150 Writing a Complex Mystery Novel with Bianca Marais
Thriller 10129 Okt 2025

150 Writing a Complex Mystery Novel with Bianca Marais

Send me a Text Message! What if the secret to writing unforgettable characters isn't interrogating them with questionnaires, but letting them reveal themselves organically? In this episode, bestselling author Bianca Marais shares how she "pantsed" her way through writing her newest novel, A Most Puzzling Murder. It’s especially impressive because this novel is a complex mystery with 12+ POVs, choose-your-own-adventure chapters, interactive puzzles, and a character who emails reade...

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156 How to Write an Unlikable Protagonist Readers Root For with Holly Kammier

156 How to Write an Unlikable Protagonist Readers Root For with Holly Kammier

Send me a Text Message! What do you do when your main character is too much for some readers? In this episode, Holly Kammier shares how she built Alex Campbell, the disgraced Hollywood medium at the ...

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155 How to Research a Thriller: Coroners, Cops and Serial Killers with Yasmin Angoe

155 How to Research a Thriller: Coroners, Cops and Serial Killers with Yasmin Angoe

Send me a Text Message! What if your villain truly believed he was helping people? In this episode, Yasmin Angoe shares how she built the serial killer at the center of The Ferryman's Daughter, a man...

27 Okt 20min

The Secret to Knowing What Kind of Story You're Writing (Free Webinar Info)

The Secret to Knowing What Kind of Story You're Writing (Free Webinar Info)

Send me a Text Message! Register for the free webinar! You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s huge, with characters and twists and an ending you can already see. Or maybe it’s one unsettling image. So how do ...

20 Okt 4min

154 How to Blend Horror, Humor and Suspense in Your Thriller with Jason Rekulak

154 How to Blend Horror, Humor and Suspense in Your Thriller with Jason Rekulak

Send me a Text Message! Can a thriller be scary and funny at the same time? In this episode, bestselling author Jason Rekulak talks about his new novel, Look What the Cat Dragged In, a supernatural s...

13 Okt 21min

153 Former Reality TV Editor Timothy Hedden Shares How He Published and Marketed His Debut Novel

153 Former Reality TV Editor Timothy Hedden Shares How He Published and Marketed His Debut Novel

Send me a Text Message! In this episode, Timothy Hedden shares why he self-published his debut, Dead Housewives of Philadelphia. He talks about the formatting mistake that pushed him to learn Vellum, ...

7 Okt 31min

Thriller 101 Season 4 Launch

Thriller 101 Season 4 Launch

Send me a Text Message! Get the list of 125+ Literary Agents who rep Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, and Crime Fiction Study the Opening Paragraphs of the Top Authors Writing Thrillers Right Now

6 Okt 3min

152 Letter from an Editor: Demi Michelle Schwartz shares her critique of my manuscript

152 Letter from an Editor: Demi Michelle Schwartz shares her critique of my manuscript

Send me a Text Message! What actually happens when you talk to an editor who has read your manuscript? In this episode, I talk to editor and author Demi Michelle Schwartz to go through the notes she g...

2 Sep 28min

151 - Unhinged Characters and the Truth About Getting Published with Marisa Walz

151 - Unhinged Characters and the Truth About Getting Published with Marisa Walz

Send me a Text Message! Debut author Marisa Walz joins the show to talk about her psychological suspense novel Good Intentions. It's story about obsession, grief, and moral ambiguity that kept her up ...

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