My Writing Process

February 17, 2014 by ellaquinnauthor

I was asked, by Regency author Shereen Vedam to participate in a blog about my writing process by answering four questions.

1) What am I working on?

I’m currently working on book #6 of The Marriage Game. The working title is Lady Mary. I’m thinking I may need another title contest to get the final title.

2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?

At this point in time, I appear to be one of the few published authors who truly combine traditional Regency with the sensual, which confuses some people.

3) Why do I write what I do?

After years of reading fantastic authors, such as Georgette Heyer, and wishing there was more spice. I finally decided to write it myself. That has thrown some readers off, but, in my defense, I’m pretty open about my book having spicy loves scenes.

4) How does my writing process work?

I generally get a video that starts playing in my head. It could be an angry lady pacing, a man following a woman up narrow stairs, or a lady listening to her grandmother as if the woman had lost her mind. I take that scene, expand upon it, and the story begins to unfold. Generally my original scene makes it in the book somewhere.

Posted in Blog Tour, Ella Quinn, Historical, The Marriage Game | Tagged Blog Tour, Ella Quinn, Historical Romance, The Marriage Game | 23 Comments

23 Responses

on February 17, 2014 at 07:01 | Reply carolcork

I love those spicy scenes, Ella!
- on February 17, 2014 at 11:17 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  LOL, Carol. I know you do!!
on February 17, 2014 at 08:45 | Reply jbrayweber

The more spice, the better.
- on February 17, 2014 at 11:17 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  I agree, Jenn!
on February 17, 2014 at 09:17 | Reply melissakeir

It’s fun to know what authors are doing and how they think. I do agree that spicy is better. We don’t have the restrictions that many of the previous authors did. Best of luck with the contest. I loved the last one!
- on February 17, 2014 at 11:18 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Thanks so much, Melissa. I think the last one was a lot of fun!
on February 17, 2014 at 09:55 | Reply Anne Stenhouse

Hi Ella, I like the idea of starting in action with a scene. For myself, I need to hear the voices. I suppose over the years different stories have begun with different triggers. Anne Stenhouse
- on February 17, 2014 at 11:19 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  It’s so different for everyone, Anne. I was talking with a non-writer the other day and they laughed when I said I had to get to know my characters just like they were real people.
on February 17, 2014 at 10:10 | Reply andrearcooperauthor

Great post. I don’t understand why many (not all) of the same people who are squeamish about love scenes are ok with violence. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Tweeted 🙂
- on February 17, 2014 at 11:20 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Sigh, one would think, Andrea.
on February 17, 2014 at 12:04 | Reply Jennifer Lowery

Spicy is good 🙂
- on February 17, 2014 at 12:18 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  I agree, Jennifer!
on February 17, 2014 at 12:14 | Reply Barbara Bettis

Yes, when I start referring to my characters by name in conversation, my non-writing friend don’t know what to think. Or maybe they do–they just don’t say it 🙂
- on February 17, 2014 at 12:17 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  LOL, Barbara. I know.
on February 17, 2014 at 14:52 | Reply Mary Chen

I like the combination of traditional Regency with spice. I wish there were more after the one kiss or embrace in them! lol 🙂

Thanks for sharing your writing process, Ella.
- on February 17, 2014 at 14:53 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Me too, Mary!! Thank you for coming by!
on February 17, 2014 at 14:53 | Reply eileendandashi

I enjoy reading stories that reach out to parts of our psychic not touched before.
on February 17, 2014 at 16:48 | Reply Christi Caldwell

This is great, Ella! Though…I would love to read more…this is so fascinating. I’m similar in regards to how my books ‘come to me’…little snippets of moments that steal into my mind. : )
- on February 17, 2014 at 16:49 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Thanks so much, Christi!!
on February 17, 2014 at 18:41 | Reply Jessi Gage

I love the idea of building from an image or like a gif, lol. I think that’s how my brain works too. It starts as a seed and turns into a scene!
- on February 17, 2014 at 18:44 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Exactly, Jessi!
on February 17, 2014 at 18:42 | Reply Mairi Norris

Ella, so many of my scenes start the same way, and often when I wake up in the middle of the night. They’re just ‘there’, and I grab my voice recorder and record the basics and the next day I write it up.
Your books fit right in with my other favorite Regency/Victorian authors. I don’t care for erotic, but I do like ‘spicy’!
- on February 17, 2014 at 18:43 | Reply ellaquinnauthor
  
  Thanks, Mairi! I love hearing that!!