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Fangless
I hope y'all enjoy learning a little bit more about E.M. and her book, and remember, she's got it on special for *FREE* this month for us to read, so download it while you can and let us know what you think in the community thread. The BOTM thread, along with the free download links, is HERE:
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And without further ado, here is E.M. Reders:
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1. What books have most influenced your life?
Harry Potter, strangely enough. I was never one for reading, spent most of my childhood and teen years thinking that books were boring, a waste of my time. I was 16 when I suddenly found myself bored with nothing to do. My best friend was on holiday, my boyfriend and me arguing once again, and my mum had finally had enough of my mopping around. I had recently seen the film on dvd for the first time, and still to this day have no idea why she had the book, so when she passed it me and told me to give it a go I couldn't really think of a decent enough argument not too. And I'm glad I didn't. The very next day I went straight into town and brought the second book, then the next, and the next. Unfortunately after book 4 I had a few years to wait for my next fix, but I survived, finding many other books to help pass the time.
When I was 18 I read my first non-fantasy romance, Fen by Freya North. Once again I got hooked, and quickly devoured all her books. My obsession with books has grown and grown since those days. My shelves almost overflowing until my husband brought me a kindle one Christmas, something I think he deeply regrets. The first book I brought on it I am sad to say was Fifty Shades of Grey; I loved it and soon began looking for more books like it. While since I first read the Fifty Shades series, still loving the plot, I have come to find the writing quality lacking compared to others, but I will never regret reading it. Since then I have found numerous fantastic authors, Eden Bradley, R.G Alexander, Biance D'Arc, R.E Butler and many, many others.
2. How do you develop your plots and characters?
Most characters just pop into my head fully formed, though I like to take the time to write a little back story for them, discover the reasons they are as they are.
Plot-wise I tend to write the final few chapters first, then plot what needs to happen to get them to that point.
3. Tell us about your LoP book?
Fangless is the first book in the Fangless Trilogy, and is told from the POV of both Bree (a fangless vampire) and Gabriel (a vampire assassin).
There are many punishments in the vampire world for breaking the laws set down by the vampire council, the worst of all being made fangless, which is reserved for only the worst of crimes. The fangless usually die quickly, no longer able to feed themselves they soon starve to death, but Bree is being kept alive in secret, and as she sees it, kept prisoner at Dead Fang Hotel, a vampire safe haven run by a vampire called Drake. Bree isn’t your average lead female, she has a violent temper, is unpredictable, and downright deadly. When Gabriel arrives at the hotel he is warned to stay clear of her but instantly becomes intrigued as to why a fangless vampire is being hidden away and kept fed.
Circumstances force them together and feelings begin to grow between the pair as she slowly lets her guard down and lets him in. But for Bree secrets and lies are a way of life and she’s terrified of what will happen if and when Gabriel discovers the truth about who she is, and what she did.
4. What was the hardest part of writing this book?
The hardest part was trying not to rush things. I always had certain scenes already mapped out in my head, scenes I was very much looking forward to writing, and had to pace myself so I wouldn’t get ahead and force the character to that place before they were ready.
5. What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?
My favourite part to write was definitely Bree’s darker side. At the end of the book when she and Taylor confront one of her old enemies we get to see a whole new side of her, the side she has been terrified that Gabriel would see and hate. Throughout the book there were small hints of darkness within her, but in this scene she really lets it out and shows just how deadly and powerful she really is.
6. Did you learn anything from writing this book and what was it?
If I learned anything from writing this book, it’s to edit, edit, edit. Fangless was my first book and I couldn’t wait to get it out there, so much so that it didn’t get a fantastic edit. Since then I am glad to say I spend a whole lot more time going through everything I write, fixing all those irritating mistakes that tend to get missed. I am also slowly making my way back through Fangless getting rid of them mistakes.
7. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
I think if there is a message in this book it is that relationships need a solid foundation if they are to grow, and secrets and lies are definitely not a solid foundation on which to build on.
8. What are your future project(s)?
I am currently editing the final book in this series, Fearless, which I plan to release in April. I also have ideas for a new series based in the same world but about witches, as well as plans for my first YA book.
9. If you couldn’t be an author, what would your ideal career be?
Anything but working in a supermarket, which is what I am doing now as I only write part-time. Though I will admit there is one part of my job that I do enjoy, selling kindles. Working on the electrical department I get all the fun of introducing people to the wonderful world of indie authors when they buy their first ereader. It's great when a customer comes back with a list of new authors they have found that I just 'have to read'.
10. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your LoP readers?
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my book, it really does mean a lot.
I have discovered so many great books since joining this group and now have a very long to-read list to work my way through.