By Alex Kava The reading experience is a very personal one. As authors, we transport readers to a different place and introduce them to strangers we hope they care about. And, if we’re lucky, we capture their attention and imaginations for 300-400 pages. But what about afterwards? We authors tend...
Romance in Spy Thrillers KJ Howe:Romance and spies, two elements that intersect and create such a dramatic tour de force in suspense. But how do you find the right balance? Ask William Maz, author of The Bucharest Legacy. By William Maz It is no news to readers of spy thrillers, or viewers of...
It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in May… May began with some fantastic news: Isabella Maldonado's upcoming release, A Killer's Game, was chosen as an editor's pick and was offered as an Amazon First Reads for the month of May! Get all the details in...
I'm Still Smiling By Tracy Clark When I was a kid, I often thought how cool it would be if Topps made author trading cards like they made all those ho-hum baseball ones. I would have loved to have opened a pack of Topps to find a small sheet of chewing gum and a cardboard card with Agatha...
What we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in March... Our first blog of March was a (very) brief history of libel from our own @#%!, Lisa Black. When did laws outlawing libel and slander hit the books and what effect has it had on society and laws? Find out in You Can't Say That!...
Our very own Rogue, Tracy Clark, has received a spectacular Publishers Weekly review for her January 2023 release, Hide, and we just had to share. We've pasted the entire review below so you can share in our joy as well. Send your congratulations to Tracy in the comments!Hide: From acclaimed...
What we Rogues talked about, researched, and revealed in September… Our friend Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy, juggles a lot between his various jobs—kids, editing, a debut thriller—the list goes on. He helped us start September off right by going rogue and telling us exactly how he checks every...
Master literary critic Oline Cogdill (left) and editor and author Laurie King How to Write a Mystery Wins 3 First-Place Awards! The monumental How to Write a Mystery, edited by Lee Child and Laurie King, has won the Agatha Award at Malice Domestic, and the Macavity, and Anthony awards at...
It's official! Our very own Tosca Lee has signed on to write her World War II novel, The Long March Home, with Revell—a division of Bakers Publishing Group. This coming-of-age story is set for a May 2023 launch and was co-authored with fellow bestselling author Marcus Brotherton, who recently...
by Gayle Lynds This is the best writing advice I ever got. Learning to write well is like climbing a greased pole. You make a couple of feet of progress (exhilarating!), but then you slide back a foot, or more (groan!). In the beginning I was climbing and sliding, climbing and sliding, having...
