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How Limitations Spark Creativity

Plus an accidental Hollywood discovery about suspense: show us less and we will fear much, much more. Guest post by Jamey Bradbury!

Aug 24, 2023 •

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Reverse outlining lessons from an Edgar winner

PLEASE SEE US author Caitlin Mullen shares one of her essential craft tools for developing and revising suspense fiction

May 18, 2023

Hamptons Whodunit: A new East Coast mystery and crime conference

Guest blogger Shana Wilson brings us a report from the April conference's star-packed premiere, including thoughts on reveals vs. twists, character vs…

May 11, 2023

Missing Girls, Monsters, and the Emotional Stakes of Genre

Good as Gone author Amy Gentry digs into some common plot tropes to help us understand the real anxieties and questions pulsing below the surface

Apr 20, 2023

What Your Characters Don’t Know...Could Kill Them

Using Dramatic Irony to Build Tension in a Novel

Apr 13, 2023 •

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