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Category: Genre

Total number of audio resources: 38

Is It a Thriller or a Mystery? Genre-Bending in a Changing Marketplace
Presenters: Gay Yellen, JS Morrison, K. Scott Culpepper, Kelly Oliver, Lisa Malice, TG Wolff
Category: Genre, Genre Blending, Writing
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Presentism: Writing Historicals for the Modern Reader
Presenters: Bradley Harper, Elizabeth Crowens, Mally Becker, Marcus Cloer, Paula Gail Benson, Shelley Blanton-Stroud
Category: Audience, Fiction, Genre, Historical Fiction
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What True Crime Can Teach Writers
Presenters: Caitlin Rother, Carla Conti, Christina VandePol, Jessica Noll, Mark Zeid
Category: Crime Fiction, Genre, True Crime
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Thrillers: The Nuts and Bolts
Presenters: D.P. Lyle, Kathleen Antrim, Steven James
Category: Genre, Thriller, Writing
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Turning Real Crimes into Page-Turners
Presenters: Peter Houlahan
Category: Genre, Thriller, Writing
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Creating Believable Worlds from the Ground Up
Presenters: Christine Mager Wevik, Maggie Toussaint, Tracie Provost
Category: Character Development, Engagement, Genre
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When Love Raises the Stakes: Blending Romance Into Suspense
Presenters: Annie Solomon, Bente Gallagher, Karen Gallahue, Laura Elvebak
Category: Genre, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense
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How to Open Strong and Escalate the Stakes in a Thriller
Presenters: Blake Fontenay, Chuck Barrett, Craig Faris, John Dobbyn, Terry Irving
Category: Genre, Suspense, Thriller, Writing
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How to Build Suspense One Moment at a Time
Presenters: Vic DiGenti
Category: Genre, Suspense, Writing
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Inside the Moral Darkness of Noir
Presenters: Bull Warren, Dietrich Stogner, Josh Mauthe, Michael J Tucker
Category: Genre, Noir, Writing
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Writing Stories That Refuse to Stay in One Box
Presenters: Alex Hughes, Chris F Holm, Karen McCullah, Kourtney Heintz
Category: Fiction, Genre, Writing
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Why Supernatural Mysteries Never Lose Their Power
Presenters: Charlaine Harris, Christopher Farnsworth, Dana Cameron, Leslie Klinger, Toni L.P. Kelner
Category: Genre, Mystery, Supernatural, Worldbuilding, Writing
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Is the Private Eye Becoming Obsolete?
Presenters: Richard Helms
Category: Genre, PI, Writing
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Solving Crimes Without Breaking History
Presenters: Albert A. Bell, Jeri Westerson, John Maddox Roberts, Patricia Rice, Sharan Newman, Tony Hays
Category: Genre, Historical, Romance, Writing
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Charlaine Harris on Craft, Career, and Building a Loyal Readership
Presenters: Charlaine Harris, McKenna Jordan
Category: Author, Genre, Interview, Motivation, Writing
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Writing Mystery in the Wide Open West
Presenters: Ann Parker, Jackie King, Larry Sweazy, Lori Armstrong, Robert J. Randisi, Scott Montgomery
Category: Craft, Genre, Mystery, Westerns, Writing
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Time Bomb: Creating Relentless Momentum
Presenters: Adrian Magson, Daniel Palmer, J.T. Ellison, Laura Benedict, Meg Gardiner, Simon Toyne
Category: Craft, Genre, Motivation, Thriller, Writing
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Pitching in the Real World
Presenters: Alana White, Holly McClure, Jason Yarn, Jill Marr, Paula Munier, Sandra Dijkstra
Category: Genre, Networking, Pitching, Query letter
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Follow the Money: Inside Money Laundering
Presenters: No Presenter
Category: Crime, Genre, Mystery
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What Agents Look for and Why Submissions Succeed or Fail
Presenters: Holly Sullivan McClure, Jason Yarn, Peter Senftleben
Category: Fiction, Genre, Nonfiction, Query letter, Writing
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Finding Your Place in the Mystery Genre
Presenters: Jill Marr, Lucienne Diver, Lynette Ingram, Philip Cioffari
Category: Genre, Literary Mystery, Mystery
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Will You Write the Next Hunger Games?
Presenters: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Category: Genre, Young Adult
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Awakening the Poet Within You
Presenters: Gail Bellamy
Category: Genre, Language, Marketing, Poetry
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How Are the Various Genres of Crime Different and How Are They Similar?
Presenters: Chester D. Campbell, Maggie Toussaint, Sheila L Stephens, Steven Womack
Category: Cozy, Genre, Mystery, Noir, Romantic Suspense, Thriller
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What Makes YA Feel Real to Teen Readers
Presenters: Amanda Pavlov, Lynn Slaughter, Patrick Kendrick
Category: Genre, Writing, Young Adult
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What Makes a Novel Literary
Presenters: Bonnie Kistler, Mary Adams Belk
Category: Fiction, Genre, Novel, Writing
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Inside the Mind of Fear: Writing Psychological Suspense That Unsettles
Presenters: Diane Sismour, Erin Flanagan, Kiersten Modglin, Shirley B. Garrett
Category: Genre, Suspense, Writing
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Dark Roots: How the South and Appalachia Shaped American Gothic
Presenters: Michael Amos Cody
Category: Genre, Gothic, History
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Researching and Writing Real Crime Stories
Presenters: Chris Berg, Christine Mager Wevik, David Bushman, Fancy Macelli, Lynn Chandler Willis, Patrick Kendrick
Category: Genre, Research, True Crime, Writing
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Love Under Fire: Writing Romance When the Stakes Are Deadly
Presenters: Jane B Lee, Kim Black, Linda Hughes, Ronda Wells, Ruth Knafo Setton
Category: Genre, Romance, Suspense, Writing
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Cindy Dees on Risk, Reinvention, and Writing Without Limits
Presenters: Cindy Dees, Clay Stafford
Category: Career, Genre, Writing
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How to Build a Mystery That Holds Together
Presenters: Erin Flanagan, JD Webb, Jule Selbo, Marcy McCreary, Rich Zahradnik
Category: Genre, Mystery, Writing
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Crossing Genres: Combining Without Getting Muddy
Presenters: Cindy Dees, Elizabeth Crowens, J.B. Manning, John Carenen, Susan Jacobs, Terrence McCauley
Category: Genre, Writing
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Making the Supernatural Feel Real
Presenters: Amy Denton, Christine Mager Wevik, Kimberly A Banks, Leslie Conner, Maggie Toussaint
Category: Detective, Fiction, Genre, Horror, Paranormal, Writing
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Why Cozy Mysteries Comfort Without Losing the Mystery
Presenters: Cathy Tully, Lois Schmitt, Lori Roberts Herbst, M.K. Dean, Wendy Kendall
Category: Cozy, Fiction, Genre, Mystery, Writing
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Inside the World of Specialty Thrillers: Spy, Espionage, Political, Legal, Medical, Techno
Presenters: Benny Sims, J.L. Delozier, Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, LM (Linda) Whitaker, Luis E. Rosas, S. Lee Manning
Category: Genre, Research, Thriller, Writing
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Timeless Mysteries: Writing Mysteries That Bring the Past Alive
Presenters: Alana White, Carmen Amato, Linda Petrilli Duncan, Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Category: Genre, Historicals, Mystery, Research, Writing
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When Speculative Worlds Meet High-Stakes Suspense
Presenters: J L Hill, Jim Perry (Wilson Whitlow), Ronald Crittenden
Category: Genre, Sci-fi, Thriller
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The Killer Nashville UniversityAudio Resource Library

Is It a Thriller or a Mystery? Genre-Bending in a Changing Marketplace

Presentism: Writing Historicals for the Modern Reader

What True Crime Can Teach Writers

Thrillers: The Nuts and Bolts

Turning Real Crimes into Page-Turners

Creating Believable Worlds from the Ground Up

When Love Raises the Stakes: Blending Romance Into Suspense

How to Open Strong and Escalate the Stakes in a Thriller

How to Build Suspense One Moment at a Time

Inside the Moral Darkness of Noir

Writing Stories That Refuse to Stay in One Box

Why Supernatural Mysteries Never Lose Their Power

Is the Private Eye Becoming Obsolete?

Solving Crimes Without Breaking History

Charlaine Harris on Craft, Career, and Building a Loyal Readership

Writing Mystery in the Wide Open West

Time Bomb: Creating Relentless Momentum

Pitching in the Real World

Follow the Money: Inside Money Laundering

What Agents Look for and Why Submissions Succeed or Fail

Finding Your Place in the Mystery Genre

Will You Write the Next Hunger Games?

Awakening the Poet Within You

How Are the Various Genres of Crime Different and How Are They Similar?

What Makes YA Feel Real to Teen Readers

What Makes a Novel Literary

Inside the Mind of Fear: Writing Psychological Suspense That Unsettles

Dark Roots: How the South and Appalachia Shaped American Gothic

Researching and Writing Real Crime Stories

Love Under Fire: Writing Romance When the Stakes Are Deadly

Cindy Dees on Risk, Reinvention, and Writing Without Limits

How to Build a Mystery That Holds Together

Crossing Genres: Combining Without Getting Muddy

Making the Supernatural Feel Real

Why Cozy Mysteries Comfort Without Losing the Mystery

Inside the World of Specialty Thrillers: Spy, Espionage, Political, Legal, Medical, Techno

Timeless Mysteries: Writing Mysteries That Bring the Past Alive

When Speculative Worlds Meet High-Stakes Suspense

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