Watch Ian Fleming interview Raymond Chandler

Posted on 11/05/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a dark and dreary day in Des Moines, so it seemed fitting that we stumbled upon footage of Ian Fleming’...

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Write your scary story like someone's reading it out loud

Posted on 10/21/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Phil Athans believes that most people breathe along with their reading as if they’re speaking out loud. That tende...

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Tagged As: Horror, Thriller, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Climb inside the head of crime novelist Tana French

Posted on 10/02/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

How does someone who enjoyed a warm-and-fuzzy childhood go on to write dark psychological thrillers? Bestselling crime n...

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You don't have to commit a crime to write authentic mysteries

Posted on 10/08/2018 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

“Write what you know” is all well and good if you’re not a law-abiding citizen who’s also a crim...

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Tagged As: Mystery, Thriller, Writing advice

Author Q&A: Thorne Moore

Posted on 08/21/2018 at 11:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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All Thorne Moore ever wanted to do was become a writer. She declared this aspiration to her friends, overcoming her (unf...

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Author Q&A: Brent Jones

Posted on 08/17/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Brent Jones won a national creative writing contest in Canada when he was just fourteen. And then he set fiction aside f...

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From the vault: Author Q&A with Seeley James

Posted on 07/21/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Perhaps one of the most unique back stories we’ve encountered among the authors we interview is that of Seeley Jam...

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Author Q&A: John B. Wren

Posted on 07/03/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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When a witness is on the stand, it’s said, a lawyer should never ask a question to which he or she doesn’t a...

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"The Whisper Man" coming to paperback and Hollywood

Posted on 06/28/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Psychological thriller The Whisper Man

If you love psychological thrillers in book and movie form, here’s something to anticipate with bated breath. Alex...

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Watch the trailer for ‘Sharp Objects’

Posted on 06/06/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

HBO is adapting Gillian Flynn's novel into a TV series.

HBO has posted the trailer for its upcoming series Sharp Objects. Author Gillian Flynn adapted her own novel for the sma...

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