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Firearms: What Can’t Be Silenced?

Bayard & Holmes share the three things that cannot be silenced when a weapon is fired and offer tips on how to make scenes with weapons believable for readers.

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5 Key Writing Lessons from "The Americans"

Piper Bayard of Bayard & Holmes The Americans, a show about undercover Soviet agents posing as Americans in the DC area during the Cold War, teaches writers solid lessons in both what it gets wrong, and what it gets right. Since I write espionage nonfiction and fiction and partner with a senior member of the […]

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Writing Spies: How the Pros Bug

Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes *** For those of you who write about covert operatives, we invited Bayard & Holmes back to share some insider tips on how to write believable spies. Enjoy! *** The basic function spooks serve is to spy on people and organizations. Technology makes that task easier. One major segment of […]

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