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Writing The Darkness With Michaelbrent Collings
Here’s a short interview I did with horror author Michaelbrent Collings about the themes in his fiction and why readers are so fascinated with darkness. Watch the video…
Traveling For Research, Love Of Snow And Writing Thrillers With Tom Harper
I interviewed fantastic thriller author Tom Harper for The Big Thrill magazine. There’s a transcript below and you can also watch the video below or on YouTube. Tom…
Thriller Books And Authors I Love
Here are some examples of novels that I love, and authors I enjoy reading. You can also check out my reviews on Goodreads here. And if you like…
Pursuit Of Justice And A Love For London: The Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thrillers
One of the amazing things about being a writer is that our words can live on after we die. An author friend of mine, Eva Hudson, died from…
Vampires And Blood Infernal With Rebecca Cantrell
Vampires are endlessly reinvented in books and films, and recently, I have really loved The Order of the Sanguines series by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. The final…
Templars, Freemasons And The Ark Of The Covenant With Dominic Selwood
It’s always wonderful to meet authors who, like me, are fascinated with all things biblical/historical/conspiracy/thriller-ish! So it’s especially cool to interview Dominic Selwood, historian, rock star (see below!)…
The Writing Life: Research, Ideas, Genre And My Writing Process
I recently did a wide-ranging and fun interview on the Genretainment podcast with Marx Pyle and Julie Seaton. We talked about how I got into writing and why…
The Gates Of Hell, Good And Evil, Life And Death With Rebecca Cantrell And J.F.Penn
One of the fun things about being an author is talking about the obsessions that drive us with other authors who have the same type of brain! I…