Gayle Lynds
Gayle Lynds
Gayle Lynds is an American author. She is known for being a bestselling novelist in the male-dominated genre of spy fiction or spy thrillers. Award-winning author, her books are published in some twenty countries. Born in Nebraska, Lynds was raised in Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in journalism, and now lives in Maine where she is a full-time novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
afraid seen writer
I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
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Pulp paperbacks have always provided a training ground for men, Some of them went on to become respected authors - Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille and Martin Cruz Smith, for example. Why couldn't a woman?
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Our only solace as writers is in the work itself, and perhaps also in a penchant for blissful ignorance that allows us to gamble, to risk, to keep going where others would tote up the odds and stop.
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In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - or spy novels, if you prefer - had been the domain of male authors for decades.
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I've always looked upon research as an opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. But the other side of the coin is one must not be so caught up in it that one never gets the book written.
multiple record sources verify
Get in the habit of vetting your research as you go - particularly research conducted online. Verify facts from multiple reputable sources before you record them.
You don't have to resolve every problem of the book at the end, but you do have to resolve some.
adding mood ruin writers
Writers sometimes ruin a book by adding a lighthearted mood at the wrong moment.
Sometimes you get what you want not because it's right or fair or even smart, but because you just don't know any better.
espionage readers thrillers
Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They're not only alive, readers are excited about them.
If you're not in the hands of an expert editor, you really can go wrong in a lot of different ways.
delivering thriller
If you are writing a thriller with violence in it, the ending must be violent. You are delivering a promise to your reader.
I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?
love
Do you love this story? If you love it, then you've got to write it.