Hally Willmott's Blog

Thank you sooooooo much Apryl Baker for the amazing opportunity to be a part of your annual Romance Blogfest!

First I guess I should introduce myself:

I am Hally Willmott - Author of The Elemental Series
I was sitting back and looking at all of the posts in regards to Romance - I can tell you that none of the books I have written have any kind of skin or sexual act being preformed on the front cover... in saying that I may have turned off a few people who would normally read this blog.  For that I apologize.  For not being a 50 shades of you know what - I am pretty proud of it.
In my day job - I am a Police Officer that goes into the Secondary schools in my area - I was very torn when it came to talking about sex and sex acts - do they constitute Romance???

When I first began writing I was all about the make believe worlds of Faries, Elves and Dwarfs.  
Once my first novel was published ....     Awakenings




I learned that in the world of writing there are always the go to safe zones - Meaning - if you want people to by your books Romance is the way to go...

Initially I was a little put off - thinking - Hey - I loved Twilight, Divergent and Hunger games - and NONE of those books were "Romance"...
What I missed was the element of Romance - 
There is a little bit of tingly feelings and such in book one - but there is no real thrown down Romance happening.



I was comfortable with this - basically because the book didn't call for any "Scenes" that I wouldn't want my nieces, mother in law or mom reading!





Don't get me wrong - I understand the need for Romance in novels - I LOVE the idea of star-crossed lovers finally getting the opportunity to be together!  I will always root for the underdog:)

Where I was more than a little confused was when I tired to force romance into the story line of The Elemental Series - Something that the story wouldn't allow for me to do.

Does Romance sell better.... does it make the story better?
In book two - Revelations

I spiced it up a bit - and believe it or not - I was given some of the ideas from my mother in law, sister in law and nieces.

I was a little leery about adding some of the scenes - but they turned out GREAT!
There wasn't a lot of description or terminology used to create the scenes.

I left a lot of it to the imagination of the reader.

For the next installment of the series - I chose to create a handbook. 
 In the handbook there is a novella about one of the characters from book two.  The scene in this book is a little more risky than in any of the other books.  What I really liked about the story was the fact that no where within the novella dies it give the gender of the character. 

Keepers 
WHY?

My reasoning was clear to me - I believe in love for love's sake - I believe that it doesn't matter the gender of the person as much as the person themselves. 







Now - to introduce the two main male characters vying for the attention of the main female character - 





I do have to say that the next two installments in The Elemental Series will have a lot more action and Romance in them - I believe in growing the story line to include scenes and romance!

Not to stray from this thought - but - I am also writing a few adult books that have romance, sex and adult relationships from the beginning of the book - I think genre has a lot to do with when and how we introduce certain aspects in a story.  I was way more comfortable writing scenes in an adult book than in a YA book...What are your thoughts on this?


Thank you for taking the time to read my post!  I hope to hear from you!

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Very excited to announce the soon to be release of Keepers - it is a handbook for the series which has a new edgier story within it!!!!

I am having a release party with the fabulous Kelly Anne Blount - Hopefully on the 18th of this month!!!

Here is the link!

Hope to see you there!

There is going to be amazing prizes and some CRAZY surprises!!!!



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My Crazy Corner: Meet Author Hally Willmott: When I first said I wanted to participate in this Romance blog  - My limited knowledge of Romance series had images of this flickering...

When I first said I wanted to participate in this Romance blog  -



My limited knowledge of Romance series had images of this flickering through my head -    
I have to admit I was more than a little nervous - I'd never thought of my series as a "Romance" series... Awakenings                                                                              Revelations

My immediate thoughts were...It's YA - It's science fiction - It's Fantasy -

But - wait a minute - oh ya....there is Romance....From those feelings we've all had with our first love to ....              the feelings of - oh yeah it's complicated....The Elemental Series has it all - When I first did a video for the two books which have been written so far in the series, I had my first taste of - "This is a story about a girl who has may firsts in her life and R.O.M.A.N.C.E - aka first love - first time the butterflies attack your stomach, first time you hands sweat so much you think there must be something seriously wrong with you - first time you realize - I like this person - then it hits you like a freight train - and your world seems to completely change. 


I was pleasantly surprised when I took off my science fiction fantasy goggles and realized that Jacey and Vincent have a love story that is inter-wound throughout "Awakenings".
I had a vision in my head of what both Vincent and Jacey looked like -


I was even more surprised when I realized there was more than one love story in Awakenings... Jacey's brother and her best friend Jen also find their Wirposh - true love -  in one another -  Needless to say, after looking through my new rose colored glasses I realized book one did have an amazing first love story.... 
 


Moving right along to book two ....  Revelations....
Initially, I was asked to 'sex ' it up before I began writing it.  Sex sells is what I was told.  I found myself in a little bit of a conundrum - The voices in my head were yelling at me - Absolutely NOT - My books are for the YA crowd - how am I supposed to get up in front of teens and talk about making good decisions and then promote my writing - were - there are scenes of fifty shades going on...  
Goes to show you I haven't written many 'romance' novels... I go from butterflies in the stomach to tying people up and licking.... well I'm sure you get the picture.I spoke with a number of trusted friends and family members and asked them what they thought - and asked for 'direction'.  I soon found out that there was a way to incorporate love, lust and romance scenes in YA work -  I can't wait to hear the thoughts of everyone reading this....I am curious about what you think 'Romance' is...Is it the first love story line?Is it the I'm open to anything and everything?Or is it a mix of both and when you find the right line somewhere in the middle - Magic happens:)

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