#Sustember I have the worst overpowered MC ever married to also the worst overpowered MC ever, so the tension comes from their wishes and impulses against the chaotic world of heroes and villains they're unfamiliar with. Which side will they choose?

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I'd say all the mysteries surrounding things with Emily's old crew, what Nanashi is, the demon lord and his motives... especially when his motives coincide with Emily late in book 1. That's definitely one I want to keep strong in book 2 >.>~

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To be honest, I'm not even fully sure... I know I use purposeful repetition sometimes, but I try not to too often. I also slow down the pacing a lot when it feels appropriate for leading into the suspenseful elements.

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I love mysteries, though they don't have to be murder mysteries (though I love those, too!). One of my favorites is Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki 'cause of how well it led up to all the reveals and really toyed with what you know vs. what's actually going on. It was a wild ride,

I'm a voracious reader. I love historical novels. I love thrillers. I love dark fantasy. But I sell my soul to the horror genre when I was a little girl. I'm horror writer.
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Apart from the murders and who's the killer part, there are a lot of subtle moments involving the MCs, and how their relationship evolves in this grim atmosphere, and Nate's whole being drenched in grief and trauma, and the ghosts in his life.

I hope my readers can relate to my main character, and I hope they keep turning pages not only to unravel the mystery as he does, but also to find out whether or not the character survives in the end
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Got behind, so gonna attempt to catch up! But I'd say I sprinkle some in throughout to make the reader wonder what's really going on, and then increase it when it feels appropriate--like reaching the climax of an arc or something~

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I don't like to limit myself to just one literary technique. Yes, I try to use all five senses—and even the sixth—as often as I can. I use repetition, alliteration, short sentences, impactful metaphors, and whatever fits what I want to express at that moment.

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I honestly hope what keeps my (future (hopefully)) readers turning the page are the stories and the character dynamics, which is to say, reader investment in the relationships, in the characters making good choices, the book club's success for HEA endings to bad pulp books.

In QUEEN FOR A DAY, certainty is dangerous. Readers know Cobeah killed the queen, but not her reasons why. Every POV, threat, and hour counted by water reshapes the answer. The question no longer becomes who will survive, but how much will survival cost.

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In most of the Bludeye series, a lot of the suspense is tied up into "what the hell is even happening?" There's clearly something very wrong (in each book, a different threat) but uncovering what it is and how to deal with it is the main struggle and source of suspense.

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For Such Sweet Sorrow, I think it might be the fear surrounding the house and the "I can't leave" vibes conflicting with that. Also, learning the deal with Rebecca's aunt.

For Aloe, it's definitely the dread and the intense pressure of what the characters are feeling.

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Now that we've talked technique, how does that apply to your current WIP?

What about your current WIP makes it suspenseful? What about it keeps the reader turning the page?

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I like to use smells and scents to build ongoing suspense.

Amon has a comfort scent and he keeps catching whiffs of it in his dreams, little does he know it’s the shampoo of the Architect as they lean over his frozen weeping form in the dream realm.

I use a variety of techniques, but one of my favorites is describing the setting in a way that makes the reader feel unsettled. Even the most mundane and can become a source of dread with the right descriptors.

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I think my main choices are what I don't do, and when I act. Heavy description can tip your hand, so I tend to describe things twice - I'll set the scene briefly with immediately obvious phenomena, then go into more depth when the characters start paying more attention. ^^ Helps pace it