Thomas Kies

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

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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 to host a workshop at NC Writers Conference

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