Writing thrillers can be difficult. Well, writing in general can be difficult. Any author today can tell you they’ve suffered the dreaded blinking cursor syndrome where that little black bar is more intimidating than a job interview. Then, there’s the dreaded writer’s block. A lovely time when no words come no matter how hard you bang your fists on your desk.   However, there is one thing many authors (especially those new to the circuit) ask their more seasoned – and it still hits them too – counterparts and mentors. How in the world do you come up with those ideas?   When asked thi ..read more

Not long ago, I went to Google and typed this into the search field:   “How to Write a Novel.”   In a split second, I received over 1,540,000,000 results. That’s 1.5 billion results on how to write a novel. I wet through the first couple of pages and found the following: How to Write and Sell Your First Novel How to Write a Novel: Writing an AMAZING Book in 15 Steps How NOT to Write a Novel: 7 Things that will Doom Your Novel How to Write a Novel: Advice for New Writers I then went on one of the most popular fiction writing groups on Facebook and posted the same question. Here are ..read more