Behind the Story: Zandia by Tilly Greene
Behind the Story: Zandia by Tilly Greene
Being a fan of sports led me down a twisted path and into a series of erotic futuristic romances based on sexual equality, beginning with “Zandia”.
I remember distinctly how the concept started to grow in my mind. A little snippet of Wimbeldon news was teased around the media, but no one did much with it other than read the headlines. Once again, officials of the All England Club denied raising the women’s prize money so it matched the men’s. The reason given was because men played a best of five set match, while the women only played best of three. Hence, men should have a larger prize.
Are you kidding me?
We’re in the 21st century and this type of thing is still happening?
A little grumbling took place and then it was gone, but not before I’d made a note on my story ideas page: men and women find equality.
Not long before this I had my first futuristic accepted at Samhain Publishing, a tale where I push the boundaries of politics. I’d been fascinated by how far a lie could go in society. The edit process hadn’t been started so I had some spare time to spend lazily with the cutie. This meant football. Not the American kind but the other one the rest of the world plays. As a kid I was never a big fan of soccer, but then I moved abroad and football was the sport to watch. To have something to talk about around the proverbial water cooler I made an effort to understand the game and became a fan in the process.
There I was, lying on the couch watching a bunch of guys run around a field in shorts, kicking the ball and my mind wondered. Team members that support each other. Possessing strength of character. Being open to change. Standing behind what you believe in. Everything started to fall in place and I liked how it looked.
Sui Erom makes the hardest decision of her short life and leaves everything she’s ever known behind to have a chance at being a useful person in society. This was all because she knew there was something more out there for her than what she’d find at home. Things hadn’t changed much on Zandia, the furthest planet in the known Universe. Women weren’t physically abused or mistreated, neither were they treated equally to men. The opportunities to be an active participant in society weren’t there. This wasn’t enough for our heroine. It came down to the fact that no matter how terrifying making such a leap was going to be, it would be worth it in the end to be necessary.
I like writing female characters that are confident and independent, who take on life and accept the challenge to come out on top. Sui Erom falls right in to that niche. However, she has a few surprises coming her way because she’d never counted on falling in love with a man who, on the surface, represented all that she’d left behind.
Perfect. A love story full of twists and turns that ends in happily ever after for the couple as well as men and women in the future.
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