Uncaged welcomes Jenna Greene
Welcome to Uncaged! Your newest book, Silencers, just released in September. Can you tell readers more about this dystopian story? Is this book the beginning of a series?
As it is now, the book is a stand-alone, but if my history has shown anything, it won’t stay that way for long. I’m a series writer! Besides, there’s a lot more to discover with these characters still. Scona has more problems to face and an impact to make in her world.
You also have a series called, The Reborn Marks books. Is this series complete or are you still writing for it?
The Reborn Marks series is complete, which is both happy and sad. The character of Lexil (and others like Finn) evolved so much throughout the series. She learned and changed so much. It’s hard to leave Lexil behind, but her story wrapped up in the way authors can only dream of. I feel the loose ends were tied together, and her journey was complete.
How do you use social media as an author?
I don’t know how my audience feels, but I think I am HILARIOUS on social media. I post a lot of memes about reading and writing (and avoiding housework). Sometimes I post about my work, but only when I have a book release coming. The rest of the time it is memes, memes, and more memes!
What behind-the-scenes tidbit in your life would probably surprise your readers the most?
That every time I publish a book, I reward myself by buying a new tiara. Then, when I’m writing a new book, I wear the tiara to signal my family that I am writing not just fiddling on the computer.
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Jenna Greene is a teacher, writer, clumsy dancer, dragonboat coach and paddler, and semi-professional napper. She loves every part of her life and starts each day with a cup of tea. jennagreene.ca
Enjoy an excerpt from Silencers
Silencers
Jenna Greene
YA SciFi/Dystopian
Scona must choose. Protect her father, or embrace the darkness she’s been trained to destroy…
Despite warnings from family and friends, Scona Tinay enrolls in Silencers Academy.
To escape a life of poverty and hardship and ensure a stable future, Scona sets her sights on the Silencers, where the students earn a wage. She soon learns her fellow students are cutthroat and the training regimen brutal.
As Scona heads deeper into her training, she begins to question the role of Silencers, as well as the “madness” she is being taught to destroy. But each question she asks brings her under suspicion, and she soon discovers the only person she can trust is herself.
“You don’t want to answer my questions?”
“Consider this: I don’t have to answer anything you ask, nor do I have to tell the truth. I didn’t even have to let you find me.”
“Then why did you?”
With a quick wiggle of her brow, Dia murmured, “Assessment.”
“Assessment?”
“I need to know how dangerous you are.”
“Me?” Scona placed a hand on her chest. “I’m not dangerous at all.”
“If you plan to become a Silencer…yes, you are.”
“Only to those infected with the madness. I’m no danger to an ordinary citizen.” Realizing Dia was far from a typical citizen, she cringed at her words.
Dia stared at her, the gaze hard, unwavering. Under her perusal, Scona blinked and backed away.
“We’ll see.” Strolling away, Dia used light steps to make her way through the underbrush. She bent under branches instead of swiping them out of the way. Avoiding damp patches of soil or grass, she stepped instead on roots or firm ground.
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