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 […]
Hitting the Top 10 List
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 […]
Our Changing Heroine Archetype
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 […]
Who is Your Real World Heroine?
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 […]
5 Things I Tried to Accomplish
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 […]
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