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Parking Lot Crime: Writing About Burglaries and Robberies

Guest Blogger — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:42:00 +0000

Significant crime happens in parking lots, particularly burglaries and robberies. Here's how authors can understand crime and write it believably.

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7 Character Lessons from a Real Life Heroine

Guest Blogger — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:25:00 +0000

Piper Bayard shows how to use a real-life hero/heroine to inform your fiction (plus 7 lessons for deepening the characterization)

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Hacking: It Isn’t Just for Thrillers Anymore

Guest Blogger — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:00:20 +0000

Piper Bayard It’s a simple fact. Any electronic item that transmits a signal can be intercepted and/or hacked. That means cybersecurity is an issue for each of us; therefore, unless we are writing historical fiction, cybersecurity is a potential issue for each of our characters. Volumes can be written on cybersecurity issues, so rather than […]

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Write the Good Fight

Guest Blogger — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:02:41 +0000

Piper Bayardof Bayard & Holmes Everyone loves a good fight, and a good fight scene is arguably the heart of every thriller. But as NYT Bestseller James Rollins says, in fiction, never use the same killing method twice in the same book. As a result, fiction writers are always looking for a new twist on a […]

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Writing Craft for Lone Wolves and Authors on a Budget

Guest Blogger — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:03:42 +0000

by Piper Bayard Sshh! I have a secret. I’ve never said it out loud, but I’m going to share it with you – because you need to know. I’m an author with two books out. Both books made the top ten of one bestseller list or another. I also post at over 60 websites nationwide […]

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Explore the Layers of Conflict in Your Story

Guest Blogger — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:00:58 +0000

Piper Bayard of Bayard & Holmes No one wants to read about a fictional nice day. Great fiction is about one thing, and one thing only . . . problems. And lots of them. Problems keep the pages turning, and the heart of a problem is conflict. Without conflict, there is no plot, which is […]

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