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Neil Turner is the author of the gripping and highly-acclaimed Tony Valenti Thrillers series. If you like underdogs battling for survival—John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy, Greg Iles’s Penn Cage, Michael Connelly’s Micky Haller, or John Grisham’s Jake Brigance—it’s time to start reading Tony Valenti.

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Neil Turner Many aspects of completing a book are quite difficult, at least for me. I think the answer changes as one publishes more books. For a first book, push…moreMany aspects of completing a book are quite difficult, at least for me. I think the answer changes as one publishes more books. For a first book, pushing through to the end can be difficult as doubts enter a writer’s mind at many stages. Of course, once you reach the end of that first draft, the real work is just beginning! As I’ve become somewhat more proficient and felt the pressure to produce the next book, I think the most difficult (and valuable) skill I’ve developed is determining if a story idea has the potential to grow into a fully realized novel. My fevered little brain throws up bits and pieces of stories all the time, most of which don’t lead anywhere. Some intrigue me enough to go down that rabbit hole for a time to see if I can flesh the idea out enough to build a novel around. The answer is generally no, but several of these exercises have ended up as scenes or subplots of novels.(less)
Neil Turner What a great question! I play something of a game with myself when I land on an intriguing potential novel idea. Step one is posing a string of questi…moreWhat a great question! I play something of a game with myself when I land on an intriguing potential novel idea. Step one is posing a string of questions to myself to work through possibilities. Some examples are: What if this were to happen? And then what? Who would do this or that? What does the protagonist want/need to achieve? Who and/or what stands in the way of the protagonist achieving his or her goals? How will our hero overcome this opposition? What can go wrong to make it harder? What will make the situation worse? How can I make things desperate! If I feel confident the idea can be developed into a full length novel, I’ll flag it as a potential book and allow the idea to further develop. By whatever alchemy these things work themselves out, a point will come where the story crystalizes, and then it’s time to start writing. Sometimes the idea works out, sometimes it doesn’t.(less)
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Thanks to everyone who helped make the recent Goodreads Giveaway for my new novel, The Usual Suspect, a success. Congratulations to the winners! I'd also like to thank everyone who has picked up a copy of the book—especially those of you who left a review. Much appreciated!
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“fifteen-minute recess and come back or we can adjourn for the weekend. I would prefer to hear from another witness or two if possible,”
Neil Turner, A House on Liberty Street

“deeply into pile carpeting that threatens to swallow us whole. A burnished steel FTW logo stretches across the wall with the tagline Feeding the World just below it. Black-and-white photos of basic foodstuffs dot the walls—bushels of maize and soybeans, fields of grain. Feeding the world, my ass, I think as we’re shuttled toward a meeting room. I’ve done some reading up on these folks. FTW is a commodity-trading firm that works to manipulate the futures market to drive up prices. There seems to be nothing that the world’s bankers believe they shouldn’t be free to exploit, including food staples. I imagine that in their perfect world, bankers would pocket a penny or two with every bite.”
Neil Turner, Plane in the Lake

“To realize that one walks the earth alone is at once profoundly terrifying and profoundly liberating. If nobody else cares, I don’t have to, either. There are no longer expectations to live up to, no appearances to keep up, no possibility of continuing to fail myself and others.”
Neil Turner, A House on Liberty Street

“deeply into pile carpeting that threatens to swallow us whole. A burnished steel FTW logo stretches across the wall with the tagline Feeding the World just below it. Black-and-white photos of basic foodstuffs dot the walls—bushels of maize and soybeans, fields of grain. Feeding the world, my ass, I think as we’re shuttled toward a meeting room. I’ve done some reading up on these folks. FTW is a commodity-trading firm that works to manipulate the futures market to drive up prices. There seems to be nothing that the world’s bankers believe they shouldn’t be free to exploit, including food staples. I imagine that in their perfect world, bankers would pocket a penny or two with every bite.”
Neil Turner, Plane in the Lake

“fifteen-minute recess and come back or we can adjourn for the weekend. I would prefer to hear from another witness or two if possible,”
Neil Turner, A House on Liberty Street

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