February 24 – March 2: “How do news events shape your plots?”
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Thriller Roundtable
February 17 – 23: “Is deception an essential feature of thrillers?”
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February 10 – 16: “Is travel essential to portray a setting? Is research ever enough?”
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Feb 3 – 9: “When were you first inspired to write?”
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January 27 – February 2: “What’s the best advice you can give to a beginner writer?”
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January 20 – 26: OPEN FORUM: “Could Our Man in Havana be written today?”
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January 13 – 19: “Do you listen to music while writing? If so, what type?”
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January 6 – 12: “Why do you read and write thrillers?”
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December 16 – 22: “The untraceable murder – is it possible?”
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December 9 – 15: “What are some examples of books with strong architectural details that helped build suspense?”
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December 2 – 8: “Which country had the best spies of all time and why?”
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November 18 – 24: “Holidays and Thrillers, how can we combine the two concepts to up the ante in our writing?”
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November 11 – 17: “Who is your favorite over the top, megalomaniac antagonist with world-domination plans, and why?”
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November 4 – 10: “Do you feel that the NANOWRIMO has influenced the thriller genre? How?”
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October 28 – November 3: “Which comes first, the character or the plot?”
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October 14 – 20: “Everything in the world is moving at a faster pace – communications, travel, all forms of globalization. Is writing moving faster too?”
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October 7 – 13: “Is the fact that the US National Security Agency seems to know everything about everyone end thrillers as we know them?”
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September 30 – Oct. 6: “What does it take to be called a thriller?”
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September 9 – 15: “Are pets just frills in thrillers? Tell us your favorite thrillers where a pet was an essential part of the plot.”
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August 26 – Sept 1: “Oh, the plots, the sub-plots, and filler scenes. How to interweave them seamlessly?”
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August 12 – 18: “Besides the empty room, what else do you need to get into the writing mood?”
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August 5 – 11: “Which are your favorite social media outlets and how often do you get to them?”
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July 29 – August 4: “Does blogging provide discipline and organization – or is it a distraction?”
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July 22 – 28: “Must new technologies contribute to the plot?”
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