Author Eileen Schuh Explores Canadian Biker Gangs and Drug Smuggling to Korea in her Novel Noraebang, Available for Publication and Representation

    NEW YORK, NY, July 17, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Canadian writer Eileen Schuh had no idea that a vacation to Korea in 2006 would lead to the creation of Noraebang, a novel that explores Canadian biker gangs, Stockholm Syndrome and illicit drug smuggling to Korea. And now she's on the hunt for a literary agent and a publisher.

The characters began filling Schuh's every waking moment, leaving her with no choice but to write Noraebang. "'I'm sorry. I'm fading,' I often had to explain to my travel companions when my story characters joined me on the streets, in the parks, on the train, in the hotel," Schuh says. "They were invisible friends, sharing my space--seeing what I saw, hearing what I heard, smelling what I smelled--but living separate lives from mine and having vastly different adventures."

During her time in Korea, Schuh was introduced to the way of life, including the noraebangs, or singing rooms. Similar to Japan's karaoke, noraebangs are extremely popular in Korea. Schuh states, "In my novel, the noraebang is significant because it is while the heroine is singing "I don't know how to love him" that she realizes she's falling for her captor."

In addition to using the knowledge obtained while training as a psychiatric nurse, Schuh researched news reports on gang activities, RCMP reports on gangs, books on the Hell's Angels, and Canada's Anti-drug Strategy website. She also interviewed RCMP officers and even volunteered for the RCMP.

Although Schuh researched many of the details, she stresses that Noraebang is a work of fiction. She wants her readers to not only enjoy the exciting plot, but also learn about a culture and country that doesn't often find its way into North American fiction. "The murders, violence, rape, blackmail, drugs, and subsequent legal entanglements," Schuh states, "put this novel in the crime genre, but the fall of a strong independent woman into subservience also provides social comment."

Schuh is looking for representation by a respected literary agency. "I need an agent who can spark my career and put my manuscripts on the desks of editors of large publishing houses," she explains. "I need an agent willing to take on the long-term task of marketing me and my novels, someone who sees in my future, a very successful writing career."

Currently Eileen Schuh holds all rights to Noraebang, and she is open to all agent and publisher enquiries. "I'd get along fantastically well with a publisher who shares my belief that there is a large readership potential for novels whose crime plots are intricately entwined with the psyches of its extremely well-developed characters."

Contact Eileen Schuh:
[email protected]
P.O. Box 67, St. Paul, AB, Canada T0A 3A0

www.eileenschuh.com
www.eileenschuh.blogspot.com

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