Just the Facts and a Little Faith with Dony Jay

In this episode, J Ryan and Keira welcome author Dony Jay to discuss writing action-packed spy thrillers from a Chistian perspective. Dony also shares his insights into police procedurals, and how his 20-year career as a police investigator has prepared him to write his new crime thriller series.

Episode highlights:

01:52               How much of ourselves do we put in our fiction?

07:20              FRAK!

09:40             Character is King: Law Enforcement Edition

16:37               Welcome Dony Jay

17:56               Fiction with Conviction

21:18               Breaking the curse (word)

24:56              What do crime & mystery authors get wrong?

33:12               Writing facts vs writing fiction

37:45              Dony’s secret to character development

45:35              The challenge of independence

51:08               Book trailers and marketing