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AND THEN HE by Kim Briggs is LIVE!!!!!!

GUESS WHAT?!?! AND THEN HE, my New Adult Dark Thriller is live. Live BABY! You have the choice to purchase the ebook or the paperback version. To Buy AND THEN HE press me!! Oh please, please, please my dedicated readers and friends, please rate AND THEN HE and leave a comment. It means so much to me! Write on, Kim

WRITE HABIT: #NYSCBWI15 Seven Essentials You Need to Know about Mysteries and Thrillers with Ben Rosenthal, Senior Editor, Katherine Tegen Books by Kim Briggs

Ben Rosenthal, Senior Editor, at Katherine Tegen Books  gave some fantastic tips about how to write Mysteries and Thrillers, and I want to share them with you because it shouldn't be a thrilling mystery to learn helpful tips to make your writing stronger. Here goes: 1. Killer First Lines and First Pages HOOK them from the first line. Reader will have no other option but to keep reading. CREATE intrigue factors: What happens next?    ENGAGE the readers: Keep them reading DISTINCT VOICE 2. Heroes and Villains  (Ha! HaHa…!!! Sinister laughter necessary) PROTAGONISTS: CREATE hero by creating tiers of empathy.  Your job is to convince reader to KEEP READING!! DEVELOP a hero with admirable and attractive qualities AND flaws too in order to ground them in reality. ANTAGONISTS:  CREATE an equal match to your Protagonist. *Nothing creates more tension than the reader feeling the...