Scarlett Dawn on fantasy and more …
Today, I’m pleased to welcome Scarlett Dawn to my blog. Scarlett is the author of the Forever Evermore Trilogies, which includes the new book King Cave. Take it away, Scarlett:
SCARLETT DAWN ON FANTASY AND MORE
Jennifer: Welcome, Scarlett! Please tell readers about your Forever Evermore Trilogies.
Scarlett: Hello, hello!
First, let me say I’m thrilled to be here. I’m a huge Estep fan! Woot, woot! *massive hugs*
So let’s see….the Forever Evermore Trilogies are new adult fantasy (with a twist of paranormal). There are Mages, Vampires, Shifters, and Elementals. Four Kings and four Prodigies. The Kings merge their Prodigies together during the Prodigies senior year of college, which takes place at King Hall University in Choep, New York. The Prodigies…well, let’s just say they like to rebel against the rules.
Jennifer: The second book in the series, King Cave, was released on Jan. 1. Can you tell us a little about it?
Scarlett: King Cave starts off right where King Hall ends, directly in the office they were in when the warfare started outside on King Hall’s grounds. Pearl and Jack are still passed out on the ground while Antonio is telling Lily and Ezra they have to run…oh, and Ezra’s mom is still hunkered under the desk and holding the death-spelled book. Clashes of battle are echoing in their ears, and Ezra doesn’t take the news of running very well.
In a nutshell, King Cave barely lets you breathe before tossing the reader into another round of turmoil for the Prodigies…or is that the Kings and Queens? Hmm.
Jennifer: What appeals to you about the fantasy and new adult genres?
Scarlett: Fantasy for me means: the unknown.
I adore that. It can truly be whatever the author wants to create, a world of possibilities made by the most creative of minds. It doesn’t get much better than that. There are no boundaries.
New Adult is like a shiny gem that is suddenly thrown into the dirt and marred. It’s when young adults step outside of their parents shelter and experience life as a real adult for the first time. There is so much chaos and self-evaluation during that time period in an individual’s life that I can’t help but love writing it.
Jennifer: What inspired you to write the Forever Evermore Trilogies?
Scarlett: I was inspired by another series that I was writing. It was good…but just not good enough. I felt I could do so much more with the storyline, so I started over with a blank Word document and merely started writing. Pretty simply really.
Jennifer: What are some of your favorite fantasy books/authors and why?
Scarlett: Favorites:
YOU! Gin kicks serious Elemental ass.
Nalini Singh. Hawk is just hawt.
Chloe Neill. The disorder that Chicago resides in rocks.
Jennifer: Have you always wanted to be a writer? What got you started on your writing journey?
Scarlett: I started writing when I was sixteen. Life took hold, and I had to put it aside for about ten years. Then I went to see a movie called Twilight…yep, that’s right. I had no clue it was based on a book until I got home and googled it. The next day I was at the bookstore buying the set. That series got be back into reading and writing.
Jennifer: What’s next for you? Will there be more books in the Forever Evermore series?
Scarlett: Everyone has always asked me how long the Forever Evermore Trilogies are. Here it is:
Books 1-3: Lily’s story
Books 4-6: Caro’s story
Books 7-9: Her name’s a secret
That’s 9 books in the Forever Evermore Trilogies.
And yes, I’m already halfway through the 3rd book of the Forever Nevermore series, which comes after the Forever Evermore Trilogies. Yeppers. I’m a busy girl.
MORE ABOUT SCARLETT
Scarlett Dawn is drawn to all things quirky and off-beat. She believes there are no boundaries for an imaginative soul. Her love of the written word started from at an early age, when her grandmother would take her to bookstores every weekend. Dreams came alive within the books she found there, and now, she is thrilled to share her stories with others who have fallen under the spell of fantastical journeys. Scarlett resides in the Midwest with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
King Cave is available at the following sites: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo
King Hall is available at the following sites: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo
For more information on Scarlett, check out her website or follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
GIVEAWAY TIME
Scarlett is giving away a Kindle e-copy of King Hall. To enter, use the form below.
I gifted about 13 books for xmas….I dont remember what all they were but they were the paper copy not an ebook and let me tell ya, I had some excited readers cause they only buy ebooks like me LOL
Hi Toni!
That sounds like a wonderful gift! And there is something about the smell of a paper copy, isn’t there? 🙂
I received Patricia Cornwell’s latest, ‘Dust’, and I can’t wait to get into it!
Hi Brenda!
I just looked that one up. It does look super interesting! <3
Thank you so much for the giveaway! 🙂
Hello Ivan!
You are most welcome! <3 Good luck to you!
Well, it wasn’t much of a bookish holiday for me, but I did gift a children’s fairy tale set in China (name escapes me) and Matilda for some cousins of mine. 🙂
These books sound interesting and I also love your author list. Sounds like a series I would enjoy.
Hi Melissa!
Kid2 just bought Grimm’s Brothers Fairy Tales. Not quite what you were talking about, but it made me think of it. She was really stoked while reading it! LOL
And yes, those authors rock hard. They’re awesome!
I have gifted a few different series, and I got Amazon Gift Cards…. I 1 clicked a bunch!!!
Hi Barbara!
That 1-click option is both dangerous and exhilarating, isn’t it? LOL I love how easy it is now to buy my favorite books now (ebook or paper copy).
I both gave and received Amazon gift cards. My first preordered book of 2014 that was paid for by the gift card is Diana Rowland’s Fury of the Demon.
Hi Deanna!
🙂 I have two Barnes&Noble gift cards currently burning a hole in my purse! LOL They definitely won’t last long – especially, if my kiddos get ahold of them!
Hello,
I just wanted to say I love your books I am done with books 1-4 in the Forever Nevermore series and wanted to know when we can expect to see book 5 available for kindle? Keep up the awesome work you just became my all time favorite author you really know how to pull us into the book and make us apart of the story. I just could not put these books down I was even reading while cooking lol.
Hi Stephanie!
Thank you SO much! 🙂 I’m super thrilled you’re enjoying them! Go #ForeverEvermore! YAY!
Chosen Fool (Forever Evermore, #5) is still TBA. I should know the date soon, and I’ll shout it from the roof tops once I have it.
~Scarlett
Any update on Chosen Fool 😉
Hey! You would need to email Scarlet directly and ask about this. I doubt that she will see your comment on my blog. Thanks!
Chosen Fool will be released February 2016!!! Woot! 🙂