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In Crooked V.2 you published a story titled "Renegade Havoc." You write about Pema Tran, who is (unwillingly?) working for a Cosmin von Brandt, a crime boss. Can you tell us more about Cosmic? What can we expect from him in the next story?
C.E. Clayton Pema and Cosmin have a long history, and she did make the choice to be where she is now! Things have just... shifted, shall we say, in their business relationship. As for Cosmin, he's in several of my Eerden novel books! He features quite heavily in all 3 books in the Ellinor series (starting with "Resistor") and he even has his own novella called "Paradigm Flux" which I give out to everyone who joins my Book Club newsletter. The novella is all about how Cosmin becomes the man he is both in the "Ellinor" series, and in "Renegade Havoc"!
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
C.E. Clayton Oh, that's easy: Pern! Dragonriders of Pern has been one of my favorite series for as long as I can remember. I'd love to travel to that world and take a chance on Impressing my own dragon!
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When it comes to older books, what's your favorite? And when it comes to newer releases?
C.E. Clayton My favorite older book is The Hobbit (not The Lord of The Rings). I read that book early in middle school and gave a half hour book report on it detailing every aspect of it to the class, which I enjoyed! But no one else did... And when it comes to new releases, I usually wait for the hype of new releases to die down before I hop on. I'm a bit leery of the hype and what not. So the most recent "new" release I read and adored was "Angelfall" by Susan Ee.

I clearly have a type in books, both new and old. Give me a good Fantasy with a hero's journey, and I'm in!
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How did you feel upon completing the Monster of Selkirk series?
C.E. Clayton At first, drained but glad. I didn't want a series that stretched on forever. Tallis had a job to do, a part to play in her world, and she was going to do it, and then her story would be done. But now... now that the book is with it's beta readers before it gets handed to my publisher and editor, I worry. I worry that I didn't give every character the end they deserved, the one they often led me to themselves. So it's a bit of a mixed bag, to say the least! I love my characters, I'll miss them and Selkirk as a world, but I can't help but be proud of how far my characters, and I by proxy, have come throughout this process and excited to start new projects.

Thanks for asking!
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What are you currently working on?
C.E. Clayton I am currently finishing up Tallis's story. I've written up to book 6 in the Monster of Selkirk series, the second book is done and simple waiting for the publication date while books 3 - 6 are with the editor now. So I am working on those edits while writing book seven, the final book in the series.
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