KD Williamson - Blurred Lines
For our July meeting of the Lesfic Book Club, we discussed Blurred Lines by KD Williamson. If you weren't able to make it, check out the transcript below.
A couple of notes on the transcript:
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Reader 1 4:10 PM
Thanks so much for joining us - we’re happy to have you
KD Williamson 4:11 PM
I'm glad u reminded me. I've probably got a lil too much on my plate this week sorry
Reader 1 4:11 PM
So what did everybody think of Blurred Lines?
Reader 2 4:11 PM
I only made it to chapter 12 so far in the 4th book. I was hoping to have completed the series before the book club meeting today. I got sucked in. :grin:
Reader 3 4:12 PM
It was fantastic
Reader 4 4:12 PM
I love the series it's one of my favorites
Reader 5 4:13 PM
Book was amazing I love the chemistry and the teasing between them!
Reader 6 4:13 PM
It's great! I love Kelli
KD Williamson 4:13 PM
well don't stop if you wanna shout more accolades! lol
Reader 3 4:13 PM
I got to ask the most important question first. Metallica? I luuuurrrvvvvvveeeee them so was thrilled they guest starred
KD Williamson 4:13 PM
I'm a metallica fan
old metallica
Reader 7 4:14 PM
Yes, their chemistry is wonderful! I found that I didn’t like either Kelli or Nora at the beginning of the book, but I always liked them when they were together, from their first interactions.
Reader 6 4:15 PM
Aww, Kelli is totally my type of person though :slightly_smiling_face:
Reader 1 4:15 PM
Yeah Kelli seemed like she would definitely be a challenging patient haha
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Kelli is a challenging person period lol
Reader 7 4:16 PM
There are parts of them that I really identify with… but I think what made it hard to like them initially (but what also made it more powerful when they came together) was that we got a really good look at the “walls” each of them put up against the world, before we got to know the women inside those walls
Reader 3 4:15 PM
How did you decide on the characters, were they based on any real life peeps? (edited)
KD Williamson 4:16 PM
Kelli and Nora were actually based in fanfic ans Rizzoli and Isles
Reader 5 4 days ago
I got that vibe!! I wish on the show they had got together
Reader 8 4 days ago
I've never watched Rizzoli and Isles, lol. :see_no_evil:
Reader 10 4 days ago
READER 8 you need to, and I wasn’t wrong when I kept seeing Maura in Nora… tho I just got the Rizzoli fam resemblance in Kelli’s family.
Reader 4 4:17 PM
Yes I called that
Rizzoli and Isles is only the best show EVER I love Maura and Jane
Reader 5 4:17 PM
Kelli is the best totally! I wonder were is my Kelli BUT I am just find out that I have a spot for Ice Queens!!
Reader 6 4 days ago
The chemistry is so strong they should have put them together.
Reader 4 4 days ago
Yes they should have! They were practically together without all the kissing and stuff. Even Hoyt saw it
Reader 3 4:18 PM
Did you always plan it to be a 2 part book?
So the baddie could get what was coming
KD Williamson 4:19 PM
No my publisher at the time, Ylva thought it was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy to long as it was
so they wanted to split it in two. Character growth big time for the second book
Reader 3 4:21 PM
What about books 3 and 4? Where they just additional stories or did you purposely think them up to fit the docs and cops theme?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I purposely didn't want the series to be about the same ppl over and over but I wanted to keep the theme
Reader 1 4:22 PM
Do you have a favorite profession to write about between the two, cops vs. docs?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Kelli and Nora started out as my favorite but Tonya and Haley ended up stealing the show for me. She was a psychiatrist
Reader 2 4:22 PM
Will there be more books in the series?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
If I can find something original possibly
Reader 9 4:23 PM
I've only read the first one, with the second ready to go. Is extra slow burn your thing @KD Williamson?
I mean those two were just fizzing and popping and downright smouldering!
KD Williamson 4 days ago
LOL I don't do it on purpose! Honest! It just worked out that way. But I'm starting to think maybe it is
Reader 3 4:24 PM
If this is too nosey then ignore. But I saw a group of you seemed to defect from Ylva and form a new publisher. Is there a reason or you just all wanted a change?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Nope mad love for Ylva just wanted a change. I may even be going toward self publishing some day
Reader 2 4:25 PM
What was the most enjoyable thing to write for the book?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
the humor and the sex lol
Reader 3 4:26 PM
Do you have a background as either a cop or a doc?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I have a mental health background, My mom was a nurse. My sister is a nurse too
Reader 9 4:28 PM
Don't know the show but did you base Carina on anyone. Some of her questions were outrageous!
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Yup Jane Rizzoli's mom on the show. I added a lil extra spin on her of course
Reader 1 4:30 PM
What’s your favorite part of a romance to write?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I don't like so much to do the conventional romance. To me the best part is the getting to know you stage it's full of awkwardness, humor, heat or it should be
Reader 9 4:31 PM
If the characters weren't based on the show, who do you see playing Kelli and Nora in a film version?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Ohhh hmmm I'm gonna hav to think on that for a min. I'll come back to it
Reader 4 4 days ago
I would want Sasha to play Nora still
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Who would yall like to see? Kelli is a redhead so..?
Reader 1 4 days ago
Do you have a strong visual image of your characters/setting/etc while you write? I always tremble in fear at the possibility of being asked this question because I do not lol
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Sometimes I do Reader 1. Sometimes I don't.
Reader 4 4 days ago
Hmm... Kat Barrel or Chyler Leigh
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Lena Headey as Kelli
she could do the red hair and the attitude
Reader 1 4 days ago
Ooh, I could see Chyler or Lena for sure. I was thinking a little younger, Isla Fisher
Reader 6 4 days ago
The attitude is everything
Reader 9 4 days ago
The actress who plays Joan in Mad Men maybe?
Reader 1 4 days ago
I would watch Christina Hendricks in anything
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Nooo I see her for Nina in my newest book Big Girl Pill
Now for Nora...hmm who does damaged well?
Reader 3 4 days ago
Me!
I do damaged real well :joy:
Reader 10 4 days ago
What about Bridget Regan as Nora?
Reader 11 4 days ago
But in the book, you write Nina as a blond. I liked how she came into herself during the book
Reader 9 4:37 PM
What about writing in a different genre @KD Williamson? Any plans?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I've written spec fic before wayyy wayy way back won a goldie for it but the book is out of print
I do think about it but I think romance is my thing...done my way
Reader 6 4 days ago
And your way adds a lot of 'color' that we need. Not just in the characters literally ethnicity but in the way they talk and act. Much more down to earth.
Reader 1 4 days ago
I would be very interested to read that - any possibility of self-publishing to get it back into circulation?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
It would need a major MAJOR rewrite lol I'm so different as a writer now but I've thought about it
Reader 2 4:38 PM
Who are your favorite lesfic authors?
KD Williamson 4:39 PM
Meghan Obrien is very underrated
I did a podcast with Tara scott about her lol
Reader 9 4:39 PM
Would you ever do a collaboration?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
god no...no no no I don't think I'd be able to my writing voice is my own
Reader 2 4:41 PM
Any advice for new writers or those looking into getting into writing?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
if u self published get an editor first if you go through a publisher read ur contract and haggle if you can and then listen to your editor! Argue but be willing to listen
Reader 9 4:42 PM
Do you have a potty mouth like Kelli :laughing:
KD Williamson 4 days ago
For the most part fuck yeah lol
Reader 1 4:44 PM
What’s your favorite non-lesfic genre to read/watch?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I do a lot of superhero stuff. I can't help myself. I'm a big kid so I love the Marvel and DC live action shows
Right now I'm listening to Sandman its based on a graphic novel from the DC universe
Reader 9 4:45 PM
Do you do much stuff like this, interaction with fans, and do you enjoy it?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
All the time and yes for the most part I really do. The unsolicited DM's get a lil invasive and weird sometimes tho lol
Reader 1 4:48 PM
Do you consider yourself a plotter, pantser, or something in between?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
A pantser to a degree until I get near the end I tend to map that out more
Reader 12 4:50 PM
What is the one book you couldn’t live without?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Wild by Meghan Obrien it's just something about that book
I listened to the audiobook
Reader 3 4:53 PM
There is a need for more POC in books but there’s a big debate about white peoples shouldn’t write a character who is a POC because they don’t know their lifestyle. So which is better, just hoping for more POC authors or allowing white writers to add characters they want without having to make them all white.
Apologies if this offends anyone
KD Williamson 4 days ago
thats a good question. publishers generally are reluctant to put out books written by POC because they still think they don't sell or they only sell to that particular race. That's not true. I'm an example of that. As far as letting others write what they want? I think it's a fine line because white writers have been guilty of using stereotypes seen in the media for their characters. If a writer does write about a POC they need a very good sensitivity reader
Reader 3 4 days ago
Thanks for your answer. I don’t care what the author looks like, I judge purely on the book.
Reader 6 4 days ago
My take in general is that we have enough bad representation. What we need is good representation. Support authors of color. And if you're writing outside your experience, research and get sensitivity readers, if you write it at all.
Reader 1 4 days ago
As a traditionally published author, is there anything you think readers can do to put the pressure on publishers to pick up more POC manuscripts?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
They can be willing to read it. I hear so much call for diversity and then when it happens....readers dissappear cuz it isn't exactly what they thought it was or wanted
And review those books, buy those books, spread the word as well as letting the pub know
Reader 2 4:53 PM
Would you ever consider writing a romance set in a world of super heroes?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
I've thought about it. That takes some world building I don't know if I would be good at that. But I also think about just writing about a Jessica Jones everywoman character
Reader 9
If you could be any superhero, which one would you be?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
Captain Marvel
Reader 3 5:03 PM
I saw a twitter post where you single handedly took on gcls about their diversity issues. Do you feel you won your battle?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
No not until I see some actual change. I did a skype chat with a couple reps the other day so we'll see. I think the common misconception is because I spoke the Reader 3dest and longest I can fix everything but that's not my job
Reader 3 4 days ago
No it’s not but it certainly helped raise awareness
Reader 3 5:07 PM
What’s your next book and when will you find time to write it?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
At the beginning of the year I was working on a follow up to Big Girl Pill my latest. Unfortunately, things got derailed. My mother died from COVID and I'm trying to get back on the writing wagon. So this year I'm hoping a new book will be out
Reader 2 5:09 PM
Would a vet and an animal control officer fit the cops and docs theme?
KD Williamson 4 days ago
A vet yes but an animal cop? Idk sounds too cutesy lol
Reader 13 5:09 PM
Blurred Lines has been in my favorites file for awhile now - read it 3 -4 times. Thanks for that treat.
KD Williamson 5:11 PM
thanks all for having me!
Reader 1 5:11 PM
Thank you so much for joining us KD and if you all haven’t been there yet, please check out her charity auction going on now: https://www.facebook.com/events/706052596885127