Sometimes we couldn’t stop writing and started exchanging even larger and larger chunks. Sometimes, we called dibs on a particular scene that was vivid in our heads. We would each write approximately 2,000 words. About two weeks passed from the time we plotted out Paper Princess to the last word typed in that first manuscript. We recommend it for the seventeen and older crowd.īook Binge: Can you share with us what your writing process looked like? Did you guys just swap off chapters or did you write huge chunks of the story and then swap off?Įrin Watt: Our writing process is fairly unsophisticated and done primarily through emails and text messages. We’ve both read a ton of YA romances and they vary in heat level, but we believe it’s in line with Gossip Girl and the Sea Breeze series. The toughest part of writing it wasn’t the story but getting the tone right. We agreed that it would be amazing to write something fantastical and over-the-top in the vein of a YA soap with strong romantic elements. In a flurry of emails, we discovered we both loved Cruel Intentions and Gossip Girl. What made you guys decide to try your hand at writing a contemporary young adult novel?Įrin Watt: Yes, we haven’t written anything YA before. Pre-Order the Book:ĪMAZON || BARNES AND NOBLE || KOBO Interviewīook Binge: To our knowledge, this will be the first YA book that either of you have written. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.

Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her.

After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter.

Paper Princess (The Royals #1) by Erin Wattįrom strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.Įlla Harper is a survivor-a pragmatic optimist. They are both here today to answer some questions that I had about their new writing adventure. I’m a huge fan of both Jen Frederick and Elle Kennedy so I know that I’m going to love the hell out of Erin Watt’s new series called The Royals. To say that I’m excited for this madness is putting it mildly. Two of my favorite New Adult authors have written a contemporary YA book together.

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