The Killer Nashville University
Audio Resource Library

Total number of audio resources: 64

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  The Dialogue: What Belongs in a Story

  Presenters: Jacob Moon, Jane B Lee, Rich Zahradnik, Rick Pullen

  Category: Character, Dialogue, Editing

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  How Birth Order Affects Your Characters

  Category: Character, Motivation, Psychology, Research, Writing

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  Collaboration in the Writing Process

  Presenters: Caroline Todd, Charles Todd, Deborah Shlian, Earl Fisher, Kelly Nichols, Linda Fisher

  Category: Author talk, Authors, Character, Craft, Voice, Writing

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  Writing and Marketing Short Fiction

  Presenters: Claire Applewhite, Cynthia Drew, Elaine Sandra Abramson, Robert McClure, Sunny Frazier

  Category: Character, Craft, Marketing, POV, Short Stories, Writing

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  Tension

  Presenters: Barbara Christopher, Barbara Graham, Chester D. Campbell, Radine Trees Nehring

  Category: Character, Craft, Suspense, Voice, Writing

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  Personality Psychology: The Enneagram

  Presenters: Cindy Brown, Marybeth Ross

  Category: Character, Characters, Plotting, Psychology

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  Serial Killers and Other Serial Offenders

  Presenters: Richard Helms

  Category: Character, Crime, Psychology, Psychopathy, True Crime, Villains

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  Writing a Protagonist That Can Get With It

  Presenters: Andrew J. Peters, Cate Holahan, Howard Owen, Joseph Terrell, Kerry Peresta, Reavis Z. Wortham

  Category: Character, Mystery, Storytelling

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  Bad Boys and Girls: The Villains You Can’t Forget

  Presenters: Angela K. Durden (a.k.a Durden Kell), Charles Kowalski, Jim Nesbitt, Linda Sands, Max Allan Collins, Reavis Z. Wortham

  Category: Character, Thriller, Villains

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  Exploring Human Condition in Crime Fiction

  Presenters: Jamie Mason, Maggie Toussaint, Mike Tabor, Sallie Bissell

  Category: Character, Philosophy, Writing

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  Oddball Characters

  Category: Character, Craft, Writing

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  Time to Murder and Create: Listening to the Voices in Your Head

  Presenters: Cindy Sample, Elizabeth Lynn Casey, Jane K. Cleland, Laura DiSilverio, Lois Winston

  Category: Character, Cozy, Mystery, Writing

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  When Your Hero Isn’t a Nice Guy

  Presenters: Anthony Rainone, Chris Ewan, Jason Starr, Jodi Compton, Joseph Pittman, Rob Byrnes

  Category: Antihero, Character, Craft, Crime

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  Witness to an Incident: The Human Element

  Presenters: Amanda Kyle Williams, Clea Koff, David Corbett, Deborah Crombie, Meg Gardiner, Taylor Stevens

  Category: Character, Crime, Mystery, Writing

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  Characters

  Presenters: Ben Coes, Boyd Morrison, George Easter, Mark Greaney, Mike Lawson, Zoe Sharp

  Category: Character, History, Setting, Thriller, Writing

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  Interview with Sara Paretsky

  Presenters: Kevin Gillfoil, Sara Paretsky

  Category: Character, Diversity, Technology, Women

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  I Will Rise Up: Overcoming Extraordinary Circumstances

  Presenters: C.J. West, Dana Haynes, Keir Graff, Patrick Lee, Stanley Trollip, William Kent Krueger

  Category: Character, Craft, Development, Writing

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  Beautifully Broken: The Troubled Protagonist

  Presenters: Jordan Foster, Kevin Gillfoil

  Category: Antihero, Character, Writing

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  The World’s Best Detective Game Show

  Presenters: Austin Lugar, Harry Hunsicker, JoAnna Carl, Lauren Henderson, Terence Faherty

  Category: Author, Character, Game Show, Humor

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  It Hurts Me Too: Challenges that Writers Offer Their Protagonists

  Presenters: Andi Schechter, Jean M. Redmann, Julie Kramer, Neil Plakcy, Sharon Pfeiffer, William Kent Krueger

  Category: Character, Craft, Inspiration, Writing

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  Dark Angel

  Presenters: Bill Cameron, Blake Crouch, Chris F Holm, Leighton Gage, Michael Wiley, Theresa Schwegel

  Category: Character, Craft, Writing

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  Hard Hearted Hannah: Female Characters at the Dawn of a New Age

  Presenters: Cara Black, Charlaine Harris, Ellen Hart, Jamie Freveletti, Sara Paretsky

  Category: Character, Diversity, Gender, Women, Writing

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  Brave Men: What Makes a Tough Guy?

  Presenters: Andrew Grant, F. Paul Wilson, Lori Armstrong, Michelle Gagnon

  Category: Character, Craft, Development, Gender, Writing

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  Sharp Compassion: Finding Humanity in Crime

  Presenters: Holly West, Janice Hamrick, Julie Compton, Laura Caldwell, Marcia Talley, Rachel Brady

  Category: Character, Crime, Fiction, Writing

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  Complex Relationships Between Female Main Characters and Partners

  Presenters: Deborah Crombie, Erin Hart, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Jan Burke, Robin Agnew

  Category: Character, Diversity, Gender, Relationships, Writing

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  All About Eve: Building Strong Female Characters

  Presenters: Cathi Stoler, Nora McFarland, Sandra Brannan, Sara J. Henry, Steve Steinbock, Vicki Hendricks

  Category: Character, Diversity, Women, Writing

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  Fresh Blood

  Presenters: Coco Ihle, Darrell James, David Bell, Fred Venturini, Johnny Shaw, Sandra Parshall

  Category: Author, Character, Craft, Novel, Writing

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  Strange Love: Why Do We Love Murder?

  Presenters: Kelli Stanley, Lauren Willig, Lynn Sheen, Tasha Alexander, Tracy Kiely

  Category: Character, Diversity, Murder Mystery, Writing

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  Fighting

  Presenters: Christa Faust, Eric Beetner, Frank Bill, Jamie Freveletti, Tom Schreck

  Category: Character, Combat, Fighting, Research, Writing

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  Developing Diversity in Characters

  Presenters: Claire Applewhite, Kathleen Ernst, Qiu Xiaolong, Radine Nehring, Victoria Laurie

  Category: Character, Diversity, Writing

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  Does Evil Exist?

  Presenters: Daniel Woodrell, John Connolly, Laura Lippmann, Peter James

  Category: Character, Crime, Morality

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  Make the Sun Shine: Discussing Subgenres

  Presenters: Adrian Magson, Jeri Westerson, John McGorren, Jon McGoran, Kelli Stanley, Tasha Alexander, Timothy Hallinan

  Category: Character, Craft, Setting, Subgenre

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  It Takes All Kinds to Solve a Murder

  Presenters: Cara Black, M.J. McGraff, Mike Befeler, Simon Woods, Steve Ulfelder

  Category: Character, Craft, Diversity, Sleuths, Writing

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  New World in My View: Characters Dealing with Contemporary Issues

  Presenters: Alison Gaylin, Janet Rudolph, Jason Pinter, Reed Farrel Coleman, Sophie Littlefield

  Category: Character, Contemporary, Research, Writing

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  I Wish I Was the Moon: Location in Crime Fiction

  Presenters: Adrian Muller, Jeffrey Siger, Layton Gage, Michael Sears, Timothy Hallinan, Yrsa Sigurdardottir

  Category: Character, Diversity, Setting, Writing

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  Adding Depth to Character

  Presenters: Misty Berry, Sandra Parshall, Sasscer Hill, Sparkle Abbey, Victoria Laurie

  Category: Character, Craft, Writing

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  Romantic and Erotic Scenes

  Presenters: Billy Mernit

  Category: Character, Screenplays, Screenwriting, Sex, Writing

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  Using Dialogue to Set Mood

  Presenters: Richard Helms

  Category: Character, Dialogue, Editing, Tone, Writing

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  Speaking of Character and Point of View

  Presenters: Anna Marie Ritter, Beth Terrell, Brad Strickland, Carla Damron, Sarah R. Shaber, Steven Womack

  Category: Character, Characters, Plotting, POV, Writing

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  Navigating the Bestseller Up Close

  Presenters: Carol Higgins Clark

  Category: Character, Editing, Emotion, Plotting, Writing

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  Writing Scenes

  Presenters: Marie Still, Millie Naylor Hast

  Category: Character, Fiction, Plotting, POV, Writing

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  Character Development & Arc

  Presenters: Beth Terrell, James L’Etoile, Kayla Brown, Marcy McCreary

  Category: Character, Writing

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  Contrasting Character Relationships

  Presenters: Kimberly Collins, Marcy McCreary, Robert Mangeot

  Category: Character, Fiction

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  Writing Historicals

  Presenters: Alana White, Amanda McCrina, Bill Rapp, Kathryn Lasky, Kelly Oliver, Kimberly Collins

  Category: Character, Historicals, Research, Setting, Writing

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  Writing Horror

  Presenters: Amanda Pavlov, Diane Sismour, Nancy Sartor

  Category: Character, Horror, Plotting, Research, Writing

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  Adding Suspense to Your Story

  Presenters: Angela Greenman, Gay Yellen, Jacy Sellers, Kiersten Modglin, Lois Winston

  Category: Character, Dialogue, Location, Setting, Suspense, Writing

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  Writing the Investigator: Police Procedural, Detective, Noir, Hard-Boiled, Private Eye, Journalist

  Presenters: Bruce Robert Coffin, James L’Etoile, K.L. Murphy, Marcy McCreary, Michael Bradley, Royce Wilson

  Category: Character, Detective, Investigator, Noir, Procedural, Writing

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  Writing & Publishing Short Stories Presentation

  Presenters: Debra H Goldstein, Robert Mangeot

  Category: Character, Editing, Publishing, Short Stories, Writing

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  Writing Suspense

  Presenters: Gay Yellen, JD Webb, Kiersten Modglin, Linda Petrilli Duncan, Terrence McCauley, Terri Parlato

  Category: Character, Conflict, Dialogue, Mystery, Pacing, Plot, Suspense, Writing

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  Writing Someone Not You: Men Writing Female, Women Writing Male, LGBTQIAS+, Age, Class, and Race

  Presenters: A.H. Scott, Ashley-Ruth Bernier, Bonnie Kistler, John DeDakis, Lynn Slaughter, Tracee de Hahn

  Category: Character, Diversity, Tropes, Writing

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  Creating a Compelling Protagonist

  Presenters: Alana White, Angela Greenman, Kathryn Lasky, Lawrence Allan, Susan Ouellette, TJ O'Connor

  Category: Character, Fiction, Writing

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  Writing Set in Suburban Settings

  Presenters: Darlene Dziomba, Jane B Lee, Lori Robbins, Marie Still, Robert Mangeot

  Category: Character, Setting, Writing

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  Writing Believable Amateur Sleuths

  Presenters: D.R. Ransdell, Gay Yellen, Judy L. Murray, Kathryn Lasky, Lori Robbins, Rebecca Butler

  Category: Character, Writing

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  The “3 Acts” of Your Story and Why “Act 2 (The Middle)” is So Important 

  Presenters: Jule Selbo

  Category: Character, Conflict, Plot

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  Using Your Protagonist’s Goals to Drive the Story Forward

  Presenters: Becki Willis, Chris Berg, Lori Robbins, Mary Dutta, Randy Weir, S. Lee Manning

  Category: Character, Plot, POV, Writing

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  The Criminal in Fiction

  Presenters: James L’Etoile

  Category: Character, Crime, Writing

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  Solving the Crime with an Amateur Sleuth

  Presenters: Carolyn Rowland, Margaret Hamilton, Randy Overbeck, Sue Arroyo

  Category: Character, Crime, Fiction, Writing

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  Writing the Irresistible Villain

  Presenters: J.L. Delozier, Jacob Moon, Jane B Lee, Randy Weir, S. Lee Manning, TM Clark

  Category: Character, Fiction, Villains, Writing

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  Character or Plot: Which Comes First & How to Develop Each

  Presenters: Carol Orange, Diane Sismour, Jim Perry (Wilson Whitlow), Sam Severn, Sharon Marchisello

  Category: Character, Fiction, Novel, Plot, Writing

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  Conflict and How to Include it on Multiple Levels

  Presenters: Bruce Robert Coffin, Carol Orange, Evelyn Donahoe, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Jule Selbo, Lynn Slaughter

  Category: Character, Conflict, Writing

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  Writing Suspense

  Presenters: Charlie Donlea, Dianne McCartney, J.L. Delozier, Kaira Rouda, Lynette Eason, Rick Treon

  Category: Character, Fiction, Pacing, Plot, Suspense, Thriller, Writing

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  How to Keep Readers Interest in the Middle of Your Book

  Presenters: Ashley Sargeant Hagan, Diane Sismour, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Jule Selbo, Rich Zahradnik

  Category: Character, Fiction, Novel, Plot, Writing

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  How to Make Scenes Emotional

  Presenters: Gay Yellen, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lisa Malice, Luis E. Rosas, S. Lee Manning, Valona Jones

  Category: Character, Emotion, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing

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  Character as an Outgrowth of Setting

  Presenters: Georgina Cross, Jeffrey Philips, Laura Kemp, Nancy A. Hughes, Nola Nash, Sharon Marchisello

  Category: Character, Fiction, Setting, Writing

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