New Adult Book Club discussion

Hi NABC! Hope you all had a wonderful week. We have the amazing New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Elle Kennedy visiting us for a Q&A this week! Elle has written such books as The Deal, Claimed, Witness Seduction, Midnight Action, One Night of Sin, Body Check, and many more! Please leave your comments for her below! <3

What book can you read again and again?

Hi Elle, you write such a range of genres, which is your favorite and which is the hardest genre to write? Thank you!

What make you decided to become a writer?

Do ideas for your books just come to you or are they inspired by something in your life?

Hey there Elle
Are you considering coming to the UK to sign any time soon?
❤️

Hi Elle First im fan of your work and I started doing an own project. How do do plot your storys? Do do it chapter by chapter or just plotting the the Important chapters plot points?
If I start writing I have a plan in the ok I want write to about how they move in to ther Flat or room and how the chapter ends and everything in between is happing like i want it. For example I don’t plan any dialogues I just write them when I feel like they matching❤️ thanks for your answer.

Hi Elle first off all I like your books. But wanna to ask how do you plot your stories? Chapter by chapter or just the plot points? How do you plan your chapters? I’m writing my first book at the moment and At the moment Have the idea how chapter can begin and I wanna to end it but in between the Scenes are spontaneous. Do you plan your Dialouges?

Wich off your upcoming projects you are most exited about? I mean out of them coming in the next three months. I can’t decide if I’m more exited about the Chance or Cracked Cingdom. Because Both are marked of highlight new releases in early 2018. And I loved your off campus series so no wonder I’m exited about the Book in Spin Off series. Also in the Score Summer was one of favourite Charakters.
Are you getting Exited when you releasing a book every time in a same level like it was when you published your first book ever?

Do you have a playlist for when you write?

Hi Elle, I just wanted to ask who your go to Author is that can cheer you up anytime you read them?

Which character was your favorite to write?

First of all, I love your books so so much. Him and The Deal are two of my absolute favourites. And the question I wanna ask is: Are you planning any more Romantic Suspense novels like the ones in the Killer Instincts series?

Hello Elle! My question is do base your characters off of people you know or maybe yourself?

Hi Ms. Elle! My question is what's your favorite scene to write and why?

P.S. I love your Off-Campus series and I can't wait for its spin-off series <3

If you could meet any author, dead or alive, who would you want to meet?

What genre do you love to read but would be hesitant to write yourself?

What is the title of your favorite book and why?

Hi Elle, what does your writing process look like? Thanks!

Do you draw inspiration from music? favve song? (hard question I know ;P)

Katrina wrote: "What book can you read again and again?"

Danielle Steel's Wanderlust. I've gone through three or four copies of the paperback. :)

Whitney wrote: "Which character was your favorite to write?"

Honestly, it's usually the one I'm writing at the moment, but Garrett from The Deal holds a special place in my heart.

Judy wrote: "Hi Elle, what does your writing process look like? Thanks!"

It depends on what genre I'm writing. For Romantic Suspense books, I write a very detailed outline because of the multiple sub-plots and threads. With my contemporary books, I tend to just brainstorm and have a general idea of where I want to go, and go with the flow.

S.Shade wrote: "Hello Elle! My question is do base your characters off of people you know or maybe yourself?"

A little bit of both. I take inspiration from everyone I know for my characters. :)

Quirks wrote: "First of all, I love your books so so much. Him and The Deal are two of my absolute favourites. And the question I wanna ask is: Are you planning any more Romantic Suspense novels like the ones in ..."

I don't have anything specific planned at this month, but I love writing romantic suspense books, so I'm sure I will go back to that in the future.

Ninadonata wrote: "Hi Elle first off all I like your books. But wanna to ask how do you plot your stories? Chapter by chapter or just the plot points? How do you plan your chapters? I’m writing my first book at the m..."

For my romantic suspense books, I write a very detailed outline for the plot, characters, secondary characters, and I make sure that all the little sub-plots are moving forward and getting wrapped up.

With my contemporary books, I do a lot of brainstorming, and have a general idea of where I want to go. Then I sit down and just go with the flow.

Pamela wrote: "Hey there Elle
Are you considering coming to the UK to sign any time soon?
❤️"

I don't enjoy traveling, because of my social anxiety, however Jen and I are trying to travel a little as Erin Watt. We don't have any immediate plans to go to the UK, but would love to!

Court wrote: "Do ideas for your books just come to you or are they inspired by something in your life?"

It's a little bit of both. :) Some things are inspired by news articles, people I meet, or situations that my friends find themselves in. Other ideas are just fun things I think up when working on book ideas.

Hi Elle,
I love the Outlaw series. Do have an idea as to when you are going to write the rest of that series? Thanks

Hi Elle!! Love your books! ♥️ My question is how do you pick character names? Are they inspired by people in your own life or celebrities? Any name/character that has more significance than the others?

Will you be diving even deeper in the Off-Campus world?? Maybe with new characters and occasional appereances from the old ones? Love xx

What is your "must have" when you get into writing mode?

Hi Elle,
First all of all I’m a huge fan of your Off Campus series. I read the books several times and never get tired of them :)
My question is: What was the hardest book you wrote?

Do you experience writer's block? If yes, how would you overcome it?

THANK YOU! So much love!!!

Kindling wrote: "Hi Elle, you write such a range of genres, which is your favorite and which is the hardest genre to write? Thank you!"

My favorite genre these days is New Adult--I just have so much fun writing college-aged characters. The hardest is definitely romantic suspense--SO much research goes into those books!

Debra wrote: "What make you decided to become a writer?"

I always knew it’s what I wanted to do, since I was a child. I guess you can say I just put my mind to it until it happened!

Cammie wrote: "Do you draw inspiration from music? favve song? (hard question I know ;P)"

Not inspiration so much as mood. Music is a good motivator, but it doesn’t really inspire what I write, just the feeling of “I got this!”. There's no way I can pick a favorite song!! There are too many.

Melissa wrote: "What is the title of your favorite book and why?"

-Wanderlust, by Danielle Steel. The characters in that book are larger than life, and the various settings are amazing. I take it with me every time I travel.

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "What genre do you love to read but would be hesitant to write yourself?"

I love legal thrillers, but I could never write one. So much research and knowledge required!!

Michelle wrote: "If you could meet any author, dead or alive, who would you want to meet?"

Stephen King, to pick his brain.

Beatrice wrote: "Hi Ms. Elle! My question is what's your favorite scene to write and why?

P.S. I love your Off-Campus series and I can't wait for its spin-off series <3"

I love writing scenes where my characters are bantering. So in The Deal, any scene with Garrett and Hannah bickering is my favorite :)

Whitney wrote: "Which character was your favorite to write?"

Noelle from Killer Instincts. She is the baddest, craziest bitch in the world, ice cold and yet with a soft interior you'd never expect. She's so kickass.

Siddhi wrote: "Hi Elle, I just wanted to ask who your go to Author is that can cheer you up anytime you read them?"

Danielle Steel! Her books were the first romances I read. I've loved her for AGES and have destroyed (and had to repurchase) the same books from her over and over.

Olivia wrote: "Do you have a playlist for when you write?"

Nope! I actually require complete silence. Soundproof writing cave…

Ninadonata wrote: "Wich off your upcoming projects you are most exited about? I mean out of them coming in the next three months. I can’t decide if I’m more exited about the Chance or Cracked Cingdom. Because Both ar..."

I’m probably less excited and more nervous about both. The Chase has a lot of buzz and excitement, so I feel like there’s already a lot of expectation. Cracked Kingdom has people waiting on the edge of their seats, but anything with a cliffhanger is tricky because people already have their ideas of what should happen. I think I’m going to just cross my fingers and wish for the best LOL

Nothing ever beats “the first”. That’s really a feeling of “OMG IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!”, but every time I release a book I still get the jitters. At the end of the day you’re putting something you poured yourself into off into the world, and that is always scary (and exciting, but more scary).

Lauren wrote: "Hi Elle,
I love the Outlaw series. Do have an idea as to when you are going to write the rest of that series? Thanks"

I don't have any immediate plans to go back to that series, I am busy focusing on the Briar hockey team! :)

Luana wrote: "Will you be diving even deeper in the Off-Campus world?? Maybe with new characters and occasional appereances from the old ones? Love xx"

I am writing a spin off series that will focus on the other guys on the Briar Hockey team.

If you may say: will there be any more of college sport romances by you?

bookbruin wrote: "Hi Elle!! Love your books! ♥️ My question is how do you pick character names? Are they inspired by people in your own life or celebrities? Any name/character that has more significance than the oth..."

It depends. For guy names, I usually pick ones I think are sexy :) Sometimes they're inspired by names I see in articles or celebrities, but usually it's just names I think are fun, cute, sexy, etc.

Cassie wrote: "What is your "must have" when you get into writing mode?"

Silence! I can't have the TV on or music blaring when I write. I need to be in a cozy chair with no distractions!