What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards
Graphs, charts, and other great ways to keep track of all your characters and their arcs.
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B. A. Shapiro
| July 28, 2022
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