My guest is Aussie author,
Enid Wilson.
Enid writes Austen fanfiction but with a sci-fi bent. I’m rather
impressed the premise and I have to say I love the plucky Jane in the tale.
Darcy, as with the original Pride and Prejudice, thinks for himself. He’s a bit
more forthcoming on his opinions and his actions in this futuristic tale.
Enid creates a complete and fun futuristic world, with plenty of romance and hot sex, interplanetary war, and space travel.
Enid
Wilson wrote this story in a somewhat unorthodox method with direct feedback
from readers. But I’ll let her tell you all about that. J
Thank you, Sia for hosting me today.
I’m a tea drinker so I’ve brought along my own Fair Trade tea from
Oxfam. I hope the mixed aroma of coffee and tea will keep everyone inspired.
Talking about inspiration, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to my latest
novel, Every Savage Can Reproduce, a Pride and Prejudice-inspired
science fiction.
I started off writing P&P fan
fiction in 2007, just as a way to amuse myself in my spare time. I posted the
stories in several free online forums and was amazed that many readers loved my
crazy stories. A year later, my sister suffered a sudden illness and made me
rethink about my life. Life is too
short to waste away (my sister has fully recovered now). So I followed the
footsteps of other fellow fan fiction writers and was happy to have several of
my stories published.
Every Savage Can Reproduce was written in 2007 as a
choose-your-own adventure. It took me four years to complete it. After each chapter was posted online, I put
out a poll for readers to vote and then wrote the next chapter based on the
option with most votes. In the published novel which has been revised
substantially, I wanted to retain the original ‘interactive’ style and
therefore the voting options were also featured.
Here is an adapted excerpt, of Prince Wickham’s televised address to
Planet Earth, showing one of the polls at the end of a chapter:
“Our country men and women,I am sorry to
bring grievous news to you.
We have received the alarming news that
Mr. Darcy has returned to Earth, under mind control by the people of Hartfield,
per the instruction of the rebellious Gentry.
He was seen with a vicious clone of Sir
Lewis de Bourgh, Queen Immortal Catherine de Bourgh’s dead husband, and with
his cousin, the fugitive ex-General Richard Fitzwilliam, his sister, Georgiana
Darcy, and his whore, Elizabeth Bennet. Darcy’s friend Charles Bingley and
Elizabeth’s eldest sister, Jane Bennet, are both still on the run, but have not
been seen with them.
They are a dangerous group of people, and
Sir Lewis’s clone has been seen to perform harmful mind control against our
soldiers.
In order to protect the good citizens on
Earth, the government is willing to grant them leniency if they surrender
themselves.
We will give them 10 days, until the 26th
of November, to give themselves up. If they do not, the government will have no
choice but to execute the following people now in dissident camps in London for
aiding and abetting the rebels. They are family members of the fugitives,
including former Lord and Lady Matlock, Thomas Bennet, Fanny Bennet, Mary and
Catherine Bennet.
Our dear countrymen and women, you are
urged to provide information about this dangerous group of people. We will
reward those who come forward with useful clues as to their whereabouts.
You are also encouraged to attend the
execution, should this be required, to witness the end of an era for the bad
elements on Earth.
In this difficult time of struggle, we
must be strong for each other.
As you can see, our Queen is still gravely
ill. We have spent tremendous manpower and resources in the battle with
Hartfield. We hope you will give generous emotional and material support to the
army.
After we remove this bad element, our
planet will be cleansed, and life will be happy and peaceful again. May the
Lord bless you all!”
Poll
1) Sir Lewis de Bourgh surrenders to the government
2) Darcy and Elizabeth’s baby creates havocs
3) Charles Bingley’s reappearance thickens the plot
Which way will you vote? Do you like the idea that you can decide how a
story will pan out? I sometimes was quite frustrated with the progress of the
story because I could never predict what the readers would vote for. But I
think that was the fun of it as well.
I’m delighted
to give out a pdf copy of Every Savage Can Reproduce and some souvenir
from Down Under to a lucky reader of Sia’s blog. It’s open to worldwide readers.Just comment below and contest
will end:
- State-side,Saturday, October 1st @midnight central time.
- For those across the pond, it will be Sunday, October 2nd @ Midnight.
Every Savage Can Reproduce Blurb
In the futuristic society on
Planet Earth, Elizabeth Bennet is accused of luring Fitzwilliam Darcy to an illegal
establishment, which leads to their exile deep in the centre of a rebel planet.
The subsequent galactic war exposes dark secrets regarding the autocratic Queen
Immortal. Will Elizabeth and Darcy discover their love for one another and find
their way back to Earth?
Set in the 39th Century,
this novel is a tale of Pride and Prejudice-inspired science fiction, where
Jane Austen’s characters take on new lives but still face the barrier of class
distinction and seek to overcome their faults, as in the original classic.
Buy: Amazon, Smashwords, Indiebound
For more information about the book, please visit www.enidwilson.com The book contains
explicit adult content. It’s not for the faint-hearted Jane Austen purists.
Thank you again, Sia and happy commenting!!
Enid, it's my pleasure. I'll have the Review up this weekend on Goodreads and Amazon.
Enid Wilson is the author of Chemical Fusion, Fire and
Cross, My Darcy Mutates, Really Angelic, Bargain with the Devil
and In Quest of Theta Magic. She writes sexy romance in modern,
historical, paranormal and science fiction genres.
Enid's novels have received
several top reviews. Bargain with the Devil has been ranked in the top
50 best-selling historical romances on Amazon USA, Really Angelic in the
top 30 best-selling Regency romances on Amazon Canada and My Darcy Mutates
in the top 21 romantic short stories on Amazon UK, Fire and Cross in the
top 30 British detective stories.
Enid loves food, Pride and Prejudice, travel and
tennis. She has a Masters degree in Arts. She works in advertising and lives in
beautiful Sydney. Sounds too tame? You can read her wild stories at
www.enidwilson.com
