All Blog Posts Tagged 'suspense' (214)

Serial Cheaters

(Cross Posted on One BIte at a Time.)

Ancient Greek playwrights had a simple way to get themselves out of any corner they’d written themselves into: some god, even more bored than usual with immortality, would kill a few minutes by intervening in the mortal drama below. (I have an impression of the gods acting like twelve-year-old buys with a magnifying glass, watching an anthill, wondering what catastrophe they can think up next.)… Continue

Added by Dana King on April 2, 2009 at 7:01am — 7 Comments

Thick Skin and Rock-hard Confidence: Survival Tips from a Teflon Novelist - by Darden North, M.D.

This article appears in the Author Exchange Blog hosted by Linda M. Faulkner - March 17, 2009

Author Exchange Blog:Reviews with published authors, along with their articles, advice, and writing tips...

Thick Skin and Rock-hard Confidence: Survival Tips from a Teflon Novelist - by Darden North, M.D.

When I first decided to write a novel, my children were… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on March 18, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Latest Review for "Said the Spider to the Fly" Gets Excellence Rating!

My latest release, "Said the Spider to the Fly", was reviewed yesterday by Andrea of Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction. She kindly gave me the Top Read Excellence button. She has this to say, "...Miss Mae has skilfully woven a web of intrigue and danger that draws you in and introduces you to characters who may or may not be what they seem...I look forward to reading more of this writer's work..."

Thank you, Andrea! :)

Her review can be found… Continue

Added by Miss Mae on March 2, 2009 at 11:57pm — No Comments

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ROMANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL SUSPENSE

Yes, I invented the genre. Romance, suspense, sex, murder, all against an environmental context, the purpose of which is to stir public interest in the environment while telling a good suspense story.

Added by Lynn Romaine on February 12, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Said the Spider to the Fly-- RELEASE DAY!

My romantic suspense, "Said the Spider to the Fly" is released today from The Wild Rose Press. It's already received a four star review! Hope folks will want to take a look at this already best seller!

Wild Rose Press

Added by Miss Mae on February 5, 2009 at 12:56am — No Comments

Excerpt from Hell Swamp

The hand wrapped around my throat, the long nails on its fingers cut my skin. I screamed. I could hear myself screaming. I snatched out of the fingers’ grip and fell. Fell a long way. Then the dirt hit my face. I was being buried alive! I scrambled sideways when I realized there was nothing to stop me. When I hit the table, I woke up, piled on the floor with the aloe plant from the bedside table and all its dirt on top of me. The nightmare I’d… Continue

Added by Susan Whitfield on January 27, 2009 at 7:08am — No Comments

Nan Graves Goodman Reviews FRESH FROZEN for PORTICO JACKSON Magazine

Reprinted from ...

WHAT TO READ

BY NAN GRAVES GOODMAN

PORTICO JACKSON Magazine - December 2008 - Page 14

Fresh Frozen by Darden North, M.D. (Ponder House Press; October 2008, hardcover)

Jackson (MS)OB-GYN physician and author of House Call and Points of Origin, both recipients of literary awards, has woven yet another spellbinding medical world novel of suspense and intrigue, this one based in the modern, expensive world of… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on December 17, 2008 at 12:02pm — No Comments

CONVERSATIONS LIVE! RADIO Interviews Darden North

Please copy and past the link below to listen to the December 2008 interview by Cyrus Webb:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/conversationslive/2008/12/12/author-darden-north-talks-to-conversations-live

Added by Darden North, MD on December 17, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

ARE BOOKS AND BOOK SIGNINGS RECESSION PROOF? MAYBE THEY’RE JUST AN INVESTMENT OR, PERHAPS, EVEN A LITTLE FUN

Not often a factor analyzed by the national media as it dooms the national and global economy, book signings may be holding their own --- at least around here. Even as my third novel, FRESH FROZEN, was enjoying an October 2008 book release just as the economy was really tanking (not a cause and effect relationship, I’m sure), I along with hoards of other authors and publicists was busy. The goal was to line up and confirm appearances at… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on December 9, 2008 at 4:28pm — No Comments

DELTA MAGAZINE reviews FRESH FROZEN by Darden North

Reprint from DELTA MAGAZINE - Nov/Dec 2008 issue - Page 31

Book review written by Denise Grones

Fresh Frozen by Darden North, Ponder House Press

Where else do you find a handsome, young doctor, a gorgeous socialite, a thief, a flamboyant personal shopper and a grisly murder plot? All in a Darden North novel, of course. North, a Cleveland native and practicing obstetrician and gynecologist in Jackson, has just released his third medical… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on December 6, 2008 at 11:09pm — No Comments

New Radio show

Chatting with Marta Stephens over at my radio show tomorrow night.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims
730 CST 830 EST

Marta is the author of Silenced Cry and most recently, THE DEVIL CAN WAIT.

Added by Kim Smith on November 19, 2008 at 1:41pm — No Comments

New Contract and Story Published

I'm happy to report I've signed a contract with Whiskey Creek Press to publish my historical novel (there's an element of mystery to it) "Watch the Hour."

Set in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region in the 1870s, the novel focuses on the conflict between mine owners and their immigrant laborers, principally the Irish. I don't have a publication date yet.

I'm also 45,000+ words into a fourth Sticks Hetrick mystery. The three previous Hetrick mysteries were published by Whiskey Creek,… Continue

Added by J.R. Lindermuth on November 1, 2008 at 1:22am — No Comments

Five Noir Essentials

What Is Noir, Anyway?

You know the drill - crime fiction comes in lots of flavors. Stuff like ‘cozy,’ ‘police procedural,’ ‘hardboiled,’ and ‘noir.’ Each of these sub-genres adheres to certain conventions in the presentation of character and subject matter. What follows is my take on the ‘noir’ tradition, including my personal interpretation of this small, but influential slice of the whole.

With the rise of crime as a popular subject for fiction in the nineteenth century,… Continue

Added by Paul McGoran on July 2, 2008 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments

My new contribution to the peaceful world of crime aficionados

For all readers who love LeCarre and Forsyth novels and movies, I am contributing my recently published CROSSROADS thriller. I am also expecting my The Raven Affair to be published in 2009. Another thriller in the same genre. My third novel, Last Flight to Rome, needs a bit more work before submission. And my fourth novel, Tunnel, is still in the 'formative' stage. Interested readers can find my novels at www.SNEDELTON.com. I have received a couple of… Continue

Added by STEVEN NEDELTON on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments