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Diane O'Connell interviews Jeffrey A. Friedberg, former private eye and author of the critically acclaimed paranormal thriller, Black Road 2012.  

 
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Speaking with Dr. Jane N. Geiger

Dr. Jane N. Geiger is a renowned counselor who for two decades has coached thousands of men and women, including CEO’s & CFO’s. She has created a non-profit organization, The Writer’s Cup of Grace and is the author of the Gracious Path branded series of self-help books. The books — at this writing there are three in the series, with more planned — are designed as “a stack of one-pagers” in the author’s words. (more…)

July 29, 2010 at 2:39 pm | Featured Authors | No comment

Speaking with Cody McFadyen

Cody McFadyen is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, each centered around FBI special agent Smoky Barrett, who hunts serial killers. In his latest novel, Abandoned, the killer is his most terrifying yet (That’s all I’ll say about him. You’ll have to read the book for more.)

Here, Cody talks about how he comes up with the bad guys — and specifically with the psychopath for Abandoned:

I build my books around the bad guy. I have from the first. I remember making a conscious decision to build my bad guys a little bit outside the box – the box being the firm reality we all know and agree to be. (more…)

April 22, 2010 at 7:05 am | Featured Authors | No comment