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Author Q&A with Emma Lamb

Author Q&A with Emma Lamb

Emma Lamb is an author from North Wales.

Tells us about your writing/ published book(s)

The Awakening of The Light is about a girl called Victoria discovering she has powers and that she is the vessel for The Light she discovers that she has a destiny to defeat The Darkness.

Where’s your favourite place to write?

Somewhere comfortable, I don’t mind

 

How do you approach starting a new book?

Plan it out first

 

What’s your favourite genre to read?

Fantasy

 

Have you always wanted to write?

Not always, but I did enjoy creating a story in school once

 

What do you do when you have writer’s block?

When I have writers block I leave my book for a few days to try and think or I read over what I’ve written and maybe rewrite parts of it

 

Tell us about a scene that you loved but had to edit out of your book

That’s a hard one since there are none that I can think of

 

Do you like reading the same books you write?

Nope, but who does?

 

Do write under a pen name? 

Nope

 

How do you choose your book’s title(s)?

Yes but it aint always easy!

 

What advice would you give to someone wanting to write their first book?

Write down the idea you have if you have it, plan it out on paper and then go ahead!

 

Do you do research for your books? If so, what kind of research?

Nope

 

How do you fit writing into your everyday life?

Well I started my book series in lockdown so I had nothing to do for 18 weeks the first draft for the awakening of the light was completed in that time

 

How do you approach ‘world building’?

For world building I guess writing it around my characters because at first I have nothing and then it comes to me once I get into the story!

 

How do you handle criticism?

In regards to my book I haven’t had any yet, however I think i handle it well because if I do something wrong I can improve on that.

 

Describe your perfect character to me

Ooooo thats a good question because I really don’t want to give away spoilers for the perfect character in my series that isn’t in the awakening of the light

 

Tell me about your current work

So The Awakening of The Light is my first book ever written and the first in my series A Tale of Two forces that will probably be about 9 or 10 books

 

Tell me about your main character

Victoria is my main character, she is 15 years old at the start of the awakening of the light and finds out she’s the vessel for the light she’s sophia’s sister and her mother is emilia who was the queen of paradisia until it was taken

 

Would you want your book made into a film?

Oh now that would be interesting to see

 

How many books do you own?

abt maybe 5 or 6

 

Where can you find Emma?

Website

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