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How Adopting a 3-yr-old at 19 Formed the Basis for a Thriller: Making It Real

February 19, 2013 By Seeley James

Main characters have to feel real or you, the reader, will abandon them. I write thrillers and I’m forever striving to write that perfect visceral character. Hemingway’s advice: “From all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new […]

Filed Under: Great Writers On Writing, Pia Sabel Thrillers

Hitting the Top 10 List

February 11, 2013 By Seeley James

A Kindle Fire HD Giveaway for a Thank You! (This contest is over, the winner is: Eileen of Goodreads) Yes, I’m giving away one Kindle Fire HD (US, UK, Canada only), but first I must say thank you to the thousands of readers who snapped up a copy of The Geneva Decision last week. Your […]

Filed Under: Pia Sabel Thrillers, Reviews

Our Changing Heroine Archetype

January 21, 2013 By Seeley James

Female characters are killing more people than ever before. The Hunger Games was one of the top 10 grossing films last year, a first for a heroine thriller. But there were plenty of thrillers featuring heroines in 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman, Underworld Awakening, Resident Evil: Retribution, and Brave to name a few. Women […]

Filed Under: Pia Sabel Thrillers, Reviews Tagged With: debut writer, ebooks

Who is Your Real World Heroine?

January 16, 2013 By Seeley James

I need your help. I created a fictional heroine who is an amalgam of the many powerful women I’ve known in real life. Rather than go on about my mother, daughters, wife, sisters, ancestors, etc. I need to hear about your female role models. Who is your real world inspiration?* Once a month I will […]

Filed Under: Pia Sabel Thrillers, Publishing Tagged With: heroine

5 Things I Tried to Accomplish

December 11, 2012 By Seeley James

Along with thousands of other people in the last thirty days, I’ve released a thriller. It’s fun, exciting, and unputdownable or your money back*. But with all those competitors out there, the question I asked was, how do I make mine stand out? What niche is out there that would make mine unique? I hope […]

Filed Under: Pia Sabel Thrillers, Reviews Tagged With: debut writer, ebooks, hunger games, katniss, Katniss Everdeen, new releases, pia sabel

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