Matt Cost and Jule Selbo in Conversation

Jule Selbo and Matt Cost will be in conversation on their writing conventions with a focus on their recent books, 7 Days and Glow Trap, respectively.

elbo and Cost will dive into how they create and get into the head of the villains to create complex and sometimes vile human beings. This will dovetail into how creating well-developed backstories for the main characters and how other minor roles and the setting make for a more richly layered and resonant story.

The authors will explore the necessity and how to of creating red herrings to keep the reader guessing and the use of action in their books to keep the pages flipping without overdoing it.

Mysteries are stories that build to a final climax, mano a mano, when the protagonist and the villain have a final confrontation with all the marbles on the table. What are the steps to building to and writing that final showdown?

Come see what Jule Selbo and Matt Cost have to say on that and other writing techniques. It promises to be a mysterious, illuminating, and good time.

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