The Clay County Writers group has invited me to present an adrenaline-fueled workshop on writing the thriller. Today’s thriller novels plunge the reader into a world of non-stop action and intense conflict. During my presentation, I’ll discuss the seven essential elements of a thriller, identify the differences between mysteries and read more…
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The Suspense is Killing Me
The following first appeared in The Florida Writer, the official member magazine of the Florida Writers Association, in my column, The First Million Words.
“I had to force myself to finish it.”
The speaker was a woman I met at a party recently, and she was telling me of a book she’d read that hadn’t read more…