PRESENT TENSE: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller Craft and More
Andromeda Romano-Lax, Caitlin Wahrer, Kristin Offiler, Kate Lillie, Lauren RedingA gathering place for readers and writers of suspenseful fiction
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How to Talk to Your Family About Why AI Will Not Be Writing Our Thrillers in The Future
Thanks to Lauren Reding, author of the debut thriller, A Killer in the House (Thomas & Mercer), and Thomas Bechtold, who have written PT’s very first academically kosher essay. By which we mean, it’s properly and substantially sourced! (I m...
What's a high-concept thriller?
On a London train platform, five strangers wait for a train that will kill one of them. (Five by Ilona Bannister, forthcoming May 5.)
Three women try to make it home to be with their families in less than 59 minutes, before a nuclear missi...
Are You Letting Your Ideas Cook Long Enough?
When my debut novel, The Housewarming, came out last August, I was already mulling over an idea for a new book. Eager to get book two going (and hopefully sell it quickly), I drafted a few sample chapters and wrote an outline and synopsis f...
Neglect the stakes and you risk it all
“What are the stakes?”
It’s a question a novelist (new or seasoned) might be asked by any number of professionals: an agent, an editor, a savvy writing partner giving advice on a query letter. It’s also a question some of us (just me?) str...
NOT live with Andromeda Romano-Lax
Apologies to everyone who just 1) got an unnecessary email and 2) may have actually heard me say “Oh, no” while realizing that Substack just notified 1000 people and asked them to come look at me eating from a big bowl of popcorn and talkin...
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Novelist and Book Coach, author most recently of two psychological thrillers, WHAT BOYS LEARN ('26) and THE DEEPEST LAKE ('24), as well as five other historical, literary, and speculative novels. Slow triathlete. AULA MFA alum. www.romanolax.com.
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!
I’m a writer and artist living in Spain with my husband, pre-schooler, sweet old dog and three ex-stray cats. I love reading and sharing the joy of books with others in between chasing my kid around and dealing with the cats' "gifts".
Lauren writes novels and teaches college writing in Baltimore.
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