Thrill Ride – Favorite Thrillers

I have been on a thrill ride for as long as I can remember. I’ve read wildly, across genre, never discriminating. I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character,…

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Bad Location: How Dark Settings Make For Memorable Stories

I have always been a sucker for big, scary settings… places with personality problems, dark agendas, and haunting ghosts. So, I especially enjoyed writing this piece for Weekly Lizard… If character is king (which it is), and plot flows from character (which it does), then what about setting? Well, it doesn’t often get the same kind…

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Books That Changed My Life

Late last year I was asked to write a piece for The Sun-Herald in Victoria, Australia about the books that changed my life. I have loved so many types of books since I was a child that I found this very difficult – as though I’d been asked to say which people in my life…

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