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November 18, 2012
An Interview with author Suz Korb
Welcome to Meet The Author! Today Suz Korb has stopped by to give us a little insight into her life and her books. So let’s get started.
Please tell us a little about yourself.
I’m Hawaiian. Well, not really. I say I’m Hawaiian because I was born there and sometimes it’s just easier to say I’m Hawaiian than saying I’m White, Japanese, Black and Native American. Although, I am proud of my heritage, so sometimes I do tell my full nationality background. And then I go off on a monologue about my ancestry and etc., and by the time I’m finished people really regret asking me about meself. lol! Anyway, I was born in Hawaii, raised in Utah and now I’m living and writing in England. Sorry, that didn’t turn out to be a “little” bit about me, did it?
When did you start writing?
I’ve written bits and bobs throughout my life. Stories as a kid. Journalism and PR work as an adult. It was in 2009 that I started writing novel length fiction. My first ever novel was a supernatural Chick Lit about the devil, who was a woman.
What projects have been published?
All three books in my Bedeviled trilogy are available on Amazon. They are FREE to Prime customers. The Bedeviled trilogy novels are supernatural teen comedy-horror reads, each containing a *ting* of magical romance.
Tell us about your novels.
Eve Eden vs. the Zombie Horde was my first novel in the Bedeviled trilogy. The premise of it kicked off the series with Eve being forced to rid her small town of zombies with her newly- found supernatural abilities. These books will be available in paperback soon.
How did you select the title of your novels?I knew it was always going to be Eve against the forces of evil, so all my titles in this series are Eve (good) vs. Bad Guys (evil) but I couldn’t just title all the novels Eve vs. Evil. Although, that short title is not half bad either! lol
What was your inspiration?
Fallen angels. I think they are so cool looking with their black wings.
What are you currently working on?
I’m currently swapping genres to write some Christmas Chick Lit stories in time for the holidays. I’ll return to writing Paranormal Young Adult Romance in the New Year.
What are you reading at the moment?
Aloha From Hell by Richard Kadrey. It’s book 3 in the Sandman Slim series. I love Kadrey’s cynical and sarcastic writing style. The demonic situations combined with clever whit makes the characters leap from the page.
What do you like to do in your free time when you're not reading or writing?
Faff about on twitter, facebook and youtube for their makeup tutorials. I like watching films, mostly actiony movies. My fave TV shows that are on at the moment are The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Game of Thrones and Red Dwarf X.
Do you have any advice for other authors?
For self-published authors I’d say: keep at it. I’ve been a self-published author for a year now. There have been tremendous ups and downs throughout my short career. The one thing I’ve always been able to count on when things get tough is online support. There’s a massive writing community online. Establish contacts. Create friendships. Support each other and you’ll come out winning. Giving each other book exposure online can lead to your work being listed in Amazon’s bestseller lists and that’s where you want to be for real readers to see.
And finally, can you tell us some fun facts about yourself, such as: crossed skydiving off my bucket list.
I used to be so much more fun when I was younger. Been white water river rafting. Moved countries. Worked on films and TV shows as an Extra. Broke my left arm in half when I was twelve and needed two surgeries to fix it over the course of a year. Now? I write. Not that writing isn’t fun. It is. So much fun, and incredibly painful to leave your characters after creating them when you get to the end of a novel, or worse, a whole series!
To find out more about Suz Korb visit
Suz’s webpage: www.suzkorb.com where you can “like” her Facebook page. Follow her on Twitter: @SuzKorb and visit her blog for writerly advice and support anytime.
To purchase http://www.amazon.com/Suz-Korb/e/B006CEVGJ2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
History Trivia
November 18
326 Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was consecrated.
942 Saint Odo of Cluny died. The second abbot of the great monastery at Cluny, Odo achieved exemption from all but papal authority for his monastic community and reformed monasteries in Gaul and Italy.
1105 Maginulf elected the Antipope Sylvester the IV.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
1302 Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith).
1307 William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head.
1421 A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.
1477 William Caxton produced Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England.
1494 French King Charles VIII occupied Florence, Italy.
1626 St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome was officially dedicated on the same day the Old Basilica was consecrated 1300 years earlier.
326 Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was consecrated.
942 Saint Odo of Cluny died. The second abbot of the great monastery at Cluny, Odo achieved exemption from all but papal authority for his monastic community and reformed monasteries in Gaul and Italy.
1105 Maginulf elected the Antipope Sylvester the IV.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
1302 Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith).
1307 William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head.
1421 A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.
1477 William Caxton produced Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England.
1494 French King Charles VIII occupied Florence, Italy.
1626 St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome was officially dedicated on the same day the Old Basilica was consecrated 1300 years earlier.
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9 Vespasian, Falacrina, Italy, Roman Emperor (69-79) was born.
284 Diocletian was proclaimed emperor by his soldiers. 331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, Roman Emperor was born.
375 Enraged by the insolence of barbarian envoys, Valentinian, the Emperor of the West, died of apoplexy in Pannonia in Central Europe.
473 The future Leo II was named associate emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Leo I.
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1292 Edward I of England made John Balliol king of Scotland, marking the start of increased English control.
1511 Spain and England ally against France.
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9 Vespasian, Falacrina, Italy, Roman Emperor (69-79) was born.
284 Diocletian was proclaimed emperor by his soldiers. 331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, Roman Emperor was born.
375 Enraged by the insolence of barbarian envoys, Valentinian, the Emperor of the West, died of apoplexy in Pannonia in Central Europe.
473 The future Leo II was named associate emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Leo I.
680 Saint Hild of Whitby died. Hild or Hilda founded Streaneshalch Abbey (now Whitby) and was one of the most renowned abbesses of Anglo-Saxon England.
1292 Edward I of England made John Balliol king of Scotland, marking the start of increased English control.
1511 Spain and England ally against France.
1558 Elizabethan era began. Queen Mary I of England died and was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England who was not officially crowned until January.
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42 BC Tiberius was born. He was Roman Emperor from 14-37 AD, during the adult life of Christ.
13 Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after his siege of Germany occurred on this day.
534 A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus (collection of the Roman Imperial constitutions mainly referring to those of the age of Hadrian) was published.
1272 King Henry III of England died. Only nine-years-old when his father, King John, died, Henry was the first English monarch to be crowned while still a child. Upon reaching adulthood, his indifference to tradition and lack of effective ruling ability resulted in the barons forcing him to agree to a series of reforms known as the Provisions of Oxford.
42 BC Tiberius was born. He was Roman Emperor from 14-37 AD, during the adult life of Christ.13 Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after his siege of Germany occurred on this day.
534 A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus (collection of the Roman Imperial constitutions mainly referring to those of the age of Hadrian) was published.
1272 King Henry III of England died. Only nine-years-old when his father, King John, died, Henry was the first English monarch to be crowned while still a child. Upon reaching adulthood, his indifference to tradition and lack of effective ruling ability resulted in the barons forcing him to agree to a series of reforms known as the Provisions of Oxford.
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