For any other thriller writers out there, The Big Thrill website has a weekly panel discussion on interesting topics, here:

http://www.thebigthrill.org/thriller-roundtable/

The more interesting topics are towards the beginning of the series as you might expect but I enjoyed reading about authors' struggles with finding the appropriate pitch for humour in a thriller, something I have just bombed at in my first draft:

http://www.thebigthrill.org/2012/03/april-1-8-is-it-difficult-to-write-comedy-or-humor-into-your-thrillers/