Sue Phillips asked Susan May:

Susan, you are my kind of writer!!! a good storyline is complicated and keeps me guessing...Is yours like that?

Susan May Thanks, Sue, you are my kind of reader!!!

I love a story that keeps me guessing, too. It's very hard when you're a writer because you are never able to read your books the way a reader experiences them. You know what's going to happen. So you miss out on the thriller mystery part.

However, I'm what you call a panster, so I don't plot my books, therefore, I don't know everything that's going to happen until it comes upon me. A scary way to write, but it also keeps it interesting.

In both my books Back Again and Deadly Messengers, I was as much in the dark as the reader for a fair way into the story, and I was certainly guessing as hard as I could, lol. It's also a messy way to write, because I then have to go back in the edits and make everything align with what I learn as I write. Stephen King famously writes this way.

So, yes, I think if you like a story that will keep you guessing then I think you would enjoy my stories. In fact, the most common comment on reviews of Deadly Messengers has been that readers couldn't put the book down until they found out what was happening. It's more a 'how dunnit' than a 'whodunnit'. Half way through the book I purposely let readers know for sure who the bad guy is, but you won't find out the how until near the end.

Thanks for your question, I really appreciate your interest.

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