New Adult Book Club discussion

This week, we have the multi-talented K.I. Lynn joining us to take our questions.

She is the USA Today Bestselling Author of books such as the Breach Series , Bend and Cocksure.

Let's give her a warm welcome and ask away!

Thank you so much for sharing your stories with us!
How do you come up with the names?
What do you do to realax?
xo

Thank you so much for your kindness❤️
My question is: what makes you feel inspired to write?

Carolina wrote: "Thank you so much for your kindness❤️
My question is: what makes you feel inspired to write?"

Hi Carolina!
Music is a huge influence. It can spark a book idea or a scene, but it's what gets my mind going. :)

Steffi wrote: "Thank you so much for sharing your stories with us!
How do you come up with the names?
What do you do to realax?
xo"

Hi Steffi!

Names of Characters or books? Titles are rough. Sometimes it comes to me before the story idea, sometimes i have a filler and am racing to figure out one before the cover! I'm 18k into this book and ot is currently called the Asshole Project! Lol For character names i have a doc that i collect names on. Baby name sites are my go-to.

To relax...true relaxation happens only on a cruise when I'm disconnected. Every day it's sitting on the couch with my puppers watching TV. :)

Hi! Thank you so much.
My question is how do you overcome writer's block?

Hello from Cleveland! I absolutely loved Six! That is one of my all time fav books! Can you tell me when we can get another one like it?? Or in the dark romance with hot alpha killer realm?

Hi! What are you currently working on?

Betul wrote: "Hi! Thank you so much.
My question is how do you overcome writer's block?"

Hi Betul!!

That's a hard one. Having someone i trust read it and give me feedback helps. Also taking a drive with my playlist on is often a brain mover. Searching out new music is also good if my playlost is getting old.

Lorie wrote: "Hello from Cleveland! I absolutely loved Six! That is one of my all time fav books! Can you tell me when we can get another one like it?? Or in the dark romance with hot alpha killer realm?"

Hi Lorie!!

Six...man I love that book. I do have 2 books in the works that are dark romances. They are still in the plotting stages at the momemt, but I hope to get one written in 2019. :)

Nicole wrote: "Hi! What are you currently working on?"

Hi Nicole!

Currently I'm working on an office romance. He's an asshole, she's his new assistant, spark galore! Also I have a second chance romance with a bit of a love triangle aspect. The office one (currently refered to as The Asshole Project lol) is slated for late January/early February release.

How do you select the names of your characters?

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

Ann wrote: "How do you select the names of your characters?"

Hi Ann!

I have a list of names I've collected and baby name websites. Skmetimes they just come to me, others I'm a ways in when I realize the name won't work. It's sometimes a struggle.

I laughed so hard when I read Cocksure. I can’t wait for its sequel!

Can you tell us your writing process? Do you people watch? What inspires you to continue on even when you feel like giving up?

Hi!!
Which book was the most challenging to write? Which was the most fun?
I would also love to know which authors your fangirl over :)

What do you like most about writing?

Ruby wrote: "I laughed so hard when I read Cocksure. I can’t wait for its sequel!

Can you tell us your writing process? Do you people watch? What inspires you to continue on even when you feel like giving up?"

Hi Ruby!

My writing process is this -
Get idea.
Write out scenes for idea along with blurb.
Mull on idea.
Write different parts.
Story changes.
Changes parts.
Put pieces of scenes together.
Fill in gaps.
All of this done by listening to music.
Then comes the beta readers comments and new bits and changing bits and then editor and editor and editor.


What inspires me to keep going? I just love to tell stories. My mind has always played out stories and it always will. :)

J. wrote: "If you could be any book character for a day, who would you choose and why?"

Hi J!

I've been thinking about this question for a few days. It's actually tougher than it looks. Would I be Bella from Twilight just to have Edward for a day? Or someone from the Harry Potter Universe? Magic vs Edward... that's a toughie.

Lana wrote: "Hi!!
Which book was the most challenging to write? Which was the most fun?
I would also love to know which authors your fangirl over :)"

Hi Lana!

Most challenging to write was Reciprocity, the third book in the Breach series. That was mostly due to stress and anxiety. The most fun was Six. It's still my favorite. I loved the darkness and the humor. Lacey was a great character.

Which authors? I would probably lose it for Stephenie Meyer and J.K. Rowling. I made a fool out of myself in front of E.L. James, so there's that. lol

Katherine wrote: "What do you like most about writing?"

Hi Katherine!

Getting to be someone else, live someone else's life. A chance to be someone I'm not even if it's just through words on a page.