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Fan Chat with Author Samantha Young

Sunday, October 7, 2012


6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

LoverKaren: Hi Everyone

LoverMichelle: Okay, it looks like our guest of honor, author Samantha Young, is with us
now.

LoverMichelle: Welcome Samantha!

SamanthaYoung: Hello folks!

Yesi_Cavozos: Hello!

LoverElizabeth: Hi! *waves*

SamanthaYoung: Thank you :) *waves back*

LoverMichelle: By any chance, did you bring Braden along?

SamanthaYoung: Hahaha, unfortunately no. Joss has him this evening

alyssasusanna: hi!!!!

LoverMichelle: Samantha, I'm curious as to how you came up with the storyline for ODS?

SamanthaYoung: The storyline is really an amalgamation of my experiences and my


friends and family's experiences. Braden, however, is pure fantasy :p

alyssasusanna: :D

Yesi_Cavozos: Yes he is!

Amanda_Ackerson: aww

LoverMichelle: I read that your brother had the same type of tumors as Ellie? How is your
brother now?
SamanthaYoung: My brother is doing is brilliantly now. He had surgery a few years ago
so he's fully recovered.

LoverMichelle: Great ~ that's awesome to hear.

SamanthaYoung: 

LoverTiffany: that's wonderful! 

Yesi_Cavozos: 

alyssasusanna: That's good! 

LoverElizabeth: I would like to know what was the hardest scene to come together?

Amanda_Ackerson: excellent news.

SamanthaYoung: Thanks guys  And hardest scene? Probably the scene in the kitchen
when Braden tells Joss he did something bad! You all know what scene? Yeah, that was
hard to get Joss' reaction just right; and I was so involved with the characters by this
point, it was pretty upsetting writing this 'break up' scene right.

LoverElizabeth: Oh yes...I remember that one. I have to ask...did you cry over it, even a
little? I'm an emotional reader so I have always wondered how the writers handle it all.

Yesi_Cavozos: I felt that reaction as I read it. You wrote it perfectly using the shotgun
example.

SamanthaYoung: :p I didn't cry over that, but I did get teary-eyed writing the scene where
Joss climbs into bed with Ellie after her break up with Braden.

alyssasusanna: I would have cried if I were a writer writing a scene like that.

LoverMichelle: I cried reading that especially when he found them the next morning. 

SamanthaYoung: Oh, thank you Yesi_Cavozos.

SamanthaYoung: Yeah, there was a lot going on in that scene so it was emotional to write.
Yesi_Cavozos: I honestly was in shock for about 5 seconds until I continued reading.
Emotional indeed!

LoverTiffany: Why didn't Joss ever call in her favor from Braden after he made her wear
her hair up? ;)

SamanthaYoung: Lol, I've been asked this before. That part was really just to highlight
how Braden wasn't a total caveman, that he could compromise, and that Joss didn't take
orders from anybody no matter how hot they were ;)

LoverTiffany: Thanks! I've been wondering. haha ;)

alyssasusanna: Go Joss! lol 

LoverMichelle: I really did love how she referred to him as a caveman numerous times…a
hot caveman.

SamanthaYoung: 

Yesi_Cavozos: Love that!  The caveman thing was HOT! 

LoverMichelle: How long did it take you to write ODS?

SamanthaYoung: I began writing it at the beginning of this year and then put it aside for
other projects. I went back to it during the summer and wrote it in about a month.

Yesi_Cavozos: When Braden proposed "the arrangement," was that his intention or a way
to work his way into her heart? I wonder about that....

SamanthaYoung: Perhaps one day Braden will tell us ;)

Amanda_Ackerson: :D

Yesi_Cavozos: 

alyssasusanna: Sequel(s)? lol

LoverMichelle: Does that mean you are working on his POV or is it still a secret?
Yesi_Cavozos: I am pretty sure I know the answer to that. ;)

SamanthaYoung: I can't really say anything at the moment about the plans for the series,
but I promise you'll all find out more very soon 

Yesi_Cavozos: His POV would be AWESOME!!!!

SamanthaYoung: As for the alpha male question... I think probably because many of us are
independent, women who would like that in a partner. Not a strong woman in a partner
lol. I mean an equally strong guy.

alyssasusanna: Um, can I ask a question about SLUMBER?

SamanthaYoung: Of course, Alyssa.

alyssasusanna: I don't want to sound bothersome, but it that a part of a series?

SamanthaYoung: There will be a companion novel to Slumber, hopefully to be released


sometime 2013/14.

alyssasusanna: Oh okay! 

SamanthaYoung: I did actually cut Braden's mother out of the final draft of ODS. In the
end, there was nothing her character could tell us that we didn't already know about him.
I felt she was redundant, so I gave her the chop, which is what she deserved :p

LoverMichelle: 

Yesi_Cavozos: I don't think she was missed! 

LoverMichelle: Self-centered woman anyhow!

Alyssasusanna: Not sure if I liked her anyway  But it's good to have a well-rounded set
of characters, right? :D

SamanthaYoung: The actual writing process is the same for me, but the genres present
their own challenge. Contemporary is all about characterization and good character
development. Whereas SF/UF is very challenging - the word building over a series gets
complicated lol.

alyssasusanna: But SF/UF is SO worth it, I'm sure :)

SamanthaYoung: Oh it is, alyssa. I love when a series comes together. It's very gratifying.

Amanda_Ackerson: I live in VA. How did you pick it as the home location for Joss?

SamanthaYoung: I've always wanted to visit VA so I decided I'd live it a little through Joss.

Amanda_Ackerson: Well, c'mon down. I'll show you around. I've lived all over that state.

SamanthaYoung:  I definitely want to visit some time soon, Amanda.

alyssasusanna: I've begun to develop a taste for contemporary fiction, thanks to you, Jamie
McGuire, Michelle Leighton, Tammara Webber :d

Amanda_Ackerson: yay! Party at my house. LOL

SamanthaYoung: 

LoverMichelle: Many of us have talked & laughed about Joss farting! Why did you include
that scene?

SamanthaYoung: Hahaha! Well, it's something I'm sure we can all relate to, plus, growing
up I was told the story of my parents honeymoon over and over... which included a
hilarious fart scene that cracked my dad up so much he's never forgotten it! I just thought
there was something so real about that and I wanted to give Joss and Braden a REAL
moment.

LoverMichelle: Haha, that's great! 

alyssasusanna: Well. That is VERY real :D

SamanthaYoung: 

Yesi_Cavozos: That was hilarious! :)


Milica_Zikic: I really loved this book, I have a Braden addiction. Great job.

SamanthaYoung: Thank you milica

alyssasusanna: Ditto milica 

Ava22: Are you doing a follow up to ODS; and if so, would it follow Joss and Braden or
focus on Ellie?

SamanthaYoung: And Ava22 - I'll be able to reveal all about the follow up to ODS very,
very soon.

Milica_Zikic: 

SamanthaYoung: I’ll post on my blog soon!

Milica_Zikic: oo I can't wait:)

Yesi_Cavozos: Everything that came out of Braden's mouth was "sexy as F" what was your
favorite moment or line?

LoverTiffany: yay!! Can’t wait! 

Ava22: Can't wait! will be checking regularly 

SamanthaYoung: “Lingerie is for seducing a man. I'm already fucking seduced.”

Yesi_Cavozos: Soooooo excited! Can't wait! OMG! Mine too!!!!

SamanthaYoung: 

alyssasusanna: Hehehe yes

LoverMichelle: Perfect!

Yesi_Cavozos: That was the first one I posted when we were discussing quotes! Love it!

SamanthaYoung: Yay!
Milica_Zikic: Yay I posted that quote too  and many more

SamanthaYoung: :D

LoverMichelle: One of our Lovers from LLL, Elizabeth, has the exact same personality as
Joss!

SamanthaYoung: Oh well I imagine we'd get along really well then 

LoverMichelle: After I read ODS, I told her she had to read it because Joss was her.

SamanthaYoung: lol

Amanda_Ackerson: Are you ever amazed or surprised at the dialogue that your characters
come up with?

SamanthaYoung: Yes, sometimes it's really like they take on a life of their own.

LoverElizabeth: Well, at least Michelle says I do. I do know Joss cracked me up constantly!

SamanthaYoung: Lol, Elizabeth, I'm glad

LoverMichelle: 

LoverElizabeth: I'm pretty sure Joss and I could have a few drinks and tear up a town or
two ;)

Milica_Zikic: Lol 

alyssasusanna: 

SamanthaYoung: Haha, I'm sure she'd love that.


LoverMichelle: After writing characters like Braden or Joss, are you ever "sad" because
they really don't exist?

SamanthaYoung: I do get sad... it would be nice if Braden and Joss existed. Although if
Braden existed, I'd have to fight Joss for him.

Yesi_Cavozos: 
LoverElizabeth: I think the line for Braden would be out the door!

LoverMichelle: Wouldn't we all? He'd have a posse.

Milica_Zikic: lol who wouldn't..

Yesi_Cavozos: If Braden existed you would be fighting lots of women for him!

SamanthaYoung: Just what his ego needs lol

Yesi_Cavozos: LOL!
alyssasusanna: HaHa. Poor Joss. She'd have so much competition.

LoverElizabeth: You know...all this sexy Braden talk has me wanting to meet back up with
him tonight ;)

Yesi_Cavozos: I loved that Braden, was HOT, successful, rich, etc.... yet he never came off as
arrogant.

SamanthaYoung: Lol!

SamanthaYoung: I have to admit that I poured more of me into Joss than any other
character I've written.

Yesi_Cavozos: how did you keep him "in check?”

SamanthaYoung: And yes, Yesi_Cavozos - there's a difference I think between confidence


and arrogance :)

LoverElizabeth: I just finished a book that made me cry; maybe I need one to make me
swoon again.
SamanthaYoung: I think following up tear-jerker with a swooner is a good idea…helps
ease the pain.

Yesi_Cavozos: I couldn't agree more!

Milica_Zikic: I loved the whole hot and cold thing that Braden has..
LoverMichelle: Samantha, you said you poured more of you into Joss...more time or more
emotion?

SamanthaYoung: I poured more of me I think. I dealt with a lot of loss at a young age and
so I really ‘get’ Joss.

Ava22: if ODS made the big screen, who would play Braden? Any suggestions?

SamanthaYoung: Oh, that's a difficult one ava. Maybe a newbie?

Milica_Zikic: Is there any Braden in your life? 

SamanthaYoung: Unfortunately, not at the moment, milica.

SamanthaYoung: No time for a Braden! He'd keep me too distracted!

Amanda_Ackerson: LOL. But a good distraction.

SamanthaYoung: A verrrrryyyy good distraction.

Milica_Zikic: Aaah well, little distraction didn't hurt anybody

SamanthaYoung: haha, true.

LoverMichelle: Have you been approached by any publishers interested in ODS?

SamanthaYoung: I'll be able to talk more about that, Michelle, hopefully very soon

Milica_Zikic: nice

LoverMichelle: 

Yesi_Cavozos: 

LoverMichelle: Did you have Beta readers for ODS? If so, did you make changes after they
read it?

Milica_Zikic: don't make us wait too long please


SamanthaYoung:  I didn't have beta readers for ODS this time. I took a scary plunge on
it! :p

alyssasusanna: Wow! That's really brave! Good for you! 

SamanthaYoung: Brave or stupid, haha.

LoverTiffany: Brave!! Haha

alyssasusanna: Brave. It definitely worked out, right? 

Yesi_Cavozos: Good plunge! ODS has rocked my (our) world!!!! Thanks for creating Braden
and Joss!

SamanthaYoung: Thank you :D

LoverMichelle: Wow ~ then you must be blown away from the reception of the book.

SamanthaYoung: I am! I've never been so nervous about a book release. The reception
has been overwhelming.

Amanda_Ackerson: I can't stop telling people about it! It's a really great read, and it makes
me want to go to Scotland. That and Gerard Butler. IJS

Milica_Zikic: lol Amanda

SamanthaYoung: Lol! Ah Gerard.

SamanthaYoung: And lol, yes! Especially this summer!

Amanda_Ackerson: And James McAvoy. Oh, that little one.

SamanthaYoung: I love James McAvoy.

LoverTiffany: Awww James McAvoy!! 

SamanthaYoung:  He's awesome. Have you seen 'inside I'm dancing’?


LoverTiffany: No!

SamanthaYoung: Talk about a tearjerker! He's wonderful in it. Love, love, love him.

LoverTiffany: Does he dance in it because James McAvoy+ dancing....I'm intrigued haha.


Kidding. He’s adorable.

SamanthaYoung: Lol. Nope. It's actually the complete opposite. I'll say no more and let
you discover it for yourself.

LoverMichelle: Are you a big fan of Gene Kelly since you included him in your book?
LoverTiffany is!

SamanthaYoung: I am huge Gene Kelly fan! If I could go back in time and marry him, I
would!

LoverTiffany: JOMGo_SDJRFOWEAURLSNSRUSJF

LoverMichelle: 

SamanthaYoung: Lol!

LoverTiffany: UM... I think /... well scratch that … I can’t think. Hahahhaha.

SamanthaYoung: Hehe. He was so frickin' hot!!

LoverTiffany: HELL YES!! omg!! I may have 2 copied pics he signed above my bed... just
saying.

SamanthaYoung: *green with envy*

LoverTiffany: He was hot!! Even when he got older! Plus he can mooooove!

SamanthaYoung: Oh man. They just don't make men like him anymore.

LoverTiffany: SMH. No, they don't.

Amanda_Ackerson: <~~ Rock Hudson fan.


SamanthaYoung: Rock Hudson!! Love him too!

LoverTiffany: I feel very close to you now Samantha...hahaha.

SamanthaYoung: Hahaha! Me too, Tiffany. Basically, we're saying Old Hollywood kicks
New Hollywood's ass.

LoverTiffany: I want to hug you and have a Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra movie marathon and
then we can visit Amanda in VA.

SamanthaYoung: Sounds like an awesome plan.

Milica_Zikic: I really loved Ellie. She is so sweet and kind and fragile but strong at the same
time Did u have a muse for her?

SamanthaYoung: Ellie is a little bit of a mix of my friends. Her scatterbrained, dressing up


with mustaches etc is like my old roommate from uni. She's still one of my best friends.
The sweetness is like my oldest best friend. She's just a doll.

Milica_Zikic: Hahah that's fun:) aww so nice

SamanthaYoung: yeah

Milica_Zikic: 

Yesi_Cavozos: Will we get more wedding/honeymoon details in the next one?

SamanthaYoung: My lips are sealed :p

Milica_Zikic: aww

LoverMichelle: Which means more steamy sex scenes...

SamanthaYoung: Oh definitely.

LoverMichelle: Like the desk, the wall cabinet...

Yesi_Cavozos: Okay...keeping my fingers crossed then! 


Milica_Zikic: Ahahah yay

LoverTiffany: hahahaha.

Yesi_Cavozos: YES!!!

Milica_Zikic: So there is a sequel after all..yess

SamanthaYoung: Is there anywhere in particular you guys would like a sex scene set...
maybe I'll take the suggestion on board ;)

LoverTiffany: Oh jeez... hahaha

LoverMichelle: OMG, I may have to get back to you on that one. The pool is always nice…at
least from other books I've read, just sayin'....

SamanthaYoung: Lol... yeah, other books ;)

Milica_Zikic: Cabinet was my favor maybe the club can't make up my mind:)

LoverMichelle: Yes, that darn wall cabinet!

LoverTiffany: Somewhere public but still hidden, if that makes sense.

SamanthaYoung: Totally made sense.

Yesi_Cavozos: Cabinet sex ROCKED! Still thinking....

LoverMichelle: Just surprise us!

SamanthaYoung: Okay!

Milica_Zikic: Well I can’t think…still stuck on cabinet ahaha.

SamanthaYoung: :p

Milica_Zikic: Maybe some beach. 


Yesi_Cavozos: Lots of HOT, STEAMY, and awesome sex between Braden & Joss....which was
your favorite to write?

Milica_Zikic: Omg, Yesi 

SamanthaYoung: The cabinet.

Yesi_Cavozos: 

Milica_Zikic: hahhaha bingoo:)

Yesi_Cavozos: Yeah, HOT is putting it mildly!

SamanthaYoung: ;)

Milica_Zikic: This is fun. I am so excited. 

SamanthaYoung:  I'm dying to let you guys know more! Soon, soon, soon :D

Milica_Zikic: Must get some Braden fix :)

LoverTiffany: Yay! We're so excited!

Yesi_Cavozos: We're dying to know!!!!

SamanthaYoung: 

Yesi_Cavozos: Going back to the kitchen scene...why was Braden be so cruel and harsh? It
was so out of character....it broke my heart for Joss.

SamanthaYoung: To get a reaction. Nothing else was penetrating Joss' very thick walls.
He went cutthroat on her ass.

LoverMichelle: He was testing her. He gave her space. That didn't work.

SamanthaYoung: yes, Michelle, exactly 

LoverMichelle: But he still loved her, no matter what. No questions asked.


Yesi_Cavozos: It was brilliant! I literally let out a loud sigh when he said “I knew it!"

Milica_Zikic: Yes, me too.

SamanthaYoung:  Yeah. He did feel shitty though for hurting her.

Yesi_Cavozos: Absolutely!

Amanda_Ackerson: I felt the same way Joss did when he said it. I may have cursed.

SamanthaYoung: 

LoverMichelle: I loved the tender moment at his place when Joss is thinking about the
moment that everything changed, and it wasn’t just about sex any longer.

Yesi_Cavozos: I loved that too. Then she left. 

LoverMichelle: We just have a few minutes left. Any final questions for this best-selling
author????

Milica_Zikic: It was great chatting with you 

SamanthaYoung: You too, thank you!

Yesi_Cavozos: Not a question but just a statement... ODS is phenomenal! Thank you giving
us this wonderful story!

SamanthaYoung: Oh thank you  I am overwhelmed by how much love you guys are
giving it xx

Yesi_Cavozos: One of my favorite books of all time! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

LoverTiffany: thanks so much for joining us!! :)

LoverMichelle: Samantha, you have been awesome to chat with. Maybe you can visit again
when the sequel comes out?

SamanthaYoung: Thanks for having me. It’s been great fun! Of course, I’d love to :D
LoverTiffany: Yes!! :)

Milica_Zikic: We can't wait for more

LoverMichelle: Great ~ I'll be in touch. Thank you everyone else for joining us tonight!

Ava22: Yeah, it is a fab book! And I have recommended it to anyone who will listen!

Yesi_Cavozos: Looking forward to more! 

SamanthaYoung: Thank you! So glad you're looking forward to more from the world of
ODS! Night guys! X

Constance_poteatlyda: Just wanted to say a quick thank you to Samantha for such a
wonderful book. I am just getting on.

LoverTiffany: Night!! 

LoverMichelle: Sweet dreams!

Amanda_Ackerson: Night! Thank you for everything!

Yesi_Cavozos: Night "babe" 

Amanda_Ackerson: Braden dreams! ;)

LoverMichelle: Night x

SamanthaYoung: Thank you, Constance. And I hope I have Braden dreams too. Bye
*waves* xxxx

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