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Thriller Roundtable

And whether you’re an author or a fan, you’ll want to join the weekly THRILLER ROUNDTABLE - a truly unique place where readers and fans discuss their favorite thrillers with their favorite authors:

April 30 - May 6: "Hollywood endings, is the reading public expecting a happily-ever-after or can authors choose to follow a darker-even ambiguous-path?" With Bob Liparulo, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, James Conway, Libby Hellmann, William Todd Rose, D. P. Lyle, Kellyann Zuzulo, Linda Rodriguez, Brian Andrews, Angela Alsaleem, W. Craig Reed and Thomas Young

Week of May 7 - 13:"Developing the antagonist when a love interest goes bad: are broken-hearted villains suspenseful?" Open Discussion

Week of May 14 - 20: "Short story versus novel length, how do you adapt from one to the other?" With D. P. Lyle, Alexandra Sokoloff, Dianna Love and Patricia Rosemoor

May 21 - 27: "How can love drive the plot of a thriller story, or in the words of Tina Turner: What’s love got to do with it?" With C J. Greaves, Diana Love, Mark Tullius, Lisa Brackmann and Raymond Benson

May 28 - June 3: "What is the inspiration behind your story in the LOVE IS MURDER anthology?" With William Simon, Laura Griffin, Jon Land, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jeff Ayers, Diana Love, James Macomber and J. T. Ellison

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