Genre
DEBUNKING 007: Five Tropes & Truths About the Spy Business
Do spies really carry laser pens and drive Aston Martins with machine gun headlights? It’s “Spy Week” at Career Authors and our own Brian Andrews talks 5 tropes and truths about the spy business.
Read More
Keeping it Real—or Not: Fact and Fiction in the Novel
Just how much can a novelist make up? Incorporating history into her latest novel meant bestselling author Carol Goodman had to figure out how much of her new plot needed to be real.
Read More
Setting the Mood: Musical Strategies for Writing Inspiration
Music to write by? Fantasy writer Stormy McDonald shares how her music playlist has become a crucial part of her writing process.
Read More
How To Write A Bestselling Thriller
How did the iconic Robin Cook write COMA, his first blockbuster bestseller? He reveals his secrets to Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Read More
Seven Mistakes Authors Make in Writing Medical Scenes
Many authors continue to make the same mistakes in writing medical scenes. Thriller author Dr. Joel Shulkin tells how to avoid the most common ones.
Read More
The Art of the Twist – How to Shock, Surprise & Satisfy Your Readers
The key to pulling off an epic twist is three-fold: (1) understanding exactly what kind of twist you’re trying to pull off, (2) properly controlling the flow of critical information to the reader, (3) not disappointing the reader by failing to deliver the goods.
Read More
How to Write a Book Series that Pleases Readers Old and New
Bestselling writer Marty Wingate offers reader-pleasing tips on creativity and continuity for ambitious novelists writing a book series.
Read More
Structure and Emotion in Psychological Thrillers
When it comes to writing a psychological thriller, NYT Bestseller Wendy Walker says choosing the narration structure can be one of the most challenging steps along the way.
Read More
How to Write an International Thriller
What better way to amp up your novel than an international/ foreign setting, where literally everything is different from a reader’s daily, humdrum life? Damyanti Biswas has five quick tips to make them work.
Read More
What is Your Why? Finding Your Character’s Motivation
In a novel, of any genre, the engine is the character’s decision making. Our job as authors is to understand why they do what they do–and allow it to reveal who they are. Hank Phillippi Ryan has some reasons you might use for a character’s motivation.
Read More
Future Shock: Writing Cyber Thrillers
Writing a “cyber-thriller”–or even a thriller that simply uses technology–has pitfalls and cliches. But career authors can avoid them if they know what to watch for.
Reece Hirsch offers five cutting-edge lessons on writing effective cyber thrillers.
Available Now!
On Sale Now!
Available now!
Available now!
