Just the Facts and a Little Faith with Dony Jay
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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 Edition
16:37 Welcome Dony Jay
17:56 Fiction with Conviction
21:18 Breaking the curse (word)
24:56 What do crime & mystery authors get wrong?
33:12 Writing facts vs writing fiction
37:45 Dony’s secret to character development
45:35 The challenge of independence
51:08 Book trailers and marketing
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