Thriller Roundtable
This week join ITW Members Ralph Pezzullo, Amy Lignor and J. H. Bográn as they discuss thrillers and architecture, and try to answer the question: “What are some examples of books with strong architectural details that helped build suspense?”
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The KFSB, SVA, KGB, the Mossad, CIA, MI6…this week we ask ITW Members S.D. Skye, Quentin Bates, Ralph Pezzullo and Amy Lignor which countries had the best spies of all time and why?
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With Thanksgiving on the horizon we turn our focus to the holidays and thrillers. This week we ask ITW Members Karen Harper, Matthew Quinn Martin, Harold Bernard, Amy Lignor and Don Helin how can we combine the two concepts to up the ante in our writing?
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This week ITW Members Amy Lignor and Susan Froetschel discuss megalomaniacs and world-domination plans when we ask: “Who is your favorite over-the-top, megalomaniac antagonist with world-domination plans, and why?”
For some years now, November is popular among writers due to the National Novel Writing Month. “Do you feel that the NANOWRIMO has influenced the thriller genre? How?” This week, join ITW Members Kay Thomas and J. H. Bográn as they discuss NANOWRIMO and the thriller genre.
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This week join ITW Members Sandy DeLuca, Brian Poole, John Lutz, Nina Croft, Michael Russell, Anne Hillerman, Sharon Menear and Don Helin as they discuss which comes first, the character or the plot?
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It seems everything on this planet is moving at a faster pace: communication, travel, all forms of globalization. Join ITW Members Nina Croft, J. H. Bográn, Laurence O’Bryan and James Ziskin as they discuss the question on everyone’s mind: “Is writing moving faster too?”
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This week ITW tackles the NSA. Join ITW Members Nathaniel Kenyon, Thatcher Robinson and Raymond Khoury as they address the question on everyone’s mind: “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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War stories? Global threats? Slightly over the top characters? This week ITW Members Barry Lancet, David Oneil, Anna Lee Huber and J. H. Bográn discuss “What does it take to be called a thriller?”
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This week ITW Members John Dobbyn and J. H. Bográn discuss pets in thrillers: “Are pets just frills in thrillers? Tell us your favorite thrillers where a pet was an essential part of the plot.” You won’t want to miss it!
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John F. Dobbyn, graduate of Harvard College, Boston College Law School, and Harvard Law School was a trial attorney in Boston before becoming a professor of law at Villanova Law School. After 26 short stories appearing in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, he has had four legal thriller novels published by Oceanview Publications. This most recent, DEADLY DIAMONDS, will be released Sept. 3, 2013.
J. H. Bográn, born and raised in Honduras, is the son of a journalist. He ironically prefers to write fiction rather than fact. José’s genre of choice is thrillers, but he likes to throw in a twist of romance into the mix. His works include novels and short stories in both English and Spanish. He’s a member of the Short Fiction Writers Guild and the International Thriller Writers where he also serves as the Thriller Roundtable Coordinator and contributor editor their official e-zine THE BIG THRILL.
“Oh, the plots, the sub-plots, and filler scenes. How to interweave them seamlessly?” This week join ITW members Steve Alten, Michelle Gagnon, Carole Nelson Douglas, Donna Del Oro, Douglas Corleone and Amy Christine Parker as they discuss the weaving of plots and sub-plots and fillers.
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Stephen King suggests a closed door, and a degree of isolation, to get into writing. This week we ask ITW Members Amy Gail Hansen, Lisa Kessler, Vincent Zandri, Greg Herren and Amy Christine Parker, “Besides the empty room, what else do you need to get into the writing mood?”
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This week ITW members Amy Gail Hansen and J. H. Bográn discuss social media, “Which are your favorite social media outlets and how often do you get to them?”
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This week we turn our focus to blogs and the people who write them: “Publishers tend to like writers who blog. Does blogging provide discipline and organization – or is it a distraction?” Join ITW Members John Florio, Debbie Christiana and Steven James for another can’t-miss discussion.
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New technologies are often introduced in thrillers. This week ITW Members Boyd Morrison, Jeff Carlson and D. J. Niko will contribute to another can’t miss discussion while they answer the question: “Must new technologies contribute to the plot?”
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