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Titles are odd deals. When they work (Jaws or The World According to Garp) they can accompany the book into popular culture. Or...not. In my case, The Architect, I hoped to remain very simple, yet subtly suggestive. What is an architect after all? Someone who designs and builds. Basic concepts that require significant, hidden depths and skills. That’s what I hope/pray/trust readers will feel when they consider the title to my story. In any mystery-thriller, the protagonist must construct a path to get him/her through a maze. At the same time, the antagonist is building roadblocks. Sometimes 9 mm or .40 caliber roadblocks. Lots of emotional architecture in a good psychological thriller.
What's in a name?
A modest question, that asks much.
In The Architect, the main character is a young woman named Sloane Connolly. On the opening page she...[read on]
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--Marshal Zeringue
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