ON THE ROAD AGAIN…

By Tracy Clark Just checking in. I’m neck-deep into writing my next Det. Harriet Foster novel. Due date looms. But with the writer’s life, there are a lot of moving parts to a writing career – promotion, marketing, reader outreach, and a lot of talking about what you’re doing, how you do it, and...

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DECEMBER ROGUE ROUNDUP

It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in December... A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder. That's the plot of J.T. Ellison's new novel, which we revisited in our new...

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JUST CHECKING IN: The Fun of Book Series

By Tracy Clark Why do I love book series? Simple. I like to see how the worm turns. I like to follow characters and see how they get on. I’m curious that way. When I picked up my first Sue Grafton novel, A is for Alibi, and chuckled at the fiercely independent Kinsey Millhone as she went about her...

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NOVEMBER ROGUE ROUNDUP

It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in November… Death came knocking at our door in November with ZJ Czupor's monthly installment of On Tour with Dead Writers. When our dead writer first wrote his famous detective's first story, he was paid the measly...

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WHEN WRITING…ISN’T

By Tosca Lee I joke sometimes that according to the adage that “writers write every day” that I am not a writer. One of the reasons social media is special to me—I mean aside from its profound helpfulness when it comes to procrastination—is that it has brought me closer to my readers. Not every...

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FANGIRLING

By Tosca Lee I came back from ThrillerFest just a few weeks ago and while I was there to teach at CraftFest, panel, sign books and present awards, let’s be real… I was also there to fangirl. That’s possibly the coolest part of this writing gig, getting to go where the heroes are, get books signed,...

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JUNE ROGUE ROUNDUP

It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in June… When writing is your favorite part of being an author, promotion can be a drag. That's why you need to a writer buddy to make the time fly by. Tracy Clark introduces us to hers in Moving Merch: Better with a...

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MAY ROGUE ROUNDUP

It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in May... We started May off somewhere special–the sacred space writers go to make the word flow. Alex Kava tells us of her sacred place and the disaster which destroyed it. Bringing a book to life varies...

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ROGUE FLASH: Tosca Lee In Conversation with Caroline Kepnes

ITW Presents: Secrets of Psychological Suspense Tomorrow, Thursday May 23 at 1 pm Eastern, Tosca Lee will be in conversation with Caroline Kepnes, bestselling author of the You series, as part of the International Thriller Writers Breakout Series. This Free event is going to be a blast. You can...

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