Maryland Writer's Association 30th Anniversary
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April
Notable Maryland Author
Tom Clancy


Genre: Espionage Techno Thriller
 

The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. - Tom Clancy

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
(April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist responsible for creating the Espionage Techno Thriller genre.  Like most new authors, Mr. Clancy, in 1984, was fully employed in one profession (a successful insurance salesman in Towson, MD) and found enjoyment and challenge in writing in his spare time, mostly at night.

His first novel The Hunt for Red October described the attempt of a Russian Submarine Captain to defect, along with his submarine, to the United States without getting sunk by either the United States or Russian Navies.   It was read and published by The Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, MD and had modest sales until President Reagan mention he was reading the book and couldn’t put it down.  Then his sales shot through the roof.  

Genre – Espionage Techno Thriller 
A complex, adrenaline-fueled military story that features a heavy reliance on technical details about weaponry, submarines, planes, and intelligence agencies.
A partial reading list includes: The Hunt for Red October; Patriot Games; Clear and Present Danger; The Sum of All Fears.

Fun With Words
Maryland Writers’ Association (MWA) invites you to have fun writing part of an espionage techno-thriller using only 100 words.  In your 100 words, weave together the main character (You name them), a piece of military equipment (you pick), a warning tone, and a green coffee cup.  Please visit
www.mwawritersroundtable.org/fun-with-words, to read a sample response from this prompt, if you are unsure of how to write this.  Submit your Fun With Words response to www.mwawritersroundtable.org/submit-fun-with-words by the 20th of the month and receive an MWA Fun With Words Submission Certificate.  Selected responses will be published next month.

Writer's Prompt Responses
Maryland Writers’ Association (MWA) invites you to have fun writing part of an espionage techno-thriller using only 100 words.  In your 100 words, weave together the main character (You name them), a piece of military equipment (you pick), a warning tone, and a green coffee cup. 


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