On this week’s Corks & Conversation with Laurie Stevens episode we delved into psychological suspense and talked about hybrid publishing. Have a listen …
Laurie Stevens is the award-winning author of the Gabriel McRay Series. Suspense Magazine says Laurie is “the leader of the pack,” of writing psychological suspense, and we concur! Her latest book, In Twilight’s Hush, is the fourth in the series and we continue to see Gabriel McRay’s excellent detective work while he fights his inner demons from past traumas. We love how she wrote a character who faces his mental health struggles. In her words,
“I wanted to write a character that I could really get into his psyche and show someone coping from victim to survivor and do all the steps.”
Laurie suggested a delicious wine, Tapiz Malbec, to share during our talk. And we suggest you get her book, In Twilight’s Hush, and get hooked on the series like we did. You can get it here and you may want to go ahead and get the rest of the series! (indie bookshop.org or Amazon.com)
And looking forward, she disclosed there will be another Gabriel McRay book! She is also working on a completely different novel, a young adult sci fi, which came out of her research into technology.
“I’ve been doing a lot of research on all the technical advancements that we’re going to be seeing in the next 25, 50 years. And boy it’s happening really fast and it blows your mind. And so I’ve just set a book in that time, and it’s just what happens with people as they get very dependent on artificial intelligence and then what happens to them when they don’t have it anymore”
We also found Laurie’s road to publication and how she became a hybrid author fascinating. She is both self published and traditionally published. We are sure to find it as interesting as we did.
Here are some highlights from the episode:
7:00 Everyone is a writer in LA
7:40 Wining and Dining is part of the job
8:02 How a letter from an inmate turned out to be the best compliment
20:00 Fire mitigation tactics (Spoiler: oak trees!)
21:50 A Hybrid author’s journey
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