hello everyone and welcome to this
google play hangouts we with the author
EL James to discuss her hugely
successful novels the trilogy 50 shades
of grey in a moment we'll be speaking
with Al but first let's welcome the
other people who are joining us on this
hangout the fans and followers of EL
James will come to you shortly to get
your questions but now let's turn to el
james first al are you surprised by how
successful and how popularly novels have
been i think surprise really summing it
up I think gobsmacked shocked terrified
all those kind of words into mind it's
been them it's happened very very very
quickly so I haven't really had a chance
to get used to it yet imma keep pinching
myself thinking this is actually
happening to somebody else and actually
that's probably I can deal with it
really it's all happening to somebody
else but is yes then it's been an
extraordinary extraordinary couple of
months well yeah so far so yeah it's
some i'm amazed completely amazed and
you didn't intend to write a noble
understand as well you basically took it
up as a bit of a hobby is that right
that's right yes yes also i just used to
post it on the incidence of chapter at a
time it's great fun really really good
club and and yeah just gonna be here
basically a man or even in my world
history okay well as you can see people
are joining us to ask you questions on
this hangout let's go to our first
question that's from brittany in
Scotland Brittany take it away and I
know this is a bit jumping the gun but I
was just wondering about and I know
you're working on more books and I was
wondering if you would go about it the
same way as it write it on San fiction
and
kind of edit to their already just
finished with that process and now doing
something different huh I think I've
actually got to I went to novels before
for every starting packages on I'd like
to revisit them and I'm actually in the
process of rewriting one of those I also
start rewriting the other one and I have
three other ideas as well so I'm I don't
know I actually don't know what I'm
going to do next and this is a
conversation I need to have with with a
few people but I I'm quite passionate
about all of them what I will miss is
writing a chapter at a time and posting
it up that is such a good it's such good
fun it really is good fun and I really
really enjoyed that process but it's
also i mean i have two completed novels
i just got to rewrite them so that's
that's also gonna be fun as well and i
agreed in forward to some peace and
quiet so I can get on and do that
because all of this stuff for doing this
is crazy so so I'm looking forward to
that great thank you and actually owe
you when you wrote these books you were
typing on your phone on the train and
things like that weren't you so this
whole process has been kind of shock to
you yes yeah i was typing it whatever
whatever and wherever i got inspiration
to write so I'm not just typing out
it'll do you know got scrap of paper
back of an envelope whatever I was just
doing that or we're not late but which
she carried your writing you should
carry all the time so yes it's um yeah
it's yeah that's what I was doing but
I'm very large and I max probably right
sit on that and stay very safety of my
home so let's turn to the actual
characters and Anastasia and Christian
tell us a bit more about them well there
what can I tell you about them anastasis
sort of young
two shelves averted kind of setup head
books most of her my cell life she's so
bright she's spunky she's um she doesn't
quite know what hit so when she goes
into he's Christian Grey who is super
very wealthy successful entrepreneur who
has certainly existing tastes she was
safe okay let's go to our second
questions we have Geeta still here with
us no I think she might dropped out for
a moment Sophie an Oxford let's take
your question next oh I just want to say
how much i absolutely love the novels
like it has an exam last week and I
couldn't study for it because oh I'm
sorry that's okay I really didn't know
how good it was gonna be and I was like
but anyway and I know at first it was
published this were Australian publish
what was it like to transition to a
larger partnership well it was not of
hectic really only we are these I only
signed the deal with random house in 7th
March and then we had to turn the
novel's around very quickly they did oh
they did a fantastic a very quick copy
edit on 50 shades brands i did a bigger
edit all the shades of grey and i turned
it around to be something like two days
i believe it came back to them so
quickly and then they then they then and
put it out I can't even remember which
data I just lost some sense of time this
process so we did that and then and then
I went to Hollywood to meet lots of
people i was actually editing the other
two books while i was in Holly do it so
it was just absolutely crazy crazy crazy
morning so so yeah it's been it's been
been really hard work and the guys at
random house
in the USA and UK have done an amazing
job in getting these books out there and
just it's been astonishing how they've
been coming how hard they've worked and
you know it's some it's are just so you
know taste it just blows me away all of
that just blows me away well it's am
riding high in the top seller lists and
countries all over the world isn't it
and it's available future purchase and
read on google play we're in the google
play hang out with a TL James let's take
our next question now from Lindsay who
is in Southampton Lindsay take it away
first of all I just had to apologize for
my parents I didn't know I was gonna be
on camera you look great what I'd like
to know is obviously recently we came to
the information about fifty shades it's
going to be made into a film fingers
crossed Sam who do you envision in the
role I understand the ian somerhalder is
quite keen on this and I'm all for that
but later and I'm actually very cool out
I'm pleading the fifth on any costume
issue anything I just then it's very
very quiet and it's very very early
stages we need to find a producer we
need to find a script on the script so I
am going to say nothing about the car
sitting if there nobody that you sort of
picture in the roles of arms I don't
think we can convince their can we I
don't think that's going to change it's
gonna be so excited in a Bolton in this
processes
wow you know who'd of thought and so
then yeah I'm just gonna keep my mouth
shut for change okay for those of you
have just joined us on the hangouts
welcome this is the google play hang out
with the author EL James will come to as
many of you as we can to get your
question let's now go to kc with your
question Casey hi I was just what you
consider to be about Christian I get
asked that a lot and you know given
Walker's all I'm not sure that I feel
comfortable writing something like that
so you know I'd without going into too
much detail I just think that's it I
mean first let me say never say never
because that's just you know what my
folks just sorry I saw what I switched
up oh yeah i just i die i don't plan to
I mean whether I continue the series
will write it from criticism questions
that place there's a couple of cities
but I would also like to write something
out as well but is okay for those of you
have just joined the hangouts if you
have your microphone on then we can hear
you so then the screen we're showing you
do we have Geeta Geeta you back there I
am I'm so sorry no are a scooter quite
dark now let's take your question for el
james Geeta okay well i'm not sure if
anyone's probably ask yeah but I'm basic
dear one we wanted to ask and whether
you have where to use the Christian and
a nine ten years now and would you think
about writing about them and their
lately is I I would tell you that but I
don't want to spoil it for people who
haven't read the second book the second
so I if you if you want to ask me that
in six months time i will tell you but
it's it's kind of difficult because I
cook yeah I know I know where they're
going to be and together then I today
and also as i'm not sure if anyone's
asked this already but i use thinking of
writing and the three against on Kristin
Christians pointed unit I'd say I can't
tell you how I just put those things the
better yeah hi I'm real think about it
I'll think you know it definitely that
last they just made me cry and we all
loved it so much yes I'd like to you
please very very interesting at spaced
view yeah it's it's it's fun it's fun
writing especially someone as mental
mixed-up kid like him so so we all want
to fix it don't wait and the rest of my
question is were and about the movies
but I'm guessing that's a no go area
yeah costing of you weren't online now
so do you get to do you have the same
though it's going to be a collaborative
process that's a bad thing that some of
my question okay thank you to stay with
us thank you let's go back then to
Britney do you have a second question at
all or just Sophie raise your hand if
you do we'll come to you to get another
question in Lindsay let's go to you
Lindsay and Southampton what's your
second question for Yale James I just
wondered what Al stands for and if
you're ever going to tell us and I'm
just wondering why you chose to put that
on the book hookers oppose your full
name um like
I spent about three minutes siding I
needed to see him I thought I didn't
know I had no idea these books of your
successful material I thought I would
continue writing and I've continued were
killing us to keep them separate so the
EDA she stands for Erica which is my
name the oh I'm not really what that
stands for and yeah interserve is its
kind of sort of family name way back
when so that's what that that's what
that sounds like the thing is I thought
I was into a place to work in up until
january i was working in television and
tell me owning a time and you know
making TV programs and i kind of miss my
mates from from from pet where I used to
work but some it's it's I just decided
that I do I wanted to keep them separate
you know writing sort of romantic erotic
novels and it's working in TV like best
to have two different personas okay
that's okay you know you wrote the you
say you're from London there but the
book is actually based in Seattle isn't
it why did you choose to base it there
well because of its origins really the
Twilight novels take place on in
Washington State and I chose the apples
another reason is that my favorite also
assess her one of my favorites or assess
her normals there was set alot renault
um one of my favorite north I wouldn't
call now she wrote a novel called love
song for Raven which is another romantic
picture and I got some second a rat in
and around but actually the islands
obviously act and sound so yes that's
what is it so we've got a time for two
more questions perhaps anyone else have
a question for Yale James Brittany do
you have our second one yes Brittany go
ahead I just wanted to tell her
congratulations on your success
is it and you've really helped a lot of
people and a lot of marriages so
congratulations okay i think it was
Sophie wasn't in oxford who had a second
question there Sophie I just wanted to
the cutters the novel's stand out
compared to others of its tagline erotic
novels because I don't read a lot of
erotica they're just wondering is there
other any sort of similarities or
differences to survive I've written all
to other erotic novels is that an to
other items I don't know it so that's
our own some really interesting question
it's item find it very difficult to
touch judge who I bring analyzable over
it I like a good love story with you
know well rounded characters and so what
I think I've ever read I've not read I
think there could be kink is my name it
will learn to forward to that server
there we go that I think oh yeah I don't
know I don't know that's a tough
question to us without I haven't
relevant actually been able to meet for
a long time I've been so busy writing
missed reading a fat joke I better have
only met a few Ticknor was the last
couple of years and i missed it really
missed it and now yes there are none
plans I'm afraid it's not something that
does so i don't i don't think so but if
we do we did change your minds of you
know get it out on Twitter room and up
or I'll get it off on my website and
stuff and of course on Google+ as well
and that's
there you go well that's all we've got
time for now I'm afraid you can of
course find al on google plus all of our
books are available ebooks are available
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read yell thank you very very much for
joining us here in London and thank you
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