Behind the Book: The Woman Who Walked Through Walls
August 24, 2026
I started at the execution scene and wrote backward. Here is the story behind three women, a device that removes consequences, and what people do when they cannot be caught.
Tag: psychological suspense
Tension built from character rather than plot machinery, from novelists writing something through on the page.
psychological suspenseBehind the Book: Shield of Ashes
August 18, 2026
Shield of Ashes asks what a real nuclear war would look like in a multipolar world. Here is how a short story about one launch became the biggest book I have written.
mysteryBehind the Book: Unlikely Hero
August 17, 2026
Unlikely Hero started with a single image, a nuclear bomb near Los Angeles, and became a two-character story about a criminal, a cop, and one impossible choice. Here is how it was built.
fiction writingGhostwriting Suspense: Engineering Dread on the Page
June 25, 2026
Ghostwriting suspense is engineering dread. Every scene has to tighten the screw, controlling what the reader knows and when.
Author TalksJohn DeHart: From 30 Years of Drumming to Writing Psychological Suspense as Catharsis
November 11, 2018
Former drummer John DeHart joins Author Talks to discuss trading music for writing, cathartic psychological suspense, and making his hometown a character.
Amazon & KDPJo Ullah: Writing a Kindle Scout Winner With Dyslexia and a Handwritten Notebook
September 6, 2018
Dyslexic author Jo Ullah joins Author Talks to discuss writing The Locksmith, winning Kindle Scout, character-driven writing, and finding your people.