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Episode 50 with Cathi Stoler – award-winning crime writer
“When I was younger I wanted to be a spy.”
Episode 50 – Cathi Stoler – Show Notes
- Writing crime as a pantser
- Not a plot spreadsheet but a character spreadsheet
- Real dialogue and real-life crimes – identity theft, fraud, violent crime and how people are affected
- Eavesdropping
- Crime writing conferences in the USA – Malice Domestic, Bouchercon, International Thriller Writers Conference
- Taking classes and getting your character’s details right
- John LeCarre, Ian Fleming, Sue Grafton, Alison Gaylin, Meghan Abbott, Catriona McPherson
- Technology, social change and crime writing
- Bar None
“You’re not going to commit a crime but you like to read about it.”
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