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Kasey Lansdale on Writing an Inexperienced Small-Town PI Protagonist

When I first thought about writing a PI novel, I read and heard lots of advice about how to make your character good at what they do.

Kasey Lansdale on Writing an Inexperienced Small-Town PI Protagonist

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