In publishing industry terms, novelist Timothy Jay Smith writes thrillers. While he’s fine with the moniker, Tim would be the first to tell you that he is far more focused on telling a certain kind of story than with the box the industry wants it to fit into. We spoke...
For today’s Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I check in with my very talented old friend Laine Cunningham, one of the busiest and most versatile writers I have ever known. Not surprisingly, she is still busy, still working hard and still...
For Day 20 of the Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I briefly check in with Chicago-based thriller/mystery author Libby Fischer Hellman, who is definitely taking advantage of the ongoing lockdown to get some work done. Because when you have two books...
For Day 14 of the Open Mic Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, I check in with the super versatile Neil Plakcy, whose work ranges from mysteries to thrillers to erotica to romance. Neil is also a classic hybrid author – both legacy and independently...
With more than 60 books to her credit as an author and countless more as an editor, Jennifer Sander has ridden the publishing industry’s ups and downs as well as anyone. I checked in with her recently to see how she is holding up during this pandemic and how she...