Margie Lawson

Posted: September 17, 2014 in Writing
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Peppi Vecchio
I had read about Margie Lawson on the Internet. Randy Ingermanson is a big fan. Most anyone he pointed me towards turned out to be beneficial. So I kept an eye out for her. I had heard about Margie from other writers too. Then one day, I’m at the Florida Writers Association Conference in Orlando, FL (where I live) and who turns out to be teaching a class? Margie! In one 50 minutes lecture, I took as many notes as I could and committed as much to memory as possible. There was gold in her words. Her ideas about visceral actions sticks with me today. She has many other online writing courses you can choose from, and I plan on digesting all of them. Her teaching applies to many genre’s, not just thrillers. I would love to hear from anyone else who have attended one of her lectures and tell me what they thought.

Check it out: Margie Lawson

Writing Fiction

Posted: September 16, 2014 in Writing
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More specifically, writing fiction for dummies – It’s for smart people too. Randy Ingermanson is someone who really helped me build a foundation with which to write from. Reading from his website advancedfictionwriting.com, I was amazed at how simple and yet how strong his base concepts were. I spent entirely too much time trying to gulp down my own book in one massive, complex theory. Ultimately, I bought his book Writing Fiction For Dummies and have passed it on to other people who need to not only learn how to start, but how to refine what they have.
Check it out: Writing Fiction For Dummies

ThrillerFest X

Posted: September 15, 2014 in Writing
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What? Registration for ThrillerFest is already open. I can’t wait to pick and choose what I’m going to do next year. But one thing is for certain, I want to volunteer and help the cause that’s strengthening the thriller genre. All the authors donate their time to talk about the craft of writing and share stories about what works for them. If you’re at all interested in deepening your knowledge of how to write in this genre, then this is certainly the place to be.
Check it out: ThrillerFest

Robert Dugoni

Posted: August 26, 2014 in Writing
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Another fantastic new acquaintance – Robert Dugoni. And silly me forgot to get a selfie with him. 😦 I was chatting with a friend of mine (Todd Gerber) in David Morrell’s MasterClass session at ThrillerFest, and he told me he couldn’t wait to sit in Bob’s session. I was intrigued. Knowing that ThrillerFest was fat with fantastic authors helping/teaching and sharing their knowledge, I looked him up. A New York Times Bestselling author. Okay. Let’s try it. – I was amazed. He was so clear and charismatic. Everything he said made sense to me. Light bulbs and connections in my brain were firing and flashing like mad. It was so helpful I ran up to my room and worked on my own book for the next hour. I felt like I made marked improvements with the new found knowledge. The good news is he was teaching a second class at ThrillerFest.
The lucky dozen – I think there were only 12 of us sitting there at 9 o’clock on a Friday night in New York City, ingesting a wonderful load of ideas and hints. Bob even ran over the time allotted because he cares about writing and teaching. It was soooo worth it.
I had to grab one of his books and found he was every bit of the writer as he was the teacher. His new book comes out Nov. 1st. Check him out:
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Joanna Penn

Posted: August 13, 2014 in Writing
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Uggh. After looking at all my fantastic ThrillerFest pics, I found I didn’t have one of my newest and most enthusiastic friends – Joanna Penn. But I just had to give her a ‘shout out’. Not only is she a great thriller writer (with an interesting dark side), she also shares her publishing, writing and marketing expertise with a smile. We shared a ten hour marathon class with super writer/teacher David Morrell and I’ve been learning from her ever since. I purchased her Best Selling book ‘How to Market a Book’ and confess, it’s the one and only book I’ve read cover to cover (pun coming) that was an e-book.

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Ian Rankin

Posted: August 4, 2014 in Writing
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Crime book fans? How about the infamous crime writer Ian Rankin? Not sure who hasn’t read a book involving the famous Inspector John Rebus. When asked if he could do anything different when creating Rebus, he joked and said he wished he started the character a little younger. To keep it honest, his character is quickly closing on mandatory retirement. So Ian’s got some work to do so that he can continue writing the character even though he would realistically reach the end of his tenure. Let’s with him luck!

Ian Rankin

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New Excerpt!

Posted: July 29, 2014 in Books
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I couldn’t contain myself. I just had to post the first chapter of my new book.
Check it out: The Carrington Event

Douglas Preston

Posted: July 25, 2014 in Writing
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A friend of ours turned my wife and I onto the book ‘The Monster of Florence’. Awesome!! While he writes many books with Lincoln Child, this was written with an Italian journalist. This is the story of a serial killer named il Mostro di Firenze, The Monster of Florence. Chilling to say the least. On the Bestseller list for four months.
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Michael Connelly

Posted: July 24, 2014 in Writing
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What great fun meeting Michael Connelly. Been a fan of his Harry Bosch character for years. A big man with a gruff voice, he looks like he’s lived and breathed life in a big city police station.
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Heather Graham

Posted: July 20, 2014 in Writing
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Heather Graham has had an unbelievable career. She’s published over 150 novels and novellas. Her work has been published in twenty five languages and has had over 75 million books in print! She was a lot of fun to talk with at ThrillerFest in New York this year.
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