Today we talk about Tusks of Terror, a book by Charles Eric Jambor published with our publishing house Europe Books.
Europe Books had the pleasure of interviewing the author Charles Eric Jambor to get to know him better, what inspired him to the writing of his book Tusks of Terror, as well as how he chose the title of his book.
Below you can find our interview. Take a seat and enjoy your reading!!!
- What of your personal experience inspired the writing of your book?
I met Joe, a tobacco grower in Simcoe who bought farm machinery from me several times where I was a plant manager. We always hit it off really well. In fact, he became a good friend of mine when he found out I was going to write a book about wild boars. He let me in on a secret (if I promised not to tell). I swore I wouldn’t and he opened up with his story. He said, “Charles I’m getting wild boars right now and I am starting a hunting lodge in my forest”. I almost fainted. My imagination ran wild. I now had a story that I could nourish. Back in Hungary my grandfather used to tell us tales about wild boars that kept us awake at night and kept us on our toes when we went into the forest. This further fuelled my imagination. I asked Joe why he didn’t write a book about wild boars himself. He said he wanted to, but wasn’t learned enough. He said he’d tell me everything he knew about the animals, all I had to do was ask. So here I was, with a million dollar horror story laid out in front of me. All I had to do was organize the words and put them in a book.
- What is the message you would like to convey?
You need an interesting idea as a starting point. You need to do a lot of work. I did research using the internet and gleaning information from my good friend Joe. You need to study your subject and develop an understanding of their uniqueness. My narrative centred around the behaviour and subsequent damage that could have been done by these wild and dangerous boars. Damage that included property, personal and crop destruction. You need to develop your characters and how they interact with each other. A variety of character types is appealing. Your protagonist is the most important character. You need to make your scenery vivid and memorable. In my case, I had to strike fear into the reader as to how dangerous these animals really were. In other words, you need to awaken emotions in your reader. Your story needs to be interconnected to keep the reader engaged and interested in reading more.
- How did you choose the title of your book?
Choosing a title is also not easy. When you’re writing a story about wild pigs you don’t want to chose a title about wild roses. My title has to do with wild animals – specifically boars, nasty ones, the ones that cause trouble, terror even. The title should not tell the whole story but could forewarn people of bad things to come. Some people may shy away from a book because of a frightening title. That is not good. Your title should spark interest and curiosity in the reader which will encourage them to find out more. Your title should relay to the reader the type of genre you book is. A picture of the author is often something of interest to a reader, and could be placed on the back cover. (ps. you have my picture in your files) Along with a picture, readers often like to check what other books this author has written. Your title needs to have specific artwork or photography to enhance its meaning.
- Are you working on a new writing project you can tell us about?
Yes. You may be interested in my autobiography “Kid without Fear”. That might even be scarier than “Tusks of Terror”. Kid without Fear includes the experiences of a child during WWII. I lived through WWII in Hungary, came to Canada at age 21 from communist Hungary, learned the English language and began writing books in English. No easy feat. I also wrote a book titled “The Passengers” which is a suspense novel involving colourful characters and the twists and turns of life. Another book I wrote is titled “The Fire is in the Belly” which is a science fiction about Artificial Intelligence. It depicts machines and semiconductors that can reason and learn and act in such a way that would normally require human intelligence. I have started a book titled “Devotedly Yours” and am currently still working on it. I thrive on coming up with plots and developing interesting characters.
Europe Books thanks the author Charles Eric Jambor once again for taking the time and answering our questions. We are really pleased to have walked alongside him on the editorial path that led to the publication of his book Tusks of Terror. We wish him the best of luck for his book and for his future works.
To you, my readers, may this book intrigue you and captivate you so much that you won’t want to stop reading it!
So, my dear reader, all I have to say is to enjoy your reading!
Your editor!