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Pacing can make or break a thriller novel, but how do you know if you’re moving too quickly or too slowly? Here, author James Byrne shares tips for handling pacing in a thriller novel.

Joyce Blackwell Foster, age 90, passed away peacefully December 21, 2021 from metastatic breast cancer. She was born July 30, 1931 in Doylesville, Virginia to...Click for more.

Comment: And most schools aren't allowing children to wear winter coats either... In the last couple of weeks, Ireland has made its traditional move from mild autumnal weather to a full-on winter freeze. It is part and parcel of being Irish,...

Comment: And most schools aren't allowing children to wear winter coats either... In the last couple of weeks, Ireland has made its traditional move from mild autumnal weather to a full-on winter freeze. It is part and parcel of being Irish,...

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North Carolina-based mystery writer Maron dies at 82 Mystery writer Margaret Maron in her office at her family farm in Johnston County on Sept. 14, 2016. Maron, a prolific North Carolina-based mystery writer whose book series won her major awards and plaudits in the genre, has died at age 82, a family member said on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. (Source: Juli Leonard/The News & Observer via AP) By Associated Press | March 1, 2021 at 6:41 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 6:41 AM RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) �...

Judge Knott, that ye be not judged.

Judge Knott, that ye be not judged.

Margaret Maron, a prolific mystery writer whose book series won her major awards and plaudits in the genre, has died at age 82.

Margaret Maron, a prolific North Carolina-based mystery writer whose book series won her major awards and plaudits in the genre, has died at age 82, a family member said on Sunday. Maron died on Tuesday at a hospice center in Raleigh from stroke-related complications, according to her son, John Maron. Maron is best known for the Sigrid Harald series of books, which focused on a New York police lieutenant, and the Knott series, which was about a North Carolina judge.