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The Waveforce Affair | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 5 - The Waveforce Affair by Robert A. Adamcik Season 2 Ep. 5 Navy veteran Robert A. Adamcik puts real people, real names, and real shipmates into his spy thrillers. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/Jk16P2LI0HA Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode Robert Adamcik is a Navy veteran and defense contractor who writes spy thrillers populated with real people,… Read More »The Waveforce Affair | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 5
Murder at 30,000 Feet | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 4 - Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter Season 2 Ep. 4 Susan Walter on Persistence and the Art of the Mid-Air Mystery Watch Now! https://youtu.be/SYKDha_YA6s Listen Now! Inside This Episode Apple Spotify How do you keep a story moving when your characters are physically stuck in their seats? Film director turned novelist Susan Walter breaks… Read More »Murder at 30,000 Feet | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 4
The Murder Mind | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 3 - The Murder Mind by Brian Drake Season 2 Ep. 3 35 Books and Counting: Consistency, Character, and the Reality of the Churn Watch Now! https://youtu.be/sHMnWJsX_80 Listen Now! Inside This Episode Apple Spotify 35-book veteran Brian Drake joins Mark P.J. Nadon to reveal a brutal industry truth: If you aren’t publishing fast, the algorithm will likely… Read More »The Murder Mind | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 3
The Hawk Enigma | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 2 - The Hawk Enigma by J.L. Hancock Season 2 Ep. 2 How real-world technology informed The Hawk Enigma without overwhelming the story Watch Now! Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode J.L. Hancock joins me to talk about The Hawk Enigma and how his past work with special operations informed the technical foundation of the story,… Read More »The Hawk Enigma | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 2
The Broken Detective | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 1 - The Broken Detective by Joel Nedecky Season 2 Ep. 1 A conversation with Joel Nedecky about character-first crime fiction, setting as character, and stories that don’t rely on easy redemption. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/vf9k_fOLvqc Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I talk with Joel Nedecky, author of… Read More »The Broken Detective | Thriller Pitch Season 2 Episode 1
They Came At Night | Thriller Pitch Ep 25 - They Came At Night by Westley Smith TPP EP 25 Westley Smith talks about writing thrillers shaped by lived experience and blending psychological tension with action. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/iot82wT2pQw Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode What happens when a thriller is shaped by lived experience instead of research alone? In this conversation, I’m joined… Read More »They Came At Night | Thriller Pitch Ep 25
Justice for Emerson | Thriller Pitch Ep 24 - Justice for Emerson by Karen e. Osborne TPP EP 24 Karen E. Osborne talks about how she builds characters from real life and structures stories across dual timelines. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/6ieHmMU7s00 Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Karen E. Osborne to talk about… Read More »Justice for Emerson | Thriller Pitch Ep 24
The Ritualist | Thriller Pitch Ep 23 - The Ritualist by Adam Roach TPP EP 23 Adam Roach talks about turning a 100-word flash fiction into a thriller series and how he approaches scene writing and story development. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/ji_P2X5IvdE Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Adam Roach, author of… Read More »The Ritualist | Thriller Pitch Ep 23
Cut Off from Sky and Earth | Thriller Pitch Ep 22 - Cut Off from Sky and Earth by Melissa F. Miller TPP EP 22 Melissa F. Miller talks about crafting Cut Off from Sky and Earth through trauma, memory, and layered POVs. Watch Now! Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode What happens when a real encounter sparks the opening of a psychological thriller? In this… Read More »Cut Off from Sky and Earth | Thriller Pitch Ep 22
White Tiger | Thriller Pitch Ep 21 - White Tiger by Andrew Warren TPP EP 21 A conversation about danger, strategy, and the villain who tests Thomas Caine in every way. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/EDFVzbVMB20 Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode In this episode, Andrew Warren joins me to talk about how he created White Tiger — a villain who’s as tactically intelligent… Read More »White Tiger | Thriller Pitch Ep 21
Campus of Shadows | Thriller Pitch Ep 20 - Campus of Shadows by Jo Loveday TPP EP 20 A conversation about identity, unraveling, and the darkness that steps in when we break. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/rHnOTS6rm9g Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode Jo Loveday joins me to discuss Campus of Shadows, a psychological horror thriller that follows a vulnerable mind as it begins to… Read More »Campus of Shadows | Thriller Pitch Ep 20
Kill Them All | Thriller Pitch Ep 19 - Kill Them All by Mark Philbin TPP EP 19 A tense, puzzle-driven thriller built on patterns, choices, and rising stakes Watch Now! Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode How do you build a high-stakes thriller without losing sight of character? In this episode, Mark Philbin joins me to talk about Kill Them All, a… Read More »Kill Them All | Thriller Pitch Ep 19
The Divorce Party | Thriller Pitch Ep 18 - The Divorce Party by M.M. Deluca TPP EP 18 Exploring friendship, betrayal, and structure in multi-POV psychological thrillers Watch Now! https://youtu.be/8xU7alJps2I Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode What makes a friendship unravel, and how do you show every side of it on the page? In this episode, author M.M. Deluca joins me to talk… Read More »The Divorce Party | Thriller Pitch Ep 18
The Instructor | Thriller Pitch Ep 17 - The Instructor by T.R. Hendricks TPP EP 17 How a former Marine turned real-world precision into pulse-pounding fiction. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/mBbFOAuDFBM Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode How do you write action that feels real without losing your voice as a storyteller? In this episode, author T.R. Hendricks joins me to talk about The… Read More »The Instructor | Thriller Pitch Ep 17
I Don’t Like Mondays | Thriller Pitch Ep 16 - I Don’t Like Mondays by Maria Frankland TPP EP 16 How do you write 5,000 words a day and still love what you do? This psychological thriller began with a single thought on a crowded Yorkshire train platform: what if someone was pushed in front of the train? Watch Now! https://youtu.be/ZvF2fUrVmEY Listen Now! Apple Spotify… Read More »I Don’t Like Mondays | Thriller Pitch Ep 16
Allison’s Tears | Thriller Pitch Ep 15 - Allison’s Tears by Thomas Stewart TPP EP 15 Horror-thriller author Thomas Stewart doesn’t outline and he rarely rewrites. Every sentence in Allison’s Tears was written exactly as he intended it on the first attempt. Watch Now! https://youtu.be/QrCDPdrFCBc Listen Now! Apple Spotify Inside This Episode Horror-thriller author Thomas Stewart doesn’t outline and he rarely rewrites. Every… Read More »Allison’s Tears | Thriller Pitch Ep 15
Tennessee Wishes by Melissa Roos | Thriller Pitch Ep 14 - Tennessee Wishes by Melissa Roos TPP EP 14 Tennessee Wishes is a romance thriller set in Nashville, a city filled with music and rising fear. Ava Morgahn knows a serial killer is on the loose, but she refuses to let fear stand in the way of her dream to become a country singer. She finds… Read More »Tennessee Wishes by Melissa Roos | Thriller Pitch Ep 14
Spy Girls by Joanna Vander Vlugt | Thriller Pitch Ep 13 - Spy Girls by Joanna Vander Vlugt TPP EP 13 Spy Girls is a gripping spy thriller with assassins, pursuit and resilience. A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered, and the Law Society is scrutinizing Jade Thyme’s conduct. Jade’s life can’t get much worse until she is coerced into finding… Read More »Spy Girls by Joanna Vander Vlugt | Thriller Pitch Ep 13