Hey there word nerds!

In today's episode I bring you live to ThrillerFest 2018, where I have once again assembled a panel of five debut authors from this year's class.

I am so excited to be speaking with L.A. Chandlar, Paddy Hirsch, Cheryl Reed, John Copenhaver, and Joanna Schaffhausen, and sharing our panel discussion on the show!

Last year's ThrillerFest debuts' episode focused on the debut author life and what it's like to write and publish your debut novel. This year posed a bit of a challenge, however, since it would be repetitive to do something on that same theme.

Instead, my team and I selected five debut authors where we saw a common thread running throughout their books. As you'll hear in the conversation that follows, each of these authors and each of these books are extremely unique, but they all handle questions of time and space in fresh and surprising ways.

So listen in as we chat about various ways to play with time and setting in a novel to not only create a stronger story but also to really engage readers.

In this episode Laurie, Paddy, Cheryl, John, Joanna and I discuss:

• Different ways to play with time in your novel, and how to do it right.
• Techniques to write a story within a compressed time frame.
• Why you need to choose the right space for the story you're telling.
• How to bring your setting to life when you need to keep your pace fast.
• Using the interplay between character and place to engage your readers.

Plus, each of these amazing author's #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/211