My guest is debut author, Cherie Colyer, and she's written an intriguing thriller about a young woman faced with too many changes. Does she embrace those changes or run away?
As a writer, thoughts of What if? are always popping into my head.
What if a girl could embrace magical powers?
What if she could conjure up a little help around the house?
What if wishes could be granted?
What if that wish came with a price?
That type of thinking led to this post. I’d like to
thank Sia for having me here today.
We’re all faced with difficult decisions. When we
are in school we have to decide how much of our free time to give up for our
studies. Those of us with jobs have to decide just what we are willing to
sacrifice to get ahead in our career. Parents sacrifice their time and often
some of their interests for their children. Siblings protect each other from
outside ridicule. But just how much would you give for the people and things
that are important to you?
I think about this a lot when I’m writing. Madison
Riley, my sixteen-year-old protagonist in the Embrace Series, finds
herself faced with difficult decisions all the time. And since the job of a
writer is to make things difficult for their characters, she isn't given time
to weigh the pros and cons of her choices. Instead, she’s thrown into a
situation and forced to react.
I had to
get their attention. I had to make them hear me.
“Stop it!” I screamed as I
ran between them, my arms out to my side, one hand on each of their chests.
When a life-threatening situation presents itself we
often react first and think about what we've done later. Madison’s quick reaction to a fight between
her friends almost costs her life. Luckily for us, she survives or there wouldn't be a book two.
I admire Madison’s courage not only in that scene, but
also throughout the books. She risks her life to save the people she loves
without hesitation. I’d like to think I’d be just as brave, and yet I’m
thankful that I've never been put in a position where I’d have to find out.
Hard choices, putting characters into situations
that make them have to give up something big, is one way to up tension, but it
also mimics real life. Every day we are faced with choices. As I wrote Hold Tight I started to wonder just how much would a person give up
for something they wanted.
Would you give up your dream job for love?
- Happiness for money?
- Your life for another’s?
Just how far would you go to save the people you love?
Some of the answers to the questions above are easy
for me. If I loved someone, then I think I would give up my dream job for him.
Fortunately my honey wouldn't ask that of me, and I can write just about
anywhere I can plug in my laptop. No, I wouldn't give up happiness for money,
because what good is all the money in the world if you’re miserable? The hard
one is how far I’d go to save the people I love. I do know I’d give just about
anything to save my family.
- How about you? How would you answer the questions above?
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How far would you go to save the people you love?
Madison is familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change took her long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly hate her. It’s responsible for the death of a local along with a host of other mysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her luck is about to improve.
Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and intriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret, but she’s willing to risk the unknown to be with him.
Her world really spins out of control, however, when her best friend becomes delusional, seeing things that aren’t there and desperately trying to escape their evil. When the doctors can’t find the answers, Madison seeks her own.
Nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
Dangerous, intoxicating, and darkly romantic, Embrace is a thriller that will leave you spellbound.
Madison is familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change took her long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly hate her. It’s responsible for the death of a local along with a host of other mysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her luck is about to improve.
Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and intriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret, but she’s willing to risk the unknown to be with him.
Her world really spins out of control, however, when her best friend becomes delusional, seeing things that aren’t there and desperately trying to escape their evil. When the doctors can’t find the answers, Madison seeks her own.
Nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
Dangerous, intoxicating, and darkly romantic, Embrace is a thriller that will leave you spellbound.
Cherie
Colyer is the author of YA paranormal
thriller/romance, EMBRACE (available now), and HOLD TIGHT (August 2013), from Omnific Publishing.
Check out her website
and blog
for news on her books and bonus material. Follow Cherie on Twitter and/or Facebook for updates on writing, book and special
offers.
COMING SOON:
HOLD TIGHT
You can read the synopsis here
