Ask the Author: Ellis O. Day
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Ellis O. Day
I'm currently working on Ethan's story as well as The Mistletoe Game and other stories under my other pen name.
Ellis O. Day
First, sit down and write every day. Second, decide what success means to you and go for it. If it means finishing a book then do that. If it means making a living writing, then take a marketing class. I wish I'd done that while I was still writing my first book.
Ellis O. Day
I find inspiration for stories everywhere - TV, a person in a store, a FB Meme. Finding something to write about, a story to tell, isn't a problem for me.
Ellis O. Day
Loneliness doesn't exist when you're writing. Nothing exists but the world you're creating.
Ellis O. Day
I don't. I consider writing my job (even though I'm still working my day job).
So, just like a job, I sit down and do it. If nothing comes then I write and plod along anyway. I usually end up dumping or summarizing those sections but at least I got words on paper. Those plodding days often lead me down corridors that I never would've thought of going.
So, just like a job, I sit down and do it. If nothing comes then I write and plod along anyway. I usually end up dumping or summarizing those sections but at least I got words on paper. Those plodding days often lead me down corridors that I never would've thought of going.
Ellis O. Day
Hi Rosemary,
I am so sorry for the delay in answering your question. I never noticed/or possibly received a notification. I'll be checking back more regularly now.
As for Ethan's story, I'm currently working on that now. I wanted to have it released in October but I'm having some issues. I've re-written large sections of it three times. Not sure why but it's just not flowing. Maybe, I'm trying to force them into situations that aren't right.
It will be release somewhat soon. I have a Christmas one I want to get out but I may delay that or I may delay Ethan's for the Christmas story. Not sure but know that I am actively working on his story even if he's being a jerk and not helping me too much - lol.
Ellis
I am so sorry for the delay in answering your question. I never noticed/or possibly received a notification. I'll be checking back more regularly now.
As for Ethan's story, I'm currently working on that now. I wanted to have it released in October but I'm having some issues. I've re-written large sections of it three times. Not sure why but it's just not flowing. Maybe, I'm trying to force them into situations that aren't right.
It will be release somewhat soon. I have a Christmas one I want to get out but I may delay that or I may delay Ethan's for the Christmas story. Not sure but know that I am actively working on his story even if he's being a jerk and not helping me too much - lol.
Ellis
Ellis O. Day
Hi Marcela,
Sorry this took so long to answer. I was never notified about the post and if I was the email got lost in one of my other gmail folders.
Terry doesn't like Sarah solely because he's afraid she's going to hurt Nick. Why does he think that? Well, he's biased (like we all are) by his own past. He was utterly destroyed by his divorce and Nick is so naive in many ways. Also, Sarah didn't meet Nick after the four months were up (after Six Nights of Sin but before Six Weeks of Seduction). She hurt Nick then and Terry didn't like seeing his friend hurt. Just like many hard-headed people it'll take Terry awhile to warm up to Sarah. He needs to learn that she truly loves Nick and won't hurt him. Hope this helps. Sorry it wasn't clear in the books. Maybe I'll add it to a different book if the opportunity comes up (don't want to force something like this into a conversation - can kill the flow of a story).
Sorry this took so long to answer. I was never notified about the post and if I was the email got lost in one of my other gmail folders.
Terry doesn't like Sarah solely because he's afraid she's going to hurt Nick. Why does he think that? Well, he's biased (like we all are) by his own past. He was utterly destroyed by his divorce and Nick is so naive in many ways. Also, Sarah didn't meet Nick after the four months were up (after Six Nights of Sin but before Six Weeks of Seduction). She hurt Nick then and Terry didn't like seeing his friend hurt. Just like many hard-headed people it'll take Terry awhile to warm up to Sarah. He needs to learn that she truly loves Nick and won't hurt him. Hope this helps. Sorry it wasn't clear in the books. Maybe I'll add it to a different book if the opportunity comes up (don't want to force something like this into a conversation - can kill the flow of a story).
Ellis O. Day
Hi Taskert,
Yeah, there's another set of books coming about Nick and Sarah. I hadn't intended it to end that way, but as my characters unveiled themselves to me I realized that Sarah was a little more broken than I'd initially thought.
She's scared and not ready to start living again. Nick will help her with that and I promise the next part of their story will be an HEA.
You'll see Nick again in the next La Petite Morte Club saga (should be releasing it in October and it'll be a complete series that ends with HEA). It's Patrick (you met him during Sarah's Viewing - he was the polite guy) and Annie's story. Annie is a maid at the club and Patrick catches her watching a couple have sex. He can't keep his hands off her until he realizes she's his best friend's little sister. Then, he's asked to watch over her while Ethan is away and sparks fly.
Nick is in this story as a secondary character. He's into his 4 months of celibacy so that he can get back with Sarah after the 4 months and can honestly say that he'd been celibate for her. (he's such a sweetheart :)
I was going to tell Terry and Ethan's story before getting back to Sarah and Nick, but I've had so many people contact me, wanting the rest of their story that it will be next. I was too far into Patrick and Annie's story to put that aside.
I'm glad you enjoyed Sarah and Nick's Six Nights of Sin and hope you enjoy the rest of the stories surrounding the people at La Petite Morte Club.
Yeah, there's another set of books coming about Nick and Sarah. I hadn't intended it to end that way, but as my characters unveiled themselves to me I realized that Sarah was a little more broken than I'd initially thought.
She's scared and not ready to start living again. Nick will help her with that and I promise the next part of their story will be an HEA.
You'll see Nick again in the next La Petite Morte Club saga (should be releasing it in October and it'll be a complete series that ends with HEA). It's Patrick (you met him during Sarah's Viewing - he was the polite guy) and Annie's story. Annie is a maid at the club and Patrick catches her watching a couple have sex. He can't keep his hands off her until he realizes she's his best friend's little sister. Then, he's asked to watch over her while Ethan is away and sparks fly.
Nick is in this story as a secondary character. He's into his 4 months of celibacy so that he can get back with Sarah after the 4 months and can honestly say that he'd been celibate for her. (he's such a sweetheart :)
I was going to tell Terry and Ethan's story before getting back to Sarah and Nick, but I've had so many people contact me, wanting the rest of their story that it will be next. I was too far into Patrick and Annie's story to put that aside.
I'm glad you enjoyed Sarah and Nick's Six Nights of Sin and hope you enjoy the rest of the stories surrounding the people at La Petite Morte Club.
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