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Jonas Saul

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Jonas Saul is the bestselling author of the Sarah Roberts Series—more than two million sold!—and has written and published over sixty thrillers. After acquiring an agent, he signed several deals in Los Angeles, with MadRiver Pictures optioning his Sarah Roberts Series—over forty books!—(currently in development).
Jonas has often outranked Stephen King and Dean Koontz on Amazon over the past decade. He’s regularly invited to be a guest speaker, teacher, or workshop presenter at international writing conferences and film festivals worldwide.
He hosts multiple annual retreats in Greece, where he currently lives—writer’s, screenplay, and reader’s retreats. He focuses his teaching on how to get tension and emotion in every scene and on every page
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Jonas Saul Hi Deena! Thanks for your question and I'm so happy you've read them all!

The Haunted, Sarah Roberts Book Twelve, should be out in October this year an…more
Hi Deena! Thanks for your question and I'm so happy you've read them all!

The Haunted, Sarah Roberts Book Twelve, should be out in October this year and The Unlucky, Sarah Roberts Book Thirteen, is due before Christmas.

Shortly thereafter, The Lost will be out and many more.

Thanks again and happy reading!

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Jonas Saul Hi Lupe!

When I'm writing a particular scene such as a fight scene, I don't practice the moves first. For me, I see the characters in my head like I'm …more
Hi Lupe!

When I'm writing a particular scene such as a fight scene, I don't practice the moves first. For me, I see the characters in my head like I'm watching them on a TV screen. I can see how close they are to each other, the look on Mason's face, his determination, the choice he has made to have a gun on Sarah. I can see Sarah's face and feel the heat of the day pasting her shirt to her back.

When she edges closer, I see that and write what I see. Then, as she lunges forward, I write those movements as they happen. None of that is planned or outlined. I let the characters battle it out and watch as it happens. The one thing I do know is I want Sarah to walk away from that situation and I write it in a way that she does. Although when I started writing that scene I didn't know she would break Mason's nose and arm. That was something that just happened as it happened. Then, for the rest of Mason's scenes I had to remember those injuries.

Hope that answers your question and thanks for asking!! ;-)
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“We leave our home,” she pointed upwards, “and come here. When we’re done down here in the swamp of humanity, whatever you want to call it, we go home. To our real home. We all do. No choice. Whether you believe it or not.”
Jonas Saul, The Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 7-9

“She’d been in Budapest for over four weeks and her sister Vivian had been silent since her arrival. All Sarah had was the final note her dead sister made her write telling her that Armond Stuart had fled to Hungary.”
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“was just after two in the morning. She hoped that the dress she wore would attract the wrong kind of attention. She wasn’t trying to look like a prostitute, just vulnerable. The knee-length dress was decorated with a pretty floral pattern. It was the shortest dress she would ever wear. Her top wasn’t revealing at all. The red angora sweater gave nothing away. Jeans were”
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“Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred. ”
Clive Barker

“Myron reached for the phone and dialed Win's number. After the eighth ring he began to hang up when a weak, distant voice coughed. "Hello?"
Win?"
Yeah."
You okay?"
Hello?"
Win?"
Yeah."
What took you so long to answer the phone?"
Hello?"
Win?"
Who is this?"
Myron."
Myron Bolitar?"
How many other Myrons do you know?"
Myron Bolitar?"
No, Myron Rockefeller."
Something's wrong," Win said.
What?"
Terribly wrong."
What are you talking about?"
Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend."
Sorry, I forgot the time.”
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“..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.”
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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
Stephen King

“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
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Dale Thele Jonas, thanx for accepting my friend request :)


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Eric Birk Thank you for becoming my Goodreads friend.
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Jonas Saul Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"

And thank you ...;-)


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Jonas Saul Joann wrote: "Thanks for the add. I look forward to reading some of your books, the intro's have me hooked already. Have a great weekend :-)"

Thanks! Have a great weekend too...;-}


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