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    These Novels Shuffle Tropes Like Cards

    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."

    By Christina Dodd | August 11, 2022

    Meg Gardiner: What It Was Like to Write a Prequel/Sequel to the Classic Film 'Heat' with Michael Mann

    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?

    By Meg Gardiner | August 10, 2022

    How Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Made 'Heat 2' – An Opus of International Crime

    How Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Made 'Heat 2' – An Opus of International Crime

    The evolution of an iconic crime story.

    By Nick Kolakowski | August 9, 2022

    Hold the Backstory: Or, How To Open Your Novel with a Bang

    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."

    By Laura Childs | August 9, 2022

    The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller

    The Art of Accidentally Writing a Thriller

    Tyrell Johnson on writing, respecting plot, and discovering a genre

    By Tyrell Johnson | August 8, 2022

    Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

    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?"

    By Elissa Grossell Dickey | August 8, 2022

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    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    By Zak Topping | August 8, 2022

    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    By Leslie Karst | August 5, 2022

    The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

    By Michael Paul Kozlowsky | August 5, 2022

    Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller

    Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller

    On "the power of the things we hide."

    By Anastasia Zadeik | August 4, 2022

    Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature

    Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature

    The Greek chorus will now be heard from...

    By Hayley Scrivenor | August 3, 2022

    On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

    On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

    "There are more stories about people like me out there now than I ever could have imagined."

    By Ashton Noone | August 3, 2022

    On Growing Up in a Family of Murder Mystery Addicts

    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?

    By Katy Watson | August 1, 2022

    Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

    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.

    By Caroline Macon Fleischer | August 1, 2022

    Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

    Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

    Crime writers talking craft, classics, and too much coffee.

    By Eli Cranor | July 28, 2022

    What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards

    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.

    By B. A. Shapiro | July 28, 2022

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