Thomas Kies

Author of the Geneva Chase Mystery Series: Random Road, Darkness Lane, Graveyard Bay, Shadow Hill, and Whisper Room

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    What Makes It Worthwhile

    Photo of Thomas Kies laptop word processor writing Chapter one of Whisper Room

    Today I received the first half of my advance for WHISPER ROOM to be published in 2022.  My wife watched as I opened the envelope from my agent and she asked, “Do you think that pays for your time spent

    Thomas Kies June 28, 2021July 23, 2021 Whisper Room, Writing Read more

    Face Mask Mayhem and Writing Distractions

    Face Mask Mayhem and Writing Distractions

    In my creative writing class that I was teaching for our local college, cut short by the pandemic, I stressed the value of ratcheting up tension as your book progresses. Well, welcome to the real world, where the tension is

    Thomas Kies May 23, 2020December 21, 2020 News, Shadow Hill, Writing Read more

    Pandemic, writing it into your work…or not?

    Pandemic, writing it into your work…or not?

    I’m facing two problems with my newest writing project. One: Should I incorporate the pandemic into my plot? Should I make reference to it? Two: What will life be like in a year from now? I have a hunch that

    Thomas Kies April 23, 2020December 21, 2020 News, Shadow Hill, Writing Read more

    Opening Scenes

    rain on a two lane road with trees

    I had a discussion with an editor a few weeks ago and she told me about the hundreds of submissions she looks at every year.  She glanced at me and said, “I can’t tell you how many of them start

    Thomas Kies October 21, 2019December 1, 2019 Darkness Lane, Graveyard Bay, Random Road, Writing Read more

    Building Our Brand…One Book at a Time

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    I parked cars at the North Carolina Seafood Festival in Morehead City yesterday.  My Rotary Club does it to raise money for local non-profit organization projects as well as college scholarships for deserving local students. It was difficult to sneak

    Thomas Kies October 7, 2019December 1, 2019 Graveyard Bay, News, Writing Read more

    Why We Do This

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    My newest book, Graveyard Bay, launched on September 10th.  In the past week, I’ve done several book signings, one book talk (with dinner), and was a featured author at the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance show in South Carolina. Next weekend,

    Thomas Kies September 23, 2019December 1, 2019 Graveyard Bay, Writing Read more

    Writing From the POV of a Female Reporter

    Writing From the POV of a Female Reporter

    Geneva Chase is a hot mess Both Random Road and Darkness Lane are written from the first-person viewpoint of Geneva Chase…a woman.  I’m male, I have both an X and a Y chromosome. “Really, you write as a woman?” I’m

    Thomas Kies October 31, 2018June 9, 2019 Darkness Lane, Graveyard Bay, Publications, Random Road, Writing Read more

    Finished Manuscript for Graveyard Bay; and Hurricane Florence

    finished manuscript

    On Sunday, October 7, at a little after noon, I hit the button and sent the manuscript for Graveyard Bay to my editor, Annette Rogers, at Poisoned Pen Press.  I did it with trepidation and relief. Trepidation because when you’ve

    Thomas Kies October 15, 2018May 10, 2019 Graveyard Bay, News, Publications Read more

    Writers Workshop: Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Plot Twists: Developing a Mystery with Thomas Kies

    Writers Workshop: Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Plot Twists: Developing a Mystery with Thomas Kies

    Pamlico Writer’s Group How do you develop memorable characters, from your hero to your bad guys (who are people too!)? How do you make them leap off the page and land in a life or death struggle? How do you

    Thomas Kies May 24, 2018May 25, 2018 Darkness Lane, Events, Publications, Random Road Read more

    Second in Geneva Chase series scheduled for launch

    Woman running through dark woods

    DARKNESS LANE, the second in the Geneva Chase mystery series, is tentatively scheduled for release in June 2018.  This mystery features a missing teenager, murder, adultery, sex trafficking, Russian mobsters, movie stars and Broadway theater. Can Geneva get the story

    Thomas Kies October 12, 2017May 25, 2018 Darkness Lane, Publications Read more
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