Interview with C.E. Clayton, Author of Symbiotech

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to write down Symbiotech: An Eerden Novel (Ellinor Book 3)?

Since Symbiotech is the third e book within the Ellinor sequence, I’ll converse extra usually to the explanation why this sequence was one I actually wished to write down. After I completed writing my YA sequence, I actually wished to discover a twist on the type of revenge and redemption arc that was/is so in style for lots of fantasy primary characters, particularly feminine MC’s. I wished to tie these themes in with the grief that so typically will get ignored for the pure revenge features of the trope and plot line, particularly in YA fiction.

Grief and mourning current themselves in so many alternative methods, and for me, so much of my grief normally stays in that “anger” stage for a really very long time. My anger, sorrow, and unhappiness throughout my durations of grief at all times made me really feel actually unlikeable, when in actuality I used to be merely hurting and I couldn’t make folks perceive that. I wished to discover that additional with my primary character, Ellinor. Revenge grew to become her complete persona, her grief all-consuming, and it made her arduous to like, however that didn’t imply she was undeserving of it.

Over the course of the sequence, Ellinor learns that simply because she suffered a horrible loss, her life doesn’t must be over. She nonetheless has mates and an opportunity at extra than simply residing to die for her vengeance. At its core, my Ellinor sequence, and particularly Symbiotech, is a narrative targeted on second probabilities, of nonetheless being worthy of life and love even with melancholy and going by intense grief.

If you needed to decide theme songs for the principle characters of Symbiotech: An Eerden Novel (Ellinor Book 3), what would they be?

I make so many playlists for my books that of course my primary characters have a theme music! I like having readers have entry to my playlists and having them pull their very own that means from the songs. I’ll record out the theme songs of my characters, and then you definately inform me why you assume these match them when you meet all of them! Ellinor: “Can’t Go to Hell” by Sin Shake Sin Kai: “My Blood” by Twenty One Pilots Jelani: “Lion” by Saint Mesa Fiss: “Kintsugi” by Gabrielle Aplin.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to write down?

I like a superb science-fantasy (assume issues like Star Wars, The Locked Tomb sequence, or Arcane)! I’m not large into arduous science fiction, and I have a tendency to love fantasies which might be slightly extra grounded with out being full city fantasies.

Science fantasy typically mixes superior expertise with magic, and I like to each learn and write in that style. I used to write down strictly YA fantasy, however as I’ve grown as a author, I’ve began to understand an increasing number of the liberty and distinctive story components science fantasy permits me to discover.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

My TBR pile is embarrassingly lengthy. The sheer quantity of unread books I personal however haven’t had an opportunity to learn but is staggering, however fairly par for the course of any booknerd. My present TBR for the upcoming month of December although consists of 3 books. One I’ve owned eternally and simply haven’t began, a sequence I’m very near ending, and a fellow indie creator’s e book. Can you guess which is which? A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Conjuring of Light, and Bloodsworn.

What scene in your e book was your favourite to write down?

I don’t wish to spoil something, however there’s a scene with a sentient robotic of kinds in Symbiotech that was my favourite to write down. It was one of these scenes that I liked as a result of it reached again to an early 2000’s time once we all had embarrassing display screen names and gamer handles on-line, and the annoying characters we dealt with throughout that point. I used to be half anticipating to chop the scene, as generally it’s extra enjoyable for me than it’s my readers, however my beta readers and my editors all independently burst out laughing throughout the scene and the introduction of this explicit character. It made me so comfortable {that a} scene that I personally liked as a result of of its ridiculousness was one thing that everybody else actually loved, too. So that was by far my favourite scene to write down.

Do you might have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so on.)

I don’t understand how quirky it’s, as I don’t have a fortunate mug or any type of writing superstitions I persist with, however I can’t write in silence. I want hours and hours of music going always with a view to keep targeted and write. It’s not wordless music both, it’s normally a playlist of some form, with phrases, that match the temper or vibe of the actual emotional beat I’m writing. But I can’t take heed to audiobooks or podcasts when writing. While music with lyrics is ideal for me, anything doesn’t work for me and I find yourself listening extra to the podcast than I might truly writing my e book.

Do you might have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

My mottos to “live” by have a tendency to vary so much with the phases of my life, so I haven’t had one I’ve caught to for my complete life. However, the present one I attempt to comply with essentially the most (and in addition occurs to be a latest bookish tattoo quote from my favourite e book, Gideon the Ninth) is “Death First to Vultures and Scavengers”. It’s slightly hostile, however that’s the place I’m at in my life now, the place I guard my emotional sources and bounds very aggressively and I gained’t tolerate these individuals who look to both take benefit of me whereas I’m at a weak level, or folks trying to decide away at my psychological power.

If you could possibly select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your e book, what would it not be?

I would like readers to stroll away remembering that it’s by no means too late to begin over or change instructions. That having just one likelihood to get one thing proper or to be in love, is a fable. It’s a lesson that my primary character has spent years studying, as a result of it’s one which I spent years studying myself.