Thomas Kies

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

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    Opening Scenes

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    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

    When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

    Thomas Kies: When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

    When we were children, my sister and I lived off and on with our grandparents. They resided in a cottage in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York on one of the smaller lakes. During the summer time, the

    Thomas Kies June 9, 2019December 1, 2019 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

    Tom’s Halloween Blog

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    The month of October marks the beginning of autumn. The leaves are turning color, the days are getting shorter, the air is crisp, and Starbucks is serving their pumpkin-spice lattes. It’s also the month for Halloween…and when I particularly enjoy

    Thomas Kies October 21, 2018October 31, 2018 Reviews, Writing Read more

    Thomas Kies to host a workshop at NC Writers Conference

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    Why Host A Workshop? As a fiction writer, you know your characters need to leap off the page. They need to be sympathetic but flawed; believable but not identifiable as your Great Aunt Gladys. Writing unforgettable characters is a balancing

    Thomas Kies October 10, 2017May 25, 2018 Events, Writing Read more
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