Category: Vasily Korsokovach Investigates
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Weather
I’ve started work on my latest novel, and the initial chapter opens in the middle of a rainstorm. My poor main character – in this case, one Vasily Korsokovach – is in no way prepared for the deluge and finds himself grumbling about Mother Nature while he attempts to gather clues. Writing that sequence brought…
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Ramping Up
I’m nearly halfway though my third pass editing my next book, Pariah. It’s the first book where Vasily Korsokovach takes center stage and carries the entire story. He’s such a unique character — and so different from my first detective, Sean Colbeth. I’ve had an amazing time seeing the world from his perspective, so much…
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Chapter Titles
Up until my most recent novel, I didn’t assign a name to my chapters other than their number (i.e. “One” or “Thirty-Three”). While I generally have an idea of the theme for each chapter, it wasn’t until I switched to using Scrivener this past November that I was forced to actually think about using them;…
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Drive-Thru
If you are following along, you know I’m in the process of editing the next book in the Sean Colbeth series; I find it an intriguing experience coming back a few months after putting the manuscript to bed and reading it from the top, adjusting as I go. Blindsided managed to add a few thousand extra…
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They’re Real To Me
Although Blindsided is my first published work, I’ve written stories off and on for years now. And in each of them, I’ve always felt the characters were actual people, fully fleshed out and replete with emotions, thoughts and motivations that I might not always understand. The tricky part as an author is to display that depth on…
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Hi! I’m Chris.
Welcome to my corner of the universe! I’m a IT nerd by day, and novelist by night. You can find my books on Amazon, including Blindsided, the first in a new series featuring Sean Colbeth and his trusty number two, Vasily Korsokovach. As I do have a day job, the second book won’t be out until February, 2021, with the third appearing…