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FS for September: Run by emily_ michele
Carter-Orange:
Congrats Emily, as you know I loved Falling In Love Again and am also loving Run. I can't think of any questions right now, but I'm sure I'll be back :)
mare:
I have a question for you. I try to space my questions out over the month so you don't get bombarded with a ton at the beginning and then nothing, but I' also afraid I'll forget what I was going to ask. lol
Did you always intend on writing a sequel to Falling In Love Again? And if so did you always plan on moving it to another genre like suspense?
What made you decide to take such a drastic turn from romance to suspense for the sequel? Were you afraid your readers wouldn't adjust to the switch?
emilo:
Well, here I am, and I have all the answers. They may not be good answers, but they're my answers, nonetheless :) I'm honored to be featured this month, and I'm hoping I'm able to get a lot of writing on "Run" done this month. However, a Disneyworld vacation is happening in a week, so I'm sure I won't get any done then.
1) Tell us one thing about your story that no one else knows?
How it ends! ;) One kind of interesting little piece of trivia is that the detective in the story, Kendall Jones, is named after two physicians I work with at the hospital where I am a pharmacist. I have a love/hate relationship with them both. More about how that ties into the character later.
2) How long did it take you to write this entire story?
Who knows how long it will take! I've been working on it for about six weeks, and posting for about a month. I'm planning to have it finished by the end of the year, and hopefully sooner.
3) Give us a summary different from the one you have posted on AC, with a few more spoilers to make people tune in.
Nick and Annie are planning on "together forever," but someone from the past has other plans. There's murder, there's action, there's suspense, there might even be a ghost!
4) What made you come up with the concept of this one?
I have no idea. It came to me in the shower, as most of my "brilliant" writing ideas do. Honestly, after participating in the summer reading challenge and in the "Question of the Day" board, I was inspired to try stepping out of my "romance" comfort zone, and this is what I came up with!
5) Who was your favorite character in this story and why?
Hmm... I feel like I should answer Nick or Annie since they're the "stars," but Howie has had some really great moments so far. I have big plans for Kevin, too.
6) You had to know this was coming, who was your least favorite?
I'll say Kendall, and I'd bet a few of you who are reading this story agree. He's a little too cocky for his own good, and he's getting a little sloppy. He may or may not have a redeeming moment coming up later. I had two people in mind (as I mentioned above) as loose inspirations for this character, and like I said before- love/hate relationship.
7) Are all the boys in this one? If not why did you choose to exclude them?
They are all there, but Nick is the main character. The other guys play some big supporting roles at certain points, though.
emilo:
--- Quote from: mare on September 01, 2013, 04:20:09 PM ---I have a question for you. I try to space my questions out over the month so you don't get bombarded with a ton at the beginning and then nothing, but I' also afraid I'll forget what I was going to ask. lol
Did you always intend on writing a sequel to Falling In Love Again? And if so did you always plan on moving it to another genre like suspense?
What made you decide to take such a drastic turn from romance to suspense for the sequel? Were you afraid your readers wouldn't adjust to the switch?
--- End quote ---
I went back and forth a lot on whether I was going to write a sequel. Originally, about halfway through "Falling in Love Again," I thought I was getting a little long-winded, and that maybe there would be more story to tell, so I toyed with the idea of a sequel. I had several readers who were begging for a sequel at the end of that one. "FILA" was about "the chase"-- the boy meets girl and they fall in love type of story. (It was so much more than that to me, but that's the general premise of a romance). The original sequel was just going to be an add-on telling about Nick and Annie's life together- the every day type of obstacles they face, babies, etc. In the end, I decided that was kind of boring and scrapped the idea of a sequel altogether.
Then, I got to thinking about writing something in a different genre, and the Annie and Nick characters, because of their backgrounds, lent themselves really well to the plot in my head. I told Julie once that Nick and Annie were kind of like my version of her "Nick and Claire" in the Broken series. I love these characters. One big problem I'm having with this story is introducing my characters (namely Annie) to my NEW readers. My "FILA" readers know them (well, her) really well from that story. I fear that my new readers just don't get her at all. I'm working on trying to develop the characters a little better in this story as it goes along.
As an aside, I considered a sort of companion piece to "FILA" that delved deeper into a little Kevin subplot I had going on in that one, but I decided it would have been too depressing. Maybe one day if I'm feeling particularly angsty.
Wow, that was long! What are we going to talk about for the rest of the month? LOL
mare:
Speaking as one of the people who only know her from "Run" I can honestly say, I do get her just fine. At least I believe I do. What I love most about this story is the fact that Annie is an important character but so far anyway, it feels like a BSB story. Nick seems to be the lead even though it's Annie's parents who were killed. I think the people who didn't read the first story and chose to read this second one was because of the genre change and not so much the characters. It makes sense for the people who loved FILA to move to this one but the new reader's most likely are reading more for the suspense element and aren't as interested in Annie.
I know that's what kept me reading, is the fact that it was centered around Nick who happens to be engaged to this girl Annie. I probably would have lost interest if it was about Annie who happened to be engaged to this guy, Nick.
Anyway this is turning into a long winded thing where all I'm trying to say is, you have done a great job introducing us to Annie and letting us know what her deal is by the small flashbacks and little scenes with her in them. Coming at it from a strictly suspense reading, non romance caring angle, that's all we really need. It's almost nice to not know too much about her because she can definitely be in the mix as a possible bad guy to us whereas maybe everyone else is like awww poor Annie. Does that make sense? LOL
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