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Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Stacy Willingham, Carolyne Topdjian, Allison Buccola, and Wanda M. Morris. We\\u2019ll be talking about the debut writer experience and their books.

Stacy Willingham is the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark. Before turning to fiction, she was a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies. She earned her BA in magazine journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her novel is currently being translated into over two dozen languages. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Britt, and Labradoodle, Mako, where she is always working on her next book.

You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Carolyne Topdjian is the author of The Hitman\\u2019s Daughter (Agora/Polis Books), a gothic mystery which Library Journal lauds as a \\u201cfast-paced, haunting novel of survival." In addition to writing suspense novels, Carolyne has published short fiction in PRISM International, Dreamers Magazine, and Firewords Quarterly. She is a professor in the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts at Humber College in Toronto. Currently, she lives in a 114-year-old haunted house.

You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Pinterest.

Allison Buccola is the author of the psychological thriller Catch Her When She Falls.\\xa0 Before she turned to writing fiction, she was a practicing attorney with a JD from the University of Chicago, and she also did a brief stint as a bartender in Brussels.\\xa0 She now lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two kids.

You can find her on her website or follow them on Twitter, and Instagram.

Wanda M. Morris is the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets. It was named as one of the \\u201cBest Books of 2021\\u201d by Hudson Booksellers and selected as the #1 Top Pick for \\u201cLibrary Reads\\u201d by librarians across the country. It was selected as a Book Buzz Pick by Good Morning America, serialized in Entertainment Weekly and a Marie Claire book club pick. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Crime Writers of Color. A corporate attorney, Wanda has worked in the legal departments of some of America\\u2019s top Fortune 100 companies. As a former President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, she established a signature female empowerment program known as the Women\\u2019s Initiative. She is married, the mother of three and lives in Atlanta,Georgia. All Her Little Secrets is her debut novel.

You can find her on her website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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In this episode Stacy, Carolyne, Allison, Wanda, and I discuss:

• Choosing whether to tell a story with multiple timelines, flashbacks, or an epistolary format.
• How their characters deal with the past, secrets, and lies as the story unfolds.
• What role the world and the setting play in how characters process their trauma.

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Plus, their #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/419