One woman’s journey through the chaotic new world.
Those left standing make the paths for the future generations.
Those the planet allowed to live still have to survive the trials of the virus. If you manage to come out of it alive you are left with some form of mutation that could give you an ability that could be harmless or lethal.
Bree Taylor is the last survivor of her family. With no other choice she sets off on her own to escape the clutches of the new government’s army—that does not place safety and security in their code of behavior only the highest bidder get their protection and loyalty.
MB's INTERVIEW
Thank you, Mrs.Paige
Why short stories? How different is for you to write short stories from novels?
After the Silence didn’t start as a short story (or parts) it was written as a full novel. The publisher wanted to break it up into a serial series. Figuring out where to break the story for each part was actually harder to do having the entire thing written then if I done it a piece at a time. I am writing the second volume now and able to find the break points more easily.
I prefer writing novels instead of shorter stories – maybe I just ramble better in length. J
What a writer needs to be able to write about survival? Do you think that the women and men perceive differently the stories about survival?
Writing about it probably took more thought process than most other things I have. I have personally done recreational survival weekends, where you have some basics and have to figure out the rest yourself. Writing about Bree’s challenges were even more difficult than doing it in person. I had to take everything away and help her figure out what would work and what wouldn’t—I think it was as stressful for me as it was for her at times.
I’m sure they do perceive it differently. What a man thinks is necessary and a woman are vastly different generally, so I’m sure any female readers would be right there with Bree in her struggles whereas a male might think some of the things she had to go through were frivolous to a point.
I don’t know about you, but if I’m ever placed in a survival situation I wouldn’t mind a man in the picture – that way we could have all our bases covered. J
What are your rules for creating a credible new/future suffering world and civilizations?
Creating a new world isn’t as fun as it sounds. More than once I’ve gotten half way in and discovered what I’d written conflicted with something mentioned earlier. So I suppose a rule would be not to put anything down in stone, just in case you need to add and addendum later on in the story. I don’t plot my writing down to every scene so I’m learning right along with my characters as we go.
In your opinion, what makes readers love a character and/or how the character need to be?
I think for readers to love a character they have to go through something with that character. Writing that this and that happened doesn’t create any sort of emotional attachment to – if they go through the experience with them and can relate to how the character reacts then I think they’ll be rooting for them throughout the story.
What the readers will always find in your stories?
Something that is always present in my story is sarcasm— it’s my second language.
Thank you so much for having me here today! J
About the author:
Jacqueline Paige lives in Ontario in a small town that’s part of the popular Georgian Triangle area. No one has ever heard of Stayner, so she usually tells people she lives “near Collingwood” and no, she doesn’t ski at Blue Mountain or at all, in fact she’s not even fond of snow.
She began her writing career in 2006 and since her first published works in 2009 she hasn’t stopped. Jacqueline describes her writing as “all things paranormal”, which she has proven is her niche with stories of witches, ghosts, physics and shifters now on the shelves.
When Jacqueline isn’t working at her ‘reality job’ or lost in her writing she spends time with her five children, most of whom are finally able to look after her instead of the other way around. Together they do random road trips, that usually end up with them lost, shopping trips where they push every button in the toy aisle, hiking when there’s enough time to escape and bizarre things like creating new daring recipes in the kitchen. She’s a grandmother to four (so far) and looks forward to corrupting many more in the years to come.
Jacqueline loves to hear from her readers, you can find her at:
Thanks again for having me here!
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