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[ November 20, 2024 ] Setting the Scene in Thrillers: The Importance of Location Articles
[ November 4, 2024 ] Bonnie Kistler peels back the layers of “Shell Games” Articles
[ October 29, 2024 ] CHAINSAW IN A KIDDIE POOL, OR: WRITING VILLAINS Articles
[ August 30, 2024 ] Interview with Charles Salzberg Articles
[ August 24, 2024 ] Nicholas Meyer on Sherlock Holmes, Sigmund Freud, and “Process” Articles

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Setting the Scene in Thrillers: The Importance of Location

By Rose Carlyle One of the great things about modern life is that we have backup in an emergency. Most of us live our whole lives knowing that if something goes wrong, we can call [...]
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Bonnie Kistler peels back the layers of “Shell Games”

Interviewed by Mimi Bhalla Bonnie Kistler is the author of thriller novels such as Shell Games; Her, Too; The Cage; and House on Fire. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College [...]
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CHAINSAW IN A KIDDIE POOL, OR: WRITING VILLAINS

I enjoy writing villains. I don’t suppose I’m alone in this amongst writers. There’s something fun and freeing about exploring the rotten side of a character—or delving into the psyche of someone who is all-consumingly, [...]
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Interview with Charles Salzberg

By Greg Ziegler It’s hot. New York City hot. Today is the first day of a heat wave and even though its only midmorning I can feel the humidity lying in wait at my feet [...]
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Nicholas Meyer on Sherlock Holmes, Sigmund Freud, and “Process”

Nicholas Meyer is an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and film director born and raised in New York City. He has written several Sherlock Holmes novels, including his best-selling and award-winning debut novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, in [...]

Setting the Scene in Thrillers: The Importance of Location

November 20, 2024 0

By Rose Carlyle One of the great things about modern life is that we have backup in an emergency. Most of us live our whole lives knowing that if something goes wrong, we can call […]

Bonnie Kistler peels back the layers of “Shell Games”

November 4, 2024 0

Interviewed by Mimi Bhalla Bonnie Kistler is the author of thriller novels such as Shell Games; Her, Too; The Cage; and House on Fire. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College […]

CHAINSAW IN A KIDDIE POOL, OR: WRITING VILLAINS

October 29, 2024 0

I enjoy writing villains. I don’t suppose I’m alone in this amongst writers. There’s something fun and freeing about exploring the rotten side of a character—or delving into the psyche of someone who is all-consumingly, […]

Bonnie Kistler peels back the layers of “Shell Games”

November 4, 2024 0

Interviewed by Mimi Bhalla Bonnie Kistler is the author of thriller novels such as Shell Games; Her, Too; The Cage; and House on Fire. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College [...]
Interview with Charles Salzberg

August 30, 2024 0

By Greg Ziegler It’s hot. New York City hot. Today is the first day of a heat wave and even though its only midmorning I can feel the humidity lying in wait at my feet [...]
Nicholas Meyer on Sherlock Holmes, Sigmund Freud, and “Process”

August 24, 2024 0

Nicholas Meyer is an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and film director born and raised in New York City. He has written several Sherlock Holmes novels, including his best-selling and award-winning debut novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, in [...]

The Top Ten Nostalgic Films Featuring Dogs

June 5, 2024 0

Choosing my favorite films featuring dogs and putting them in order was difficult. My advice is to rewatch them all. […]
Book Review: Something to Die For (Ryan Drake, Book 9), by Will Jordan

October 19, 2021 0

In Something to Die For, Will Jordan demonstrates two important yet sadly, rare attributes. First, he illustrates that he has deep love and enthusiasm for the genre in which he writes. Second, he understands what works [...]
DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease)

June 4, 2020 0

DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease) Critics and pundits love to bandy the word “relevant” around certain creative works, arguing that because of its topic, themes, or political agenda, a certain book or movie [...]