PRESENT TENSE: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller Craft and More
Andromeda Romano-Lax, Caitlin Wahrer, Kristin Offiler, Lauren RedingA gathering place for readers and writers of suspenseful fiction
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What Widow’s Bay Can Teach Us About Setting & Suspense
Setting has always been one of the most important elements in my fiction.
Long before I ever thought critically about why setting mattered, I wrote places as if they were a character. Bermuda’s balmy air, pink sand, and stalks of wild fen...
Agatha Christie, Life Lesson #4. Going Pro: How Adversity and Dire Financial Need Turned a Dilettante into a Steely Professional
The novel Agatha ended up hating, which nonetheless represented a major life turning point when she learned how to write despite distraction and distress, both personal and financial
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Meaningful, character-rich fiction for readers who want page turners
I grabbed onto Andromeda’s idea of making Present Tense an opportunity for a self-made MFA (with a concentration in suspense, of course). Andromeda and I have a shared topic of self-study, which she put best: “how to write meaningful, chara...
Suspense, But Make It Brighter
Today we have a guest post from Katie at All the Things. I knew it was a big old YES just a few words into her pitch, which promised a list of suspense series that kept content/tone on the lighter side. (Want to pitch us, too? More here!) A...
Leah Rowan's Ambitious Retelling Pays Off
I don’t know Leah Rowan personally, but when I first heard about her thriller, MARION, prior to publication, I went ahead and pre-ordered it (ding-ding-ding) and started sharing her news with others. That’s the power of a high-concept premi...
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Novelist and Book Coach. Next up: FIXED STARS, an alternative historical novel about Sylvia Plath (Fall 2027) in which the poet, still alive in her sixties, aims to reclaim her literary legacy and heal her family.
Author of THE DAMAGE ("pulled me in from the first page" - Stephen King) https://caitlinwahrer.com/books/
Author of THE HOUSEWARMING, a thriller about the true cost of true crime, out now from Thomas & Mercer. Dog lover, reader, and nostalgic millennial. Always ready and willing to rewatch The Hills with you. This is my only account!
Lauren writes novels and teaches college writing in Baltimore.
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