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Writing Spies: How to Find Bugs

Writing believable spies requires specialized information. Piper Bayard shares how to find bugs, sweeping for them with and without high tech equipment.

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Writing Spies: How To Bug a Room

Writing spies well takes specific knowledge of the craft. Piper Bayard shares pro tips on monitoring targeted spaces--bugging a location.

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10 Character Traits of an Espionage Hero

Piper Bayard describes the 10 character traits shared by all authentic intelligence community professionals. This is invaluable for your characters!

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Writing Spies: Finding Bugs – Who, When, and How?

Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes In our last Writing Spies article, we talked about bugging rooms.* But what if our characters need to know if a room is already bugged?  First, consider the character being bugged and the character or organization doing the bugging. Some characters are going to expect surveillance. For example, Mafiosos […]

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