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Saturday, November 10, 2012
FATAL ERROR - Guest post with Author Eileen Schuh
In celebration of its long-anticipated
release, FATAL ERROR is FREE for a short time on Amazon!
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here to download this eBook from Amazon.com or Click
here to download FATAL ERROR free from Amazon.co.uk for FREE on Saturday, 10th November 2012 or Sunday, 11 November 2012.
My new release, FATAL ERROR, is the second
in a series, and I hope I met the special challenges involved in writing a
sequel. The beginning and the ending were
the most difficult to write—not only did they need to receive effective
treatment as the beginning and ending of FATAL ERROR, they also had to connect
the novel to both its prequel and sequel.
Some series are the type wherein the same
cast of characters reappears in each novel and participates in a new adventure,
generally of the same ilk as the one before it.
Series such as Nancy Drew and James Bond are those kinds of stories.
The second type of series follows the
characters through time as well as through adventures. The genre and target
readership of the stories may change as the characters step into the new roles
that come with their aging and changing circumstances.
That second type of series is the one into
which FATAL ERROR falls. In THE TRAZ (Book
I), because the protagonist was a young teen, the story was written with her
adolescence in mind. The challenges she faced were those of an at-risk
youngster on the cusp of adulthood. The
plot, the vocabulary level, the focus of the story was written to match her age.
In FATAL ERROR, Katrina achieves the adult
status she’s wanted since she can remember, though we’re pretty sure she’s not
going to find it as wonderful as she imagines (because nobody does). She’s
enthralled with the freedom adulthood allows, but overwhelmed by the
accompanying responsibilities. And she cheats a bit on her aging. You’ll have
to read the book to find out how she so ably brings that about.
FATAL ERROR, although it will appeal to
teens intrigued with the idea of waltzing past those blasted difficult
mid-teens and getting to 20 quickly, is directed at an adult readership. The
subject matter naturally changes from adolescent dilemmas to more complicated
ones as Katrina becomes fully immersed in the adult world. The adult characters who were peripheral to
Katrina’s story in THE TRAZ, step forward energetically in FATAL ERROR and
drive the story with their adult perspectives, strengths, wisdom and
weaknesses.
Although FATAL ERROR is a psychological
crime thriller, when we turn that last page we’re left with the distinct
feeling that Book III of the BackTracker series might well be marketed as a
romance novel.
We’ll have to wait to find out for sure.
I do like writing series, but I don’t want
to cheat my readers. I suspect they want a complete story when they pay for a
novel. I have to make sure that I wrap up all those lose ends and answer all
the burning questions...well, most of them. Actually, all of them except for
the two new ones I snuck in on the last page.
It’s not unsolved riddles and unresolved
plot lines that will compel my readers to seek out Book III, but rather the
loose ends of the character’s lives, hearts and psyches—much like how the
natural suspense of the unknown future drives our very own real-life stories.
After
reading THE TRAZ and FATAL ERROR , BackTracker fans will know what Katrina did,
saw, learned, forgot, loved and lost between the age of 12 and 20. They’ll know
how all her successes and failures were dealt with during that time period and
how her problems were solved.
What they won’t know is how all that trauma
and drama is going to affect her future life. What kind of wife, mother,
grandmother, police officer will it make her?
The persistent danger, the betrayals, the
unrequited love—what kind of adult will Katrina become?
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Thank you, Kenna, for hosting me and helping me promote FATAL ERROR.
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