July 2 – 8: “Which comes first, plot or character?”
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Thriller Roundtable
June 25 – July 1: “How do you raise the stakes to the next level?”
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June 18 – 24: “Do thrillers always need to play on a large canvas, or can an intimate story thrill?”
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June 11 – 17: “What are high stakes and why are they important?”
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June 4 – 10: “What are the advantages of using new media to bridge readers with authors?”
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May 28 – June 3: What is the inspiration behind your story in the Love is Murder anthology?
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May 21 – 27: “What’s love got to do with it?
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May 14 – 20: “Short story versus novel length, how do you adapt from one to the other?”
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May 7 – 13: “Are broken-hearted villains suspenseful?
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April 30 – May 6: “Does the reading public expect happily-ever-after?”
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April 23 – 29: “What made you decide to write in the thriller genre? Why?”
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April 16 – 22: “Besides your agent, spouse, or both, do you allow other people to see your work?”
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April 9 – 15: “What is your most memorable book tour, signing or presentation experience?”
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April 1 – 8: “Is it difficult to write comedy or humor into your thrillers?”
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December 12 – 18: “What’s the one fiction/writing/craft guidebook that every writer should have?”
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November 28 – December 4: What was the big lesson that awaited you after you completed your first novel?
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October 24 – 30: “Which novel, more than any other, just scared the @#$%* out of you?”
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October 31 – November 6: “What moved you to write your first novel?”
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October 10 – 16: “Where do you get your story ideas?”
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October 3 – 9: Why do some authors make it, and some don’t?
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September 26 – October 2: What about language? How much credence do you give it? How important is it?
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September 19 – 25: What’s the one thriller that really grabbed you, but never received the deserved notoriety or accolades?
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September 12 – 18: Creating characters
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September 6 – 11: How do you keep the middle of a novel compelling?
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