The Remnant: The Legend of the Seer

1. What type of books do you write?
I write fantasy/speculative fiction.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
Last year, I released my debut novel, The Remnant: The Legend of the Seer through Westbow Press, a self-publishing division of Thomas Nelson.

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
The Legend of the Seer is the first installment of The Remnant Series, which, at this point in time, will be a trilogy. However, depending on how the story develops, it could become a saga.

4 & 5. When and Why did you start writing?
I started writing The Legend of the Seer in 2003 when I was only 14-years-old. It started off as a screenplay that my sister and I were going to make into a film with our friends. However, as my sister group up and graduated, I was left with a story without fruition. Thus I began to turn the script into a novel. The process was long and tedious, but I strove to finish what my sister and I had started; I loved fantasy fiction and I was determined to have my story shared with others.

6. Who are your influences?
My writing was and continues to be heavily influence by Paolini, Tolkien and Lewis.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future?
What my fans and potential readers can expect from me in the future is a second installment in The Remnant Series and multiple parallel stories that take place within the world of Trinomia.
Further information can be found on my blog

Time After Time

1. What types of books do you write?
I don't really have a genre, but I do put the emphasis on language, imagery and character voice in whatever I write. I have written full length novels, short-stories and flash-fiction (1000 word stories or less). It's the material itself that really determines its length.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
It's called "Time After Time" and is an Urban Science-Fiction Romantic Dark Comedy that loosely takes its starting point from the "Terminator" movies. It looks at the paradoxes of travelling back in time to change the events which will therefore alter the future from which you travelled back from in the first place... But at its heart, it's a series of seductions scenarios, the same man, the same woman, the same opening chat-up line and a myriad of outcomes of how that seduction can end up...
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3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
No I never write series. Always on to the next fresh idea for me!

4. When did you start writing?
Like a lot of people I think I started writing bad poetry as a teenager, hoping I could join a band in my case. But I started writing stage plays at University because I was really desperate to do something creative amid all the dryness of academia and there were lots of free stage spaces and student actors so it was a really good place to learn on the job. I kept writing plays for 10 years until my twin boys came along and I stayed home accordingly to look after them. That's when I turned to writing novels.

5. Why did you start writing?
That's a really hard question. It just seems to be inside me, something I think I have a talent for. I certainly have a love of wielding words. I want to entertain and maybe provoke ideas and debate. All of these things are part of it, but I don't think they explain the whole picture.

6. Who are your influences?
I have lots of authors I admire, but I wouldn't say I write like any of them. I like William Burroughs, Franz Kafka, Don Dellilo, Jonathan Lethem, David Peace, Jeanette Winterson, Dubravka Ugresic, David Mitchell. I think I'm probably more influenced by musicians, but not in any direct literary way.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future?
Book signing events, other details I've recently signed a book deal with an American indie publisher called "Temporary Infinity" for a collection of my short stories, but as yet no publication date. I have another novel ready to publish next year which is an Urban Dystopia Police Procedural with paranormal elements. But the thing I would love to get off the ground is a 5 minute animated typography video of one of my flash fiction pieces which would have a scratch DJ accompaniment. So I'll be looking to raise a modest amount of money for that project.

From Man to Man

1. What types of books do you write?
I write Fantasy novels, most commonly categorised as 'epic fantasy', but I refer to them as 'heroic fantasy', after the moniker attached to my writing idol, David Gemmell.

2. What is the latest book you have written?
My latest book is 'From Man to Man'. Here's the blurb:
‘I’ve traded my old enemies for just this one…’ The axe thundered home. ‘I miss the old ones.’
Every man has a past, none more so than Draven Reinhardt. Abandoning his old life to settle down as a villager, he struggles to fit in, let alone hold down a job. When opportunity offers the much needed coin, Draven is torn between a promise and a purpose.
But, what’s one last job if you’ve already got blood on your hands?
‘From Man to Man’ is the story of how one man can change – or not – for the best. Prequel to the upcoming novel ‘It Began With Ashes’, the short (6400 words) introduces the reader to a world of suspense, intrigue, and action.

BONUS MATERIAL:
Exclusive preview chapter from ‘It Began With Ashes’.

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
The book is an introduction to my upcoming series 'Wroge Elements'.

4. When did you start writing?
I started writing stories at the age of 11, but only seriously considered getting books published since I was 16.

5. Why did you start writing?
I started writing stories because I wanted to change the way that some of my favourite books ended - or at least add to them. After the passing of my father when I was 16, I took to writing more seriously in the hope of forging a legacy in his name.

6. Who are your influences?
Influences include David Gemmell, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, Michael J Sullivan, Peter V Brett and Brent Weeks.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details
In the future you can expect more digital ebooks, a print release of my upcoming novel 'It Began With Ashes', interviews etc.
To finish, here is an an about me:
D. E. M. Emrys. Author. Soldier by day, Soldier by night - Writer in between. Knows war to write war.
David Emrys, known as D to his friends, is a serving soldier and author. He has clearance to know more than he should, but not the sense to know better. Leaving education with no more than a fifteen year olds understanding of English Literature, D’s storytelling craft is self-taught.
Growing up with the heroic tales written by authors such as David Gemmell and James Barclay, D was inspired to write stories of his own. After joining the army D used his free time to focus on his dream of sharing shelf-space with his idols.
D testifies to the fact that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword – but swords make for better letter-openers. He lives where the army send him, but home is in Chelmsford with his girlfriend. They say that behind every great man there is a woman pulling the strings, but she lets him dance to his own song whilst being the perfect partner in step. D claims that his books would not have been written without her.
David Emrys is not his real name.
Nor is D.
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'From Man to Man' Available at:
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