Reviewed: November 5th, 2023 Released: October 2nd, 2023 Genre: Epic Fantasy
The Realm-Building Enterprise is open to all. On the continent of Elondria, anyone may become the next legendary dragon rider by building the greatest towns, cities, and even kingdoms.
Skálda Branwright dreams of leaving the Longcold and becoming the first Dragonlord to build an official realm. Only no dragon egg has ever hatched for her.
But when a wild hatchling falls to her from the skies, begging for rescue, she must decide whether to relinquish her dreams and become the worst criminal of all – a rogue rider. One with the potential to restore mankind’s sovereignty from the brutal dominion of elves.
The Realm-Building Enterprise was meant to unite all races, until it became a means for elves to control the continent.
But this is no ordinary dragon. By the time Skálda realizes what she holds in her hands, it is much too late.
She never meant to steal a hatchling. She always meant to build a realm. She never wanted to break the continent.
Today, I am thrilled to be chatting to multi genre author, M.D.LaBelle.
Helen: Welcome. Tell us a little about your latest book in the Paranormal Romance Defiant collection, May I Please?
M.D LaBelle: The current book that I am working on is May I Please? It is the second in the Defiant Collection. The first being May I Alpha?
It is a paranormal romance that has its own unique twists and turns. In the first book I introduced a new concept, past lives and that each werewolf remembers all of them as if in a dream. They can use this to enhance the lives they are living and hopefully stop bad things from happening again.
However, Anastasia is a human in this lifetime, which causes all kinds of troubles for the two of them. In the second book, their troubles compound and Alexander must realize that she may never be fully tamed no matter how hard he tries. After all, wild things are not meant to be restrained.
Helen: What were your thoughts behind your cover? The couple are the same so the same characters must flow through the collection.
M.D LaBelle: Paranormal romance is always magical, and this is a romance, so I placed the man and the woman in the clouds holding each other, with a moon behind them. The sayings always come directly from the books. I picked purple this time for the second book so you can distinguish between the first and the second. The first book has a blue cover.
Helen: How did you come up with your title?
M.D LaBelle: May I Alpha? And May I Please? I named it that, because there is a BDSM element to it with the Domineering man trying his hardest to dominate over the beautiful woman and how she is willing to do this because she loves him.
Helen: What made you write this particular book?
M.D LaBelle: With every book, I write them because I have vivid dreams. I am writing this one now because the first book went over so well, and the story is not fully completed. The first book did have an ending, but the story was so loved that the readers begged for me to continue Anastasia and Alexander’s story on.
Helen: It is so wonderful when your readers engage with the characters and want more! When did you realise you had a passion for writing?
M.D Labelle: I have always loved to read horror novels, but when I was 12, I wrote a horror story and won the Young Author’s Award. It is published in a collaboration called The Who’s Who of America and it was from the 1980’s. For years I forgot about writing until I graduated from Central Michigan University with an art degree. Then I became pregnant and wrote a children’s book. It was never published because while I was still pregnant with my oldest daughter, a drunk driver hit me, and I lost all those memories and so much more.
For years after learning how to walk again, I was in so much pain that I didn’t do much of anything, except for watch over my children. However, one night when they were old enough to go to school, I had a vivid dream that turned into something else. I decided it was time to write again but I had never thought to publish it because I didn’t think it was good enough for anyone else, let alone to sell.
After a time, my family pushed me to publish and then I found an inexpensive way through KDP. It took a year or two before I ever did, but in April 2021, I published on my own. The first time someone bought my book, and it wasn’t a family member, I was ecstatic. So, then I began to think that just maybe I had a calling. From then on, I wrote a book and then published it.
Now, I have over 44 novels, and novellas published on all the major online bookstores, and even on my own eBook store within 2 years. I also have them in several physical stores, plus I do a lot of book signings, and other events where I sell my signed author copies, and my merchandise. I am proud to say that at least one of my books has sold well over a million copies between paid web novel platforms, bookstores, online bookstores, in person book signings and my own website at https://www.mdlabelle.com
Helen: That is fantastic, congratulations on your success. You are such a prolific writer, I can’t belive you’ve published 40+ books in two years! Quite amazing. Which genre do you typically write and why.
M.D LaBelle: I am a multi genre author. I have novels in horror, fantasy, erotica, thriller, romance in various genres and tropes such as dark romance, CEO romance, paranormal romance, also young adult fiction, and children’s fiction.
Helen: Who inspired you to write? Who are your favourite authors?
M.D LaBelle: Of course, authors like Anne Rice, Danielle Steele, Koontz, and King filled my head as a young child, so it is only fitting that I would love to write about horror.
Helen: I know this can be a tricky question, but who is your favourite character from your book?
M.D LaBelle: I would have to say Anastasia because she is both sassy and independent. She knows what she wants and has a mind of her own, but she also has so much to learn.
Helen: If your Main Character could answer, why would they say we should read your book?
M.D LaBelle: Anastasia would say that “You should read this sizzling hot paranormal romance because it is sinfully delicious, has a one-of-a-kind story line and always delivers in a world where most stories are no longer original.
Helen: Which element of the writing process do you find most challenging and why?
M.D LaBelle: I must mention the fact that there are not nearly enough hours in a day for all my ideas. I constantly have ideas popping into my head. As a matter of fact, I have well over a hundred planned in the next several years and I will have at least 50 done by the end of this year.
Helen: It is quite amazing how many books you’ve written. How do you come up with all the ideas for your books?
M.D LaBelle: Like I said in an earlier question, I often have vivid dreams that I take them from. They often are like movies, but I also will see a picture and a story instantly forms in my head or if I hear a song that stirs up an emotion. That is when my thoughts go rogue and develop stories. One, I have written up the blurb, made a cover and the storyline summed up because my niece used to be a kickboxer. It spurred a story in my mind that I have yet to publish.
Helen: Let’s talk a little about your writing process. What resources do you find most useful when writing?
M.D LaBelle: I would have to say that the most useful keys are Microsoft Word and the second Canva. I use both every day, but without Word, I would not be able to write quite so effortlessly.
Helen: What is the most useful piece of writing advice you’ve received, and by whom?
M.D LaBelle: To not pay attention to reviews and not take them at heart, because they are for the readers not for the authors. They are not to make us better as writers, but to direct the reader to buy or not what is good in a book or could use some work.
Helen: That is great advice, thank you for sharing. Do you listen to music when you write, if so, what do you listen to and why?
M.D LaBelle: I used to listen to music when I first started to write but quickly realized that my mind worked quite a bit faster when I could hear the words of the story in my head, not the music. It only served to slow me down.
Helen: Research can be a bit of a time consumer. Do you find you have to do much for your books?
M.D LaBelle: If it is something I don’t know about, I read about it first. For instance, I didn’t know anything about werewolf romance novels, so I read a few when I first started writing so I understood the myths and how they treated each group, but I still added my own elements and made a completely different storyline.
Helen: Are you a pantser or a planner? Do you write free form, or do you have a framework you stick to?
M.D LaBelle: I never plan anything. My fingers lead and I follow. As I write, I often will go in a completely different direction than I had intended to, and it is always more interesting and fantastical that way.
Helen: What is the best thing that has happened to you since you began writing?
M.D LaBelle: I have won two international competitions, awards, and have been #1 on the Amazon Bestsellers list so many times that I have lost count with numerous novels in varying genres. I also have been in the top 5 of Kobo and other bookstores for at least 2 books. However, when I sold over a million copies of The Luna’s Mate: The Alpha King, I realized that dreams really could come true if you try hard enough. Even if it seems that the odds are against you and insurmountable.
Helen: I am so excited to hear of your success. It gives other writers’ hope that they can succeed as well. What advice would you give new writers?
M.D LaBelle: Never give up. If you feel like quitting, just remember that you wanted to do this and that everything worth doing is hard.
Helen: How do you fit your writing into your everyday life?
M.D LaBelle: I have teens, so when they go to school, I write. For a year and a half, I was writing 24/7 but it took a toll on my body and mind, so I have slowed down and fit it in around the rest of my life. Plus, I write really fast and then edit each chapter after I write it.
Helen: What is your favorite book and why do you like it so much?
M.D LaBelle: I love them all. Each one is so different that I could never pick, but if I had to pick, I would say The Lake because it is everything in a book that I love to read. It has suspense, mystery, horror, thriller, and it develops the characters and the storyline completely. It leaves you guessing until the very end how it will turn out. Plus, I love creature features.
Helen: It has been a pleasure chatting with you. Was there anything anecdotal you wanted to share before we finish?
M.D. LaBelle: Ironically, when someone says you need to find your reader base, you need to listen because it is entirely true. At first, when I had written the dark romance Just Love Me, I could not get anyone to read it. But once I found my target audience, it spread like wildfire and everywhere I look in those specific groups, readers are recommending it.
Helen: Thank you so much for spending time with me today and congratulations on your writing success. It is is wonderful to meet someone rocking the Indie Publishing world! Just to close us out, one final question. Do you have any advice to overcome self-doubt?
M.D LaBelle: I had never really had too much of a problem with it because I was always writing. That is until this summer. I wrote in a new sub-genre, dark romance. I have what I know to be a wonderfully written dark romance series of novellas. They were meant to be a fragment of a split personality female serial killer’s life. However, some could not wrap their head around it because they did not understand that she suffered from split personality disorder. It was a big twist, so I didn’t want to just come out and say it in advertisements. I guess I had thought that the reader could figure it out by what I said in the book, but I was wrong in a few cases. It hurt because my ratings suffered.
Also, it was fast paced because I wanted to make it different from everything else out there right now. Now mind you I do have many absolutely wonderful 5- and 4-star reviews from those of my readers who did understand, but then I also received a few 1 and 2’s from those who didn’t. When I started to get 1- and 2-star ratings, it really made me start to question myself and my ability to write. I had thought in the beginning that it would be possible to make it another #1 Bestselling series, but the damage had already been done because now readers see those 1 and 2’s and how it brought down my average.
I am lucky to have a wonderful husband who is always backing me and pushing me towards the next book, otherwise I would have quit and never wrote the rest of my stories.
About the Author
M.D LaBelle
M.D. LaBelle is an international, award-winning, bestselling author from Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with numerous novels that hit #1 on the best-selling charts on Amazon. She has won two awards in the last year. Also, she is an author of several different sub genres of romance, dark romance, erotica, horror, thriller, fantasy, youth horror and children’s books. She currently has over 48 of her novels on all the online bookstores and her own. Her presence is all over the internet in social media under her pen name. The Lake: The Complete Special Edition can be purchased in store at Barnes & Noble physical locations, but the rest of her works can be found anywhere books are sold.
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Reviewed: November 3rd, 2023 Released: March 28th, 2022 Genre: Spicy Scottish Romance Format: ebook (KU)
My past was soul-destroying.
Annie Holmes: I’ve spent the last eight years in survival mode, living on a vow I made to myself: Never allow those with money to make me powerless ever again.
I’m a warrior.
I don’t need an unsupportive, uncaring, low-life in my world. I’m better than that. I tackle every challenge thrown at me head-on. My daughter and I are doing just fine, thank you very much.
I’m a Trodaiche; a fighter. I protect those who can’t defend themselves and bring corrupt politicians, sex traffickers, and criminals to justice. They fall to their knees at my feet and tremble at my power.
Called to rescue a runaway becomes far from business as usual: I encounter him.
Will Tony be my salvation, or will he leave us both in ruins? Read My Thoughts…
This is a podcast for all writers and artists who are involved in the book business. Each week, author and artist DJ Bowman-Smith will have a brief chat about her own working week and then introduce a guest to talk about writing and the art authors use to promote their words. It’s about inspiration and business. Aesthetics and exploring the creative mind.
Reviewed: October 29th, 2023 Released: June 30th, 2021 Genre: Historical MM Fantasy Format: ebook (KU)
Silas Mercer is a dead man walking.
And the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn have big plans for their newest ankou and his deathly bandalore.
Life as a servant of death has its challenges. But the biggest one of all is Silas’s daemonic guardian, Pitch. He may look like heaven, but he’s making Silas’s life all kinds of hell.
The daemon is arrogant, egotistical and his appetite for violence and tea cakes is fast outgrowing the small village where they have been recuperating since their run-in with Black Annis.
Now, the increasingly unstable Blight is causing new havoc, and fresh monstrosities are emerging. Pitch and Sickle are back in the saddle, and on their way to the haunted Forest of Dean. But can Silas rely on his guardian’s protection? Or will Pitch prove to be the most dangerous encounter of all? Read My Thoughts…
Today, I am thrilled to be chatting to the writing duo Michelle Gaunt and Angelle Gremillion, who write behind the pen name Michelle Angelle.
Helen: Welcome Michelle and Angelle. Tell us a little about the latest book in your romantic comedy series.
Michelle Angelle: Dear Roomie is another standalone novel in the Dear Pink series, teaming with forced proximity and forbidden love. We had a great time writing it and revisiting old friends.
Ghita Russo’s dating history is dire. Men kick her cat, demand full frontal photos, and can’t let her win at a simple game of mini golf. Determined to protect her heart, Ghita lives by a strict set of dating rules. Rule Number One: Never date your best friend’s brother, no matter how insanely hot he is. But some rules are meant to be broken.
When Ghita needs to save money and her bestie suggests renting a room to her brother, she finds herself dancing dangerously close to the edge of disaster.
Logan Scott, recently free from a toxic relationship, moves to Dallas for his dream job. After meeting his insanely brilliant roomie, he can’t deny his attraction, especially as the chemistry ratchets up between them.
Helen: Now, that does sound like a fun premise. Plenty of opportuinty for mayhem and mishaps! What were your thoughts behind your cover?
Michelle Angelle: Ghita is an intense and ambitious business woman, so she uses puzzles to unwind and calm her brain. When Logan moves in, he finds puzzling equally relaxing. Soon, the sexual chemistry igniting between them makes it impossible for Ghita to concentrate on anything other than Logan. Logan is against her rules, but he might just be her perfect match.
Helen: What a great connection to the story. The cover makes even more sense now! How did you decide on the title?
Michell Angelle:Dear Roomie is part of our Dear Pink series, so some of the titles will have a play on “Dear…” In Dear Pink, we introduce the loud, fun, supportive Russo family. Gabe Russo gets the girl in Dear Pink, but the rest of his six sisters have their own love story to tell. Dear Roomie is Ghita Russo’s story. We also wrote a holiday romance featuring Gloria Russo, Until Next Year. We purposefully didn’t choose “Dear” in the title to set it apart from the others as a special holiday edition that features a new year in every chapter..
Helen: Nice, and that title works beautifully. What made you write this particular book?
MIchelle Angelle: Readers often ask us how we dream up our stories. We are inspired by everyday life and have a running list of ideas. For Dear Roomie, the idea occurred to both of us at the exact same time…like kismet.
A friend of ours told us about this utopian coffee place, La La Land Kind Cafe, where they mentor foster youth aging out of the system. There, kindness is the priority. We visited and were not disappointed by the sunshiny joy that filled the space.
As we were sipping their signature lavender bloom matcha latte, two college-aged girls sat at the table next to us. Pink sweater said, “I’m dying. I’m in love with Jeremy.” Plaid shirt said, “So? What’s the problem?” Pink sweater answered with the three words that would launch the plot of this book: “He’s my roommate.”
Yes, we are “people watchers” and “coffee shop eavesdroppers.” Don’t judge, we can’t help ourselves!
We won’t recount the rest of their conversation because that’s private. But we knew immediately how to complicate this already complicated love story. It’s all thanks to La La Land Kind Cafe and those great drinks for the inspiration.
Helen: That is such a great way to find new book ideas. I hope you dropped off a copy at the cafe once you finished it! Now Dear Roomie is out what are you working on next?
Michelle Angelle: Our next project is a trilogy featuring a strong female protagonist who knows what she wants but discovers more than she bargained for after meeting three very different men.
Helen: When did you realise you had a passion for writing?
Michelle Angelle: Twenty years ago, we started a book club and fell in love with the contemporary romance novels our group read. Inspired to write, and wanting to work together, we immediately started dreaming up characters. Unlike traditional rom-coms on the market, we wanted side characters that had agency and strong voices. Together, we imagined scenarios involving two lost loves forced together in impossible situations. We all have a “WHAT IF” person from our past, and it’s fun to fantasize about various scenarios. We started a running document of story ideas to dip into for our future books. Luckily, we both have a lot of ideas and quickly the pen name Michelle Angelle was born.
Helen: How do you plan when to write? Co-ordinating yourselves must be quite difficult.
Michelle Angelle: Between juggling kids, husbands, and part-time jobs, the writing time happens amidst the chaos. Our biggest challenge is trying to do it all. Luckily, we have each other on speed dial and can dive into work the moment we answer the phone. Since we write together, we share docs and emails constantly. Because we don’t have a consistent writing schedule, our superb mind-reading powers come in handy.
Helen: What advice would you give to new writers?
Michelle Angelle: We often get asked questions from new writers. Our advice is to read a lot and write constantly. You can’t sell a book if you haven’t written one, and the best place to find writing inspiration is in a book.
Helen: Great advice! What have you found has been the most challening part about the writing and publishing process?
Michelle Angelle: Being a writer is inviting strangers to judge you. Every book has a piece of you in it, and when a reader doesn’t like your book, it can feel personal. Writers need to be vulnerable and take risks, but they also need to prepare for some hurt feelings and rejections. It’s a great exercise in letting go of the ego.
Helen: It’s been a pleasure chatting to you both. Thak you so much for spending time with me today. Just to finish, every writer experiences self-doubt. How do you overcome the fear and the little voice in your head to keep writing?
Michelle Angelle: Writing together is our favorite part of the writing process! Many authors describe their writing process as solitary, but we are lucky to have each other. When we write, we inhabit a separate plane of reality where only our story and characters exist. It’s our happy place. We love our work.
About the Authors
Michelle Angelle
Michelle Angelle is the pen name of two good friends. Our love of clever romances, great breakfast diners, and late-night wine tastings led to many sassy stories. One day, we started writing them down.
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Today, I am thrilled to be chatting to Italian YA Fantasy author, Marco Marek.
Helen: Welcome Marco. Tell us a little about your YA Fantasy books.
Marco: My current book is Magic Streets Arizona bound book three, end of the saga of Magic Streets, first one was based in Prague, second in London and Highlands in Scotland.
This is the blurb for the first book.
Photography has never been so dangerous for Jack. Excited to visit Prague, Jack packs his camera and sets out to complete an assignment for a well-known magazine. However, shooting award-winning photographs isn’t the only challenge that Jack will face.
Blissfully unaware of the magic contained within the city of Prague, Jack rents an apartment at a mysterious former hotel. Determined to complete his assignment, he stumbles upon a magic street, he didn’t know he will be involved with a monster hunt with a tarot reader, a young witch and a bridnet boy.
The adventure that awaits is filled with magic, turmoil, danger, and a newfound love. Will Jack be able to face his fears or will the city be lost forever?
Helen: What a great idea for a portal to another world. What were your thoughts behind your cover?
Marco: The last cover of book three is a witch with a grand canyon background with bright blue sky with Pleiades on the top left. I found a photo of this vampire woman in shutterstock and love it, right away communicate with my cover artist and she create it.
Helen: That is such a great feeling when you find the perfect image for your cover. How did you come up with your title and the idea behind magical streets?
Marco: Well one time I was driving in my city when I had a vision, seemed I was in the opposite area I wanted to go, so I thought that could be magic street that transfer you in the area you want.
Helen: What made you write this particular book?
Marco: Magic Streets saga is because I like Teleports and fantasy, but this one isn’t visible, it is just one small area where whoever has special powers could detect and use this teleport, just using their mind.
Helen: When did you realise you had a passion for writing?
Marco: I always liked fantasy movies and books. After I read The Lord of the Rings I thought: why I can write my own story? So I wrote Hyperearth, my first book.
Helen: Which genre do you typically write and why. Who inspired you?
Marco: I write mostly Fantasy, because for me it’s more easy, creating new worlds, creatures, is so simple for me since I have a huge imagination. I wrote one suspense thriller: Amstel Girl, seems went well. My insprirations were Stephen King, JK Rowling, Paulo Coelho.
Helen: Who is your protagonist and why did you write her/him? Do you have a favourite character?
Marco: Of Magic Streets is Jack Harson, one American man living in England, his profession is photographer, well my first two books the protagonists were two female teenagers and the second book Wesley Wooter, a man who met a quirky woman.
I like Wesley of Amstel Girl who is into a intrigue but he is strong to face this issues, and also met a quirky and terrible girl that make him mad. Jack of Magic Streets, is quiet man but his life will be changed forever by the two witches and thanks to them he will be more stronger.
Helen: If your Main Character could answer, why would they say we should read your book?
Marco: If you like adventure, action Wesley and Jack are the perfect guys, they like to joke and be serious when needs, they aren’t perfect but you will like them.
Helen: Tell us about your current WIP.
Marco: My current Wip is Magic Streets Arizona bound the end of trilogy. But I have lot of books on stand by: one of them is I get inspiration by movie Mulholland drive by David Lynch.
Helen: Let’s talk a little about your writing process. When do you do you most of your writing?
Marco: I always write most at night, it is more quiet and relaxing, during the day there is much noise, my cat is around and not good for writing.
Helen: I have a cat as well, and he can be very distracting! Do you listen to music while you write?
Marco: No, I don’t listen music when I write, I need to concentrate on writing and the music not the best thing.
Helen: How much research do you do for each book?
Marco: Well lot of research for my last book, since I never been in Arizona, I had to do extra search, about legends of Native American, Pleiades, Aztec Maya etc. I recently found that Native American ancestors came from Pleiades!
Helen: Research can be so much fun, but also can drag you down a rabbit hole. We authors, are full of useless information! Are you a pantser or a planner? Do you write free form, or do you have a framework you stick to?
Marco: I write free form without chapters and without read, but with framework I think it is better.
Helen: Which element of the writing process do you find most challenging and why?
Marco: Writing could be easy, though sometimes you are stuck and you can’t move because you haven’t inspiration, but the most challenging for me is editing and writing a blurb. Scanning every phrase finding mistakes of misspelling words and punctuation it’s annoying. As well as the blurb, concentrate all the book in a few words, it’s a really hard task.
Helen: What is your favourite book and why do you like it so much?
Marco: The Lord of the Rings actually, it was an awesome read, I can’t put it down, maybe because I like fantasy but I like the travel journey they do and reading I’m imagining it in mind like I’m watching a movie.
Helen: That is an amazing series by Tolkien. I am sure it has inspired many writers. What is the best thing that has happened to you since you began writing?
Marco: Well, I was very happy when I won bronze medal in a contest of Readers Favorite in Miami 2018.
Helen: Congratulations on your Bronze Readers’ Favorite Award for Hyperearth. Such a great acheivement. Thank you so much for spending time with me today. Just one one more question! What advice would you give new writers? Do you have a trick to overcome self-doubt?
Marco: Read a lot first then write, of various writers of the genre you like it, so you can learn their writing styles, then research when you want to write. Don’t listen to others they smile when you say you are start writing. Keep going. Also indie authors are writers and you must be proud and remember it every time. Celebrate yourself.
For self-doubt? Well finding a contract most of the times it’s a mirage but who knows… one day could happen, better write than leave your manuscript in your drawer. One writer said once, write for yourself first, when you see your books listed,(on amazon for now) you will proud and this is the feeling to keep writing.
About the Author
Marco Marek
Marco Marek is an award winning author from Italy. He always had a fervid imagination and a passion for fantasy stories, medieval magicians, ancient history, and unexplained mysteries. While he was visiting a castle in Eastern Europe, he had the idea of writing Hyperearth. Apart from writing, Marco is also a painter and photographer, he likes digital artwork on Photoshop. He loves travelling when he has some free time
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If you enjoy fantasy books with a touch of romance then you will love SoulBreather, or my epic fantasy Sentinal series. As a new threat against Remargaren is discovered, only one man can wake the ancient guards who can protect them, only he doesn’t know how. Start the adventure and stay for the journey.
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Reviewed: October 22nd, 2023 Released: May 24th, 2022 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: ebook (KU)
She doesn’t want to stand out. Too bad the fate of the planet rests on her shoulders…
Dacia Wolf longs to be normal. After accidentally killing her brother years ago when her awakening powers set fire to their house, the now-college freshman just wants to fit in. But when another unintended blaze results in a trip to the dean’s office, the distraught young woman learns she is the subject of an ancient prophecy.
Destined to battle a demon bent on annihilation, Dacia struggles to develop her magic into a controllable weapon. And now plagued by damaging dreams, a nosy roommate, and a haunted bully, the would-be heroine fears she’ll be responsible for the deaths of everyone she loves.
Can an unprepared sorceress conquer evil without going up in flames? Read My Thoughts…
Author of Beneath the Copper Sky, Book 1 of the Nightshine Saga
Today, I am thrilled to be chatting to science fiction/fantasy author, Eme Savage, whose latest science fiction book Beneath the Copper Sky releases on October 15th.
Helen: Welcome Eme, and thank you so much for taking time to chat with me today. Congratulations on your forthcoming release. Please tell us a little about your book, Beneath the Copper Sky.
Eme: Beneath the Copper Sky is a SciFi Fantasy Action Adventure. Amine returns to Titan to attend her father’s funeral after he dies in a mining accident. Clues left behind by her father tell a different story. With the help of her friend, Amione goes to the surface to find answers and sets into motion events that will change Titan forever.
Helen: What were your thoughts behind your cover?
Eme: I wanted a cover that felt retro and fresh at the same time. Something that will stand out on a shelf and get the reader to pick it up and read the blurb or click to find out more. I decided a simple representation of Titan’s landscape with Saturn on the horizon would immediately tell the reader they were looking at a SciFi novel.
Helen: Who is your protagonist in Beneath the Copper Sky and why did you choose to write them?
Eme: Amione Dhau is a brilliant young woman who was deeply misunderstood by the small community she grew up in. I based her off of some of my experiences growing up as an ADD/autistic individual who knew I was different, but didn’t know why at the time. Amione represents all of us who were made to feel less than, developed our sense of agency, and went on to do amazing things.
Helen: It’s great to see a strong heroine overcoming her difficulties. How do you fit your writing into your daily life?
Eme: I make a point to spend at least ten minutes a day engaged in a writing related activity. It can be actual drafting, but oftentimes it is research, editing, marketing, journaling, and reading. All of these activities push my project forward, hone my skills, and provide inspiration. Ten minutes is not a lot of time, but it does add up if when I do it consistently.
Helen: That is such a great routine to get into. Do you find you spend a lot of time planning your books, or are you more of a pantser?
Eme: 100% a pantser or Discovery Writer. Freewriting works much better for my process. I have tried various outlining techniques and I find them too restrictive. Mostly because I come up with a better idea as I’m drafting. The best feeling in the world is when I’m writing a scene and my characters take me in a direction I had not anticipated. It’s very motivating. I can always smooth out any consistency issues or rough spots in editing.
Helen: Thank you so much for chatting with me today, Eme. Just to close us out, what advice do you have for those writers struggling with imposter syndrome or self doubt?
Eme: Imposter Syndrome is part of the creative process. If I start feeling the fear, much as I’m feeling now, I remind myself that I must be on the right path. It is only a matter of time before I come out on the other side. Depending on where I am in the process, I will seek out feedback. This usually confirms a problem and gives me insight into how to fix the issue. It can also reaffirm what I’m doing well. As terrifying as it is to ask for feedback, it really is the best weapon against Imposter Syndrome.
About the Author
Eme Savage
Eme’ Savage lives in Dearborn, Michigan with her author husband, A.M. Holmes, and three feline overlords, Rosie, Tilly, and Mylo. She went to college and received a 4-year degree in Management. She worked in financial services for 8 years and then became an executive director of a disability advocacy organization. After being diagnosed with Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and other ancillary illnesses, she left full-time employment. She became a freelance content creator covering issues ranging from school funding to the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and the socio-economic effects of public policy. Throughout her life, she has been working on The Genesis Chronicles, an adult epic fantasy series and adult SciFi Series. She published Echoes of the Gidat in 2009 and relaunched it in 2019 on its 10 year anniversary. Tetarul Parallel was published May 1st, 2020, and Mirror of Ettek will be released on December 27th, 2021. She also has three published short stories in the same universe and is working on her debut SciFi novel slated for a January 2023 release.
Beneath the Copper Sky releases on October 15th, 2023 and is available for purchase from a vendor of your choice.
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Reviewed: October 5th, 2023 Released: August 25th, 2022 Genre: Epic Fantasy Format: ebook
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