Episode 142: Novelist Spotlight #142: International banker turned award-winner crime novelist Carl Vonderau
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It took Carl Vonderau a long time to become a full-time author. He left his native Cleveland to study economics at Stanford, then spent more than 30 years as a banker in the United States, Latin America and North Africa — international settings that served as inspiration for his crime novels “Murderabilia” and “Saving Myles.” His work was honored with a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery.
We discuss:
>> Why behind every crime is a family
>> The importance of setting and point of view.
>> Focusing on “voice”
>> The use of objects in character development and storytelling
>> Writing 50,000 words in a month.
>> Getting an agent through a one-sentence pitch
>> Using a developmental editor
>> Being raised a Christian Scientist
>> Etc.
Learn more about Carl Vonderau here: https://carlvonderau.com
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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