Listen "Just the Facts and a Little Faith with Dony Jay"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, J Ryan and Keira welcome author Dony Jay to discuss writing action-packed spy thrillers from a Chistian perspective. Dony also shares his insights into police procedurals, and how his 20-year career as a police investigator has prepared him to write his new crime thriller series. Episode highlights:01:52 How much of ourselves do we put in our fiction?07:20 FRAK!09:40 Character is King: Law Enforcement Edition16:37 Welcome Dony Jay17:56 Fiction with Conviction21:18 Breaking the curse (word)24:56 What do crime & mystery authors get wrong?33:12 Writing facts vs writing fiction37:45 Dony’s secret to character development45:35 The challenge of independence 51:08 Book trailers and marketing
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