New Adult Book Club discussion

Hi NABC! We have a special treat this week, Erin Watt is here to take your questions! Erin Watt has written the ever popular Paper Princess, Broken Prince, and Twisted Palace books and their upcoming release, When It's Real.

Please leave your questions below!

Where did you come up with the idea for the Paper Princess/Broken Prince story?

I find co-writing very interesting. What is your process like when writing together?

Hi, Erin!
I loved The Royals series a lot and was wondering, do you know whether you'll be writing a book for Sawyer and Sebastian? *fingers crossed*

How did you guys decide to start writing together?

I see that their are similar questions about this, but is it difficult to write a book with someone else? Are you ever afraid that the other one is going to hate what you've written?

If you could be any book character for a day, who would you choose and why?

Writing as a team works very well for you. Where do you draw on inspection for your characters? I've loved them all thus far. Really looking forward to future releases! Also, keep up the good work!

Is it difficult to write a book with someone else ?

What has been your favorite book to write?

What are the hardest scenes to write and why?

Did you plan the whole series/storyline before writing ? (because your cliffhangers were frustrating but so well-timed and well executed xD !)

Are you a plotter or a panster? Did you have a plan and know what you were going to write for each book in The Royals series (storylines, characters, etc.). Or did you write the stories as they came to you?

Which one of the Royals are you more attached to?
Love them all to death xoxo

What's the most difficult part when you cowrite a book?

What's the most surprising thing you learned writing these books?

Will you publish Gideon and Savannah's book??? Loving the weekly mails by the way! I need more of them :) xx

Will there be a book for the twins? :D :)
Erin Watt you rock! :)

What is your fav book out of all three?

How did you decide on your pen name of Erin Watt?

What inspired you to become a writer?

Do you listen to music when you write? If you do, Do you have a playlist for your books?

Favorite romcom movie? <3

Would you write together a different genre?

I'm really enjoying the chapters of Gideon's story we get every week via email, so I'm wondering if it will eventually become a book?! Like in paperback form.
Thanks for the giveaway!!

I'm wondering if Broken Prince and Twisted Palace will be released - translated in as many countries as Paper Princess and do you know of any release days? I enjoyed reading Paper Princess in Serbian almost as much as in English since it was surprisingly well translated!

Ruth wrote: "Where did you come up with the idea for the Paper Princess/Broken Prince story?"

Really is started as just a mutual desire to write an over-the-drop soap opera. We tried to think of the various things you'd see in a typical day-time show, and gave it a Cinderella twist!

Marcy wrote: "I find co-writing very interesting. What is your process like when writing together?"

It's fun and supportive. Living in different countries we pick markers to switch off writing, whether it's so many words or an event in the story. When one is done it's sent to the other to read, and maybe tweak. It also means if you're ever stuck, you have someone you can bounce ideas off of.

~Victoria~ wrote: "Hi, Erin!
I loved The Royals series a lot and was wondering, do you know whether you'll be writing a book for Sawyer and Sebastian? *fingers crossed*"

We have no plans to write their book at this time, sorry!

Ashley wrote: "What has been your favorite book to write?"

Paper Princess. What was so great is it was fun; something fresh and new! A blank slate means a lot of possibilities.

Luana wrote: "Which one of the Royals are you more attached to?
Love them all to death xoxo"

We're both super into Easton. He's just playful and slightly unpredictable, but also very vulnerable and raw. You're not sure if you want to shake some sense into him, or hold him and let him know everything's going to be ok.

Chloe wrote: "Will you publish Gideon and Savannah's book??? Loving the weekly mails by the way! I need more of them :) xx"

We are exploring the option of turning it into an eBook, but we won't have any decisions on that until closer to the release of Fallen Heir.

Natalie wrote: "How did you decide on your pen name of Erin Watt?"

It's actually a combination of our favorite football players Aaron Rodgers & J.J. Watt ;)

Zeljka wrote: "I'm wondering if Broken Prince and Twisted Palace will be released - translated in as many countries as Paper Princess and do you know of any release days? I enjoyed reading Paper Princess in Serbi..."

What we do know is that all the countries that have published Paper Princess obtained the rights for all 3 Royals books. Unfortunately we don't always get notice when they will be published. We generally recommend contacting the publishers directly - they'll always have the info first!

how did you 2 come to work together? great team btw.

I love your books so much! Do you have any ideas for new books after Easton's? *-*

Eleanne wrote: "I love your books so much! Do you have any ideas for new books after Easton's? *-*"

We're kicking a few ideas around, but we're not giving away our secrets just yet! If you're a member of our newsletter you'll always find out first when we have news though!

Are there any other tropes you two want to explore together? Or ones you will NEVER touch? Thanks!

Sarah wrote: "how did you 2 come to work together? great team btw."

We've been internet friends for a while and during an email chain about football, we began joking about collaborating. This is part of our actual email chain:

Jen: Ella is the child of the man’s druggie brother…
Elle: No blood relation!
Jen: Okay. Adopted brother. Although I hate demonizing adoptees. Let me think up some other screwed up family tree. Wait, how about they were military buds? SEALs!
Elle: First scene should be her stripping and the new daddy showing up and hauling her away.
Jen: How many sons?
Elle: Five.
Jen: Five?
Elle: Five. Also, I think that when she gets to the mansion, Royal is insistent that his sons need to treat her with respect because she’s had a tough life, etc. But the sons are all set on making her life miserable. They don’t want her there. They think she’s a trashy interloper who wants their money.
Jen: We need an angry make out scene.

Mercedes wrote: "Are there any other tropes you two want to explore together? Or ones you will NEVER touch? Thanks!"

Never say never. We just don't know where our stories will lead us and so we can't say that there is never a trope we would write about.

I am in love with your books and I just adore your writing style. I've read previous questions and your answers so my question would be: What authors do you like to read? What book or books have had a strong influence on you or your writing?
Thank you!

I actually have 2 questions...I'm not sure if that's okay.
First, I love your writing style, I usually find co-writers have 2 distinct tones and styles by yours flow together so nice!

My questions are how do you deal with writers block?
and do you challenge yourself to write so much a day in order to finish the book or do you take your time writing?

How do you come up with a character? Do you get inspired by real life people you know?

Hi Elle and Jen! Does Fallen Heir have a crazy / heart-stopping cliffhanger? :))

Marry, Kiss, Cliff?
- Gideon
- Reed
- Easton

Erin wrote: "Luana wrote: "Which one of the Royals are you more attached to?
Love them all to death xoxo"

We're both super into Easton. He's just playful and slightly unpredictable, but also very vulnerable a..."

I can't pick one, but currently I'm obsessed with Gideon since he's the reason I've been using my email so much lately xD
Looking forward to the next chapter!