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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Author Interview: Suz Korb

Suz Korb
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Author Facts: Suz Korb is the author of Eve Eden vs. the Zombie Horde and Death by Chocolate. She is originally from Hawaii and then grew up in Utah but now resides in England where she is practising her proper English accent.
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1.     How did you come up with the idea for the book?
I came up with the ending first. The cliffhanger ending is a twist in the tale that is completely different to the entire content of this book. That way, as I was writing Eve’s story, I made sure not to mention the twist so that all her adventures were a surprise, even to me, as I wrote.

2.     Why zombies?
I’ve always loved zombie movies, my favorite being “Shaun of the Dead”. Last year I held a zombie movie marathon. Movies watched were: 28 Days, Resident Evil, Zombieland and of course Shaun of the Dead. I wrote this scene straight after the movie marathon:
The dirty man rises. He’s wearing a suit that was once blue but is now so caked in dirt it looks almost purely brown. He rolls upward and his shoulders straighten. He’s facing away so all I can see is the back of his head as he stands tall.
The crusty man turns his head to the right. Dust motes crack and ping out of his neck. He’s turning his head all the way around on his body and it’s now that I realize this is no ordinary man.
It’s a zombie.
I realized how fun zombie writing was and I knew I had to write a zombie story of my own.

3.     Most zombie books are kind of depressing and bleak, why did you choose to use humour in your version?
To lighten the gore. I don’t actually like super-gorey zombie movies and laughing at all the blood splatter and brain chomping in my book makes the zombies seem a little less disgusting. Still scary, because they’re zombies, but funny, rotting walking-dead.

4.     How long did it take to write?
The first draft took me a couple of months to finish.

5.     What was the most challenging thing about writing/publishing your work?
The challenge of writing this book was in the word count. I made the mistake of struggling to get it up to 100,000 words. This filled the book with too many boring words so I scrapped the lot and started over. I ended up writing a story that was as long as it needed to be.As for publishing my work, that took a lot of courage. The best advice I had from another self-published author friend of mine was to “get over yourself” and just publish it already.
 
6.     How many books will there be in the series?
It’s a trilogy so there will be 3.

7.     Is the sequel finished?
The sequel is 1/3 finished.

8.     Does Eve really have powers or is it just the necklace in this book?
Wait and see. All will be revealed in the follow up books. Eve doesn’t even know where her powers are coming from. She’s on a journey and learning things as they are thrown at her by unknown forces.

9.     What is with the flying/floating/travelling thing? How does it really work?
Eve’s not quite sure, but for some reason she feels like she keeps getting sucked into hell. The skies of hell call to her. She seems to get sucked into the underworld when she least expects it. It’s really confusing for her that Bubbles does the flying thing with her. Let’s see what happens to all their floating shenanigans in book 2, shall we? ;)

10.  Can you explain the different planes that Eve travels too, are they different worlds? Frequencies? Layers of our world?
There’s Hell and Earth. Both are in different dimensions that supernatural creatures and people have a connection with. Some more than others.

11.  What’s the deal with Nathan aka Vampire Boy? Will there be more of him in book 2?
Nathan is a bit weird because he’s a new vampire and I don’t think he likes being one. I’ll let you in on a little secret. When Nathan first appears in book 2 he welcomes his vampire powers because he has to fight for…
Wait and see. Teehee.

12.  Who would you like to portray your characters in a movie?
I think Chole Moretz could best portray Eve. She can do kick-ass teen heroine.

13.  Who is your favourite character & why?
Eve, because she gets all kinds of shit thrown at her and she always pulls through for others.

14.  After that huge cliff-hanger ending what can we look forward to in book 2? Any teasers?
I already revealed a small teaser in question 11, but I can also tell you that Eve meets someone new. He’s a boy and he’s the same age as her. She’s 16 in the 2nd book. What’s incredibly interesting to Eve about this new boy is that he has powers too, and his powers are almost exactly the same as hers.

15.  Do you have any other projects on the go or in the pipeline?
Yes I do. At the moment I’m writing a paranormal YA story for the Death by Chocolate anthology. It’s a tale of a teenage girl whose life becomes immersed in the world of  Olympian Gods and Goddesses.http://dbcanthology.blogspot.com

Not a question but I would just like to thank you for the comedy genius known as Thunderbug :D
You’re welcome! I love pugs. Just not smelly, farty pugs. lol

Thanks for joining us today Suz!!

Saturday, 24 December 2011

A Review for Eve Eden vs. the Zombie Horde by Suz Korb

Posted by Guest Reviewer Melanie
Published Date: November 20th, 2011
Finished Date: December 23rd, 2011
Source: For Review from Author
Format: Kindle
Pages: Unknown

The Blurb from Goodreads: Kidnapped by a vampire, epically farted on by a pug and dragged through the pits of Hell. Welcome to Eve Eden’s world in the small and strange town of Twin Forest. Eve has goals. She has dreams and ambitions that don’t involve staying in this weird, podunk town. When supernatural forces collide and drop her into the heart of England, she’s not exactly pleased. When Eve said she wanted to get the heck out of dodge, she didn’t mean getting transported into a torture chamber inside the dungeon of an actual castle. Damned souls rising from the depths of Hell. Her body’s sudden ability to heal quickly from wounds. Resisting her inexplicable attraction to a vampire who’s been sent to kill her. Can life get any worse for Eve? Apparently it can, because just around the corner at Twin Forest’s cemetery… waits the zombie horde.
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The Review: 3.5 out of 5: Eve Eden is your typical 15 yr old, going to school & hanging with her BFF Kimi. After Kimi gifts her with a necklace she finds on a dig with her foster father and Kimi decides to cast a spell, Eve’s world is turned upside down and she is thrust into a supernatural showdown of epic proportions – for the necklace is special and doesn’t belong to Eve but she just can’t give it up and the owner will stop at nothing to get it back in their possession, even if it means raising an army of the undead. And if that isn’t enough she gets kidnapped by some ‘Vampire boy’ who seems to be a bit weird and whisked away to who knows where and ends up in whole other situation that she really doesn’t want to be in, whatever next?

This book was a lot of fun, I sat laughing to myself for most of it and just loved the humour in it. Eve was a great lead character, she didn’t really have a clue what was going on and sort of stumbled her way through hoping for the best. Everyone around her was clued in on what had/was happening and she was totally clueless which made for some really funny comic moments which she dealt with by using her awesome sense of humour as well as her limited skills. The other character I was most curious about was ‘Vampire boy’ aka Nathan, again I thought their exchanges were funny and a bit weird and I would have liked to have seen more of them together. The bug eating pug – Thunderbug, is genius and caused me to laugh so much especially when you read lines like this.…. 'He goes down. The vampire has just been farted into submission by a super flatulent pug.' I’m still laughing about it, it was hilarious! He kept popping up in moments where he was least expected and did his stuff. LOL.

I don’t know what I was expecting from this really because the only other Zombie book I had read was quite depressing, more of a realistic approach but this was a whole different kettle of fish and by using humour it was really light and easy to read making it a really great start to a new series. I must say that it did take a while before any zombies turned up and I was slightly confused with the flying/jumping from place to place but decided to go with the flow on that one and sort of got it. I was intrigued by the plotline which I don’t want to say too much about, but was still really interested in what had been happening during the place to place visits and hopefully they will be addressed in the sequel along with some answers for her because she was thrust into the action and still doesn’t know much about herself or what is really going on and why her family, friends and neighbours are training for the apocalypse. I want more of Eve & Nathan as well, there wasn’t enough in this book so hopefully we’re going to get lots more. Also, prepare yourself for a big WTH ending that is going to leave you desperate for the next book.

 
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