Setting the mood of the office
Jayden, the main character in the current piece I'm writing, works in a private equity office in NYC. There is an unspoken culture deep...
Erik Goddard
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Erik Goddard
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Work in progress
I’m liking the way some of these characters are interacting with each other: “He is the number one Hitchcock fan in the whole upper east...
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Erik Goddard
- May 29
- 1 min
From "Fake Death".
Like most of my stuff, a title only becomes visible long after the writing is done, so for now this novel-in-progress is "Fake Death" He...
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Erik Goddard
- May 15
- 1 min
Sunday writing
Finalizing the outline for my new novel. It's another suspense//thriller piece about a man who fakes his own death for the insurance...
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Erik Goddard
- May 7
- 1 min
Morally ambiguous characters
Who can guess the motivations and histories of the average person you meet on the street? The guy standing next to you waiting for the...
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Erik Goddard
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Recipe for (suspense plot) Confusion
When you start considering one plot scenario and an exciting twist occurs to you, and then another, and you start twisting things around...
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Erik Goddard
- Jan 12
- 2 min
On making bad guys we like
We know them, what they look like, how they dress, and what they say. They're stereotypical bad guys, often called criminals or perps....
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity and the 'medium' test
If you are artistically and creatively inclined, you more than likely have your niche, whether it's writing fiction, painting, making...
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
Dynamic character dialogue
Dialogue is piece of the story puzzle that often gets short shrift. Conversation and dialogue is a natural part of human interaction, and...
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Erik Goddard
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
Thoughts returned to Brandon, and the way things might be right now had she chosen to call him back instead of blowing him off the other...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
When reviews are not reviews
If you post something for public consumption in the internet age, it is going to get reviewed. Expect some good ones, but also some bad...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“But,” Sarah suggested, “don’t we need to find out what he wants to say? I mean, what if it’s about the money, that something’s wrong?”...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“And I can add to that brief introduction,” Ian continued. “She’s a modern woman all the way through, gorgeous on the outside, mildly...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
Excerpt from The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton
“Right. I guess now seems like the perfect transition into the ground rules. They are simple. First, understand that you’re in a remote...
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Erik Goddard
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Final day of the Goodreads giveaway
Down to the last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway for 100 copies of The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton. Get your name in so you have a...
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Erik Goddard
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
DO pick up the book!
See where it says not for sale? That does NOT apply to you. Buy my book! lol A wealthy young woman is kidnapped and forced to record a...
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Erik Goddard
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Get The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton ebook for free!
If you read ebooks, enter the Goodreads giveaway for my new suspense thriller The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton. Click if you would like to...
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Erik Goddard
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton now avl for preorder!
My suspense thriller is now available for preorder on the device of your choice. For now this is an ebook--print version coming soon. The...
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Erik Goddard
- Oct 9, 2021
- 1 min
The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton cover:
Here it is. And with a new cover comes an updated novel summary: The morning it happened, Sarah thought little of the slight change in...
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Erik Goddard
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Kidnapped and Held for Ransom?
If you were kidnapped and held for ransom what would be your basic escape plan? Claw your way out? Deceive your captors? Cry for help?...
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