What does it actually mean to write what you know? For Mark P.J. Nadon, it meant embedding the parts of himself he doesn't talk about into the characters at the heart of his new psychological tech thriller, The Treatment Room.

In this episode, TD Severin, author of the award-winning medical thriller Deadly Vision, takes over the show to interview Mark on launch day about the craft, the characters, and the personal experiences that shaped the book.

They dig into writing two POVs that sound nothing alike, why the second half of every book throws out the outline, how to write trauma without tipping into melodrama, and what it feels like to release a book that has pieces of yourself in it.

Mark P.J. Nadon's book The Treatment Room: https://mybook.to/thetreatmentroom

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Mark's Thrillers Psychological tech thrillers from your host, including The Treatment Room: https://mybook.to/marksthrillers

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A phone call dropped Luke Richardson into a story he couldn’t ignore. An ancient manuscript lost for thousands of years. A British Museum dig in Lebanon. An archaeologist who faked his own death to smuggle out clay tablets.

That call became The Arc Files, the first book in his eight-book Eden Black archaeological thriller series.

We get into how that real story shaped the novel, how he turns setting into part of the action instead of slowing it down, and what it actually took to walk away from teaching and write thrillers full time.

Luke Richardson's book The Arc Files: https://www.amazon.com/Ark-Files

Follow Luke online: https://www.lukerichardsonauthor.com/

Join the After Show on Patreon and get early access to episodes, bonus after-show segments with guests, and my free novella Cognitive Breach. You’ll also be able to support the show and help me keep bringing on great thriller authors. https://patreon.com/markpjnadon

Mark's Thrillers Psychological tech thrillers from your host, including The Treatment Room: https://mybook.to/marksthrillers

Authors: Want to be a guest? Apply here → https://markpjnadon.ca/the-thriller-pitch-podcast

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James Rosenberg is a Pittsburgh attorney and author of the Verdicts and Vindication series, legal thrillers pulled directly from cases he has handled. Unclean Hands is based on the most nerve-wracking trial of his career: defending the store employees who accidentally killed a man they were detaining for shoplifting. We get into how he builds thriller pacing around a full courtroom proceeding, why a case with no clear right answer makes for the most compelling fiction, the pressure that eats at trial lawyers even when the cameras aren't rolling, and how real people from the actual trial ended up fictionalized in the book.

James Rosenberg's book Unclean Hands: https://a.co/d/0fjOwMzd

Follow James online: https://jamesrosenberglegalthrillers.com/

Join the After Show on Patreon and get early access to episodes, bonus after-show segments with guests, and my free novella Cognitive Breach. You’ll also be able to support the show and help me keep bringing on great thriller authors. https://patreon.com/markpjnadon

Mark's Thrillers Psychological tech thrillers from your host, including The Treatment Room: https://mybook.to/marksthrillers

Authors: Want to be a guest? Apply here → https://markpjnadon.ca/the-thriller-pitch-podcast

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