Enigma Black, by Sara Furlong Burr
Synopsis:
When she was just seventeen, the course of Celaine Stevens' life was permanently altered with the murders of her father, mother, and brother in one of a series of mysterious and violent explosions occurring across the country. Struggling with picking up the pieces, she's haunted by the memory of that day and her promise of retribution against those responsible for her misery. But just as she seems to be getting her life back on track, an encounter with a mysterious stranger promises her the vengeance she desires, ultimately turning the former target into the assassin.
However, as she soon learns, all choices come with consequences. And the consequence of her choice threatens to destroy the very fabric of her being.
A conversation with Sara Furlong Burr
What time of day do you write?
It’s safe to say that I’m no morning
person. In fact, I’m pretty much
worthless until the evening when my night owl genes kick in. My productivity as far as writing is
concerned usually begins at about nine at night, which is strangely when my
husband and kids go to bed. Coincidence,
I think not. After I begin writing, I’m
usually awake typing away anywhere from midnight to two or three in the morning,
depending on what I have going on the next day or how much of a rhythm I’m in.
If you were a superhero or villain, what would your power be?
This is a very
fitting question considering Enigma Black is rife with both. However, instead of the super strength and
speed my characters possess, I’d probably have to go with the old standby and
choose flight. This would be especially
interesting in my case as I’m deathly afraid of heights, ensuring either one of
two things: Either I’d learn to suck it up and face my fear or plummet from the
sky, resulting in the end of my short-lived superhero tenure.
What would you like your readers to know about this book or you in
general?
Enigma Black
is meant to be fun. I write to entertain
my readers without compromising their intelligence. I like complicated, original plots, not cookie
cutter, dime a dozen ones where the reader can guess the final outcome in the
first ten pages. Being the first in a trilogy set in a dystopian environment,
Enigma Black takes the reader into a world where fear dominates the weak and
empowers the corrupt and vigilantes are the only hope for the restoration of
democracy and peace.
If your book was made into a movie, who do you picture playing
each part?
Oh, how I’ve dreamed of this happening, so
much so that this is probably the easiest question to answer. When I write, I envision the words replaying
in my head as though I were watching a movie.
If, when I’m reading a scene, I can’t “watch” a fluid movie in my head,
I know major edits are needed.
Enigma Black has quite a few characters in
it, however, there are six major characters that immediately jump out of my
mind (and of whom I’ve put the cart before the horse and cast). For the main protagonist, Celaine Stevens, I
envisioned a Natalie Portman type when I was writing the character. For Chase Matthews, Josh Radnor (Ted from How
I Met Your Mother) would be my first choice.
A Hugh Jackman or Gerard Butler type would be perfect for Blake Cohen,
while Edward Norton, John Cusack and Robert Pattinson would be perfect for
Victor, President Brooks and Ian Grant.
Hey, a person can dream.
What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
I think my biggest word of wisdom to any
aspiring writer is not to give up.
Writing is difficult. And this
fact is only appreciated by fellow writers.
It takes copious amounts of time, energy, research, blood, sweat, and tears
to do what we do with what little gratitude we get. Not all projects will be a success. You will experience numerous failures and
rejections; it’s how you handle them that makes all the difference. Learn from your mistakes, grow from
them. It may take a while, but with
persistence and a positive attitude, your hard work will eventually pay
off.
I’d like to also add that writing should be
done out of love, not money. If you’re
writing strictly because you think you’re going to get rich, you’re doing it
for all the wrong reasons.
Author Bio
Sara “Furlong” Burr resides in Michigan and
is an Army wife, paralegal and mother to two beautiful children. Her passion for reading turned into a love of
writing and the release of her debut novel Enigma
Black, the first novel in a planned trilogy. Currently, she’s working on the sequel to Enigma Black, Vendetta Nation in conjunction with a romantic comedy. When she’s not writing, Sara enjoys camping,
gardening, watching movies, blogging and watching Hoarders. She can be found
on Twitter regularly and enjoys meeting other writers and avid readers.
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