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Mark her words: Teen author Ellen Bohn speaks up
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Ellen Bohn.
Laura Iaaacs
SEMO TIMES
Ellen Bohn won’t wait. Though
the Three Rivers Community College
student is only 18 years old, she’s already
authored several books and she’s already
set to wed to the man of her dreams. Ellen
seems to move quickly, whether it’s from
one obsession to the next, from novels to
poems or from blonde to brunette.
Ellen recently slowed down long
enough to answer a few of our questions
about herself, her life, what inspires her
and her recently-released, self-published
book “War Is War.”
Semo Times: Tell me about yourself
and your background.
Ellen: … I’m from the big city in
Pennsylvania. I don’t remember much
about it, but my dad tells me stories all the
time. We moved around a lot, and I lived
in Michigan for awhile - I loved it there…
I’m excited to move back to Pennsylvania
when I’m done with my AA at TRCC.
ST: Tell me about your books. What
are they about? When were they written?
When were they released?
Ellen: One of my books, Gregory,
was written the second semester of my
sophomore year when I was living in
Pennsylvania. It’s my pride and joy…
I also have a small poetry collection
available, entitled Incomplete.
I also have a comedy / adventure
novel available
for purchase, but
it’s really only
available as a joke
to whoever buys
it. It’s called The
Greatest Weapon. I
really hope no one
ever buys it and
thinks it’s serious. I wrote it when I was
thirteen.
Another one, the first one released,
was released immediately after I wrote
it, entitled Themorus. I wrote it for
National Novel Writing Month in 2009,
which is November. It’s an experimental
work that combines poetry and
prose…It’s the most “out-there” of any
of my works.
... War Is War ... is based on the
Columbine Massacre of 1999. Some
facts are date-by-date and secondby-second,
but the entire plot is a
fabrication of a theory of mine in my
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abridged version for our
conversation with Ellen. For
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imagination…It also draws parallels
between their relationship and that of
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as well as
Leopold and Loeb, the gay killers from
the 1920s. Some scenes from both of
those relationships
are throughout the
book, drawing all
their stories to a
climax in the final
chapter.
ST: Why did
you choose to selfpublish?
Ellen: I chose to self-publish because
it is cheap, easy, and I have complete
control. All the promotion is up to you
and there are no contracts -- I can delete
a book at any time and make anything I
want at any time. I design every single
letter and graphic. All that is left to do is
to promote. If you are confident in your
works being good and not needing professional
editing, self-publishing is the
route to take...
For more information or to
purchase Ellen’s books, go to www.
amazon.com and search by author.
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