And I definitely got that-Jen’s feedback was not only valuable, but it led to me actually publishing the book, which I didn’t have any serious intention of releasing. When I sent The Deal to Jen to beta read, I didn’t expect to get anything more than an honest critique. And somehow it kicked off a tangent about writing, but not writing something we’ve already done, but something dramatic and cracktastic and, most of all, fun.Īt first, I thought she was joking about the collaboration, but as our emails began to shuttle back and forth quicker than Tom Brady’s release, it became more serious to the point that one night I sat down and tapped out a couple thousand words. DeMarco Murray is single-handedly saving me in my fantasy playoffs!”įast forward a year and Elle and I were once again emailing about games and exchanging memes. Sometimes I’d get emails that talked about writing but they’d almost always include tidbits such as “I didn’t have time to write because I’m caught up in the Dallas game. In fact, a review of our emails reveals that over 50% of our emails are about football. Through these email exchanges, we discovered we both love football. She was venturing into a new field and wanted to make sure the book didn’t suck. She asked me to read it because it was well known I loved New Adult books and that I didn’t hesitate from parceling out serious criticism. That changed in the fall of 2014 when she approached me to beta read The Deal. I didn’t know she had a dog or what her favorite football team was. It never fails that at least once a book, I’m covering my mouth to stifle a laugh in some inappropriate public setting.īut we weren’t friends.

One of things I really admired about Elle’s writing was that she wrote confident female characters and I could always count on her to make me laugh. I became a serious fan of her work after I read my second or third book in the Out of Uniform series. The first book I read of hers was Body Check back in 2009.

I’ve internet-known Elle Kennedy for several years. Friendship and a new writing adventure Jen: Now hear straight from the source how The Royals came to be, and all the details as to how Elle Kennedy and Jen Frederick came about becoming Erin Watt and writing the addicting series starter, Paper Princess.

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