January 28 – February 3: “How do you determine when a story is ready?”
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Thriller Roundtable
January 21 – 27: “What’s your favorite thriller sub genre? Why?”
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January 14 – 20: “Why do stories matter?”
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January 7 – 13: “Which authors have inspired you?”
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December 10 – 16: “Why do agents attend writer’s conferences?”
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December 3 – 9: The All-Important Query Letter
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November 12 – 18: “What is the craziest idea you considered including in a book, but later cut out?”
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November 5 – 11: “Why do you read and write thrillers?”
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October 22 – 28: Horror: “What is essential to crafting a believable horror environment?”
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October 29 – November 4: “How do you create creepy, but believable characters?”
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October 15 – 21: “How do you choose your character’s names?”
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October 8 – 14: “The book was better than the movie. Does this maxim still hold true?”
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October 1 – 7: “Is there any myth about being a thriller genre author that you’d like to debunk?”
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September 24 – 30: “Thrillers are known for their grand, loud, all-out climaxes. How do you set them up?”
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September 17 – 23: “E-Reader or paper book?”
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September 10 – 16: “Antagonists, why we love to hate them?”
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September 3 – 9: “What is the primary job of a thriller?”
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August 27 – September 2: “The Spy Thriller: How do you blend reality with fiction?”
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August 20 – 26: “The Science Thriller: How do you get your science right? Does it matter?”
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August 13 – 19: “The Legal Thriller: How do you recreate the legal world?”
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August 6 – 12: “The Historical Thriller: How important is accuracy?”
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July 30 – August 5: “Research, do you love it or hate it?”
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July 23 – 29: What is the most extreme thing you’ve done in the name of research?
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June 16 – 22: “What are the pitfalls of using real people as characters?”
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