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Writing Thrillers And Lessons Learned From Forty Years Of Writing with David Morrell
OLD POST ALERT! This is an older post and although you might find some useful tips, any technical or publishing information is likely to be out of date. Please click on Start Here on the menu bar above to find links to my most useful articles, videos and podcast. Thanks and happy writing! – Joanna PennMost authors dream of creating a character that escapes from their books and becomes part of popular culture. Today I'm interviewing David Morrell, who created Rambo and whose writing career has spanned four decades, and we get an insight into David's research process, his work ethic and his mindset.
In the intro, I mention my research trip to Barcelona and you can see the pictures on Flickr here; I also mention the launch of Pentecostés in Spanish and the Spanish book trailer that promotes it. Coming this month are also the German version of Desecration, and Delirium, plus I am off to New York for Thrillerfest, so expect a roundup of that mid July.
This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors.
David Morrell is the multi-award winning and many times bestselling author of 35 books, as well as many short stories, essays and collaborations that have sold millions of copies and are available in many different languages. He has a Phd in American literature and was a Professor of Literature at the University of Iowa. His novel ‘First Blood,' became the Rambo franchise, his latest novel is ‘Murder as a fine art,‘ a historical thriller, and today we're talking about his book for writers, ‘The Successful Novelist,' recently updated and released in ebook format as well as print.
You can watch the interview on YouTube here, listen above or on the