By Robin BurcellWay back when, I decided to switch over from straight police procedurals to international intrigue. There was a reason for this. I’d never been anywhere but the U.S., and having a San Francisco cop, Kate Gillespie, (EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES), wasn’t going to get me to Europe. Okay,...
WHEN A PICTURE’S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Taking a break from foreign intrigue in exotic locales, let's turn to the dramas perhaps occurring in our own homes.... My latest work revolves around a...
JA JANCE GOES ROGUE – SPOILER ALERT! She gives Rogue Readers the Inside Scoop on FIELD OF BONES
Submitted by Robin BurcellWe're delighted to host New York Times Bestselling author, JA Jance on Rogue Women Writers. You'll love reading her inside scoop on Field of Bones. And at the end, there's a personal note from JA Jance, along with links where you can pick up autographed copies!...
Writing History, Character Archetypes and Kung Fu
Quote by Lao Tzuby Jamie FrevelettiAugust's last post in which she confesses a love for old 60's television shows about spies prompted me to confess my own latest favorite.A little background first, as I mentioned in my last post about research shattering myths, I'm currently writing a...
Foreign Settings: Been there…or not?
...Submitted by Karna Small BodmanWe Rogues have been writing about the use of foreign settings in our thrillers, so the question is: must we have traveled there...or is doing great research enough to "transport" the reader to just the right location? When the updated version of my international...
Language Spy by August Thomas
A dark confession: though I was born in the ‘90s, I have an awful weakness for ‘60s TV spy shows. I got hooked on Get Smart, devoured The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and – most recently – started zooming my way through the original Mission Impossible TV series. Settle in for a few...
AUGUST IN AUGUST
by K.J. HoweAugust Thomas, new Rogue WomanIt's August, and the Rogues are very excited and proud to welcome a new member to the crew--August Thomas! August has taken the publishing world by storm with her debut thriller, THE LIARS' CANDLE, the story of summer intern Penny Kessler...
Trains, planes, cars, and motorcycles
S. Lee Manning: Gayle Lynds’ excellent quiz on her last post made me think about spies and transportation. In international thrillers, spies travel – a lot. They have to get from one country to another. Once there, they use transportation to do surveillance – to ditch tails – to meet up with...
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN GOES ROGUE
Submitted by Karna Small BodmanWe are delighted to welcome a bestselling author whom critics have called "A master of suspense," Hank Phillippi Ryan. Her 10 mysteries have garnered five Agathas, two Anthonys, the Daphe and Mary Higgins Clark Award, among others. But Hank also has a "day job" --...
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SPY?
by Gayle Lynds: Would you mind spending a few months living in a mud hut — or perhaps the nightly ritual of putting on formal clothes to attend an embassy party with great booze and music in a foreign capitol?How's your physical conditioning, your eyesight, your temperament? Maybe...