Celia Bonaduce's Writing Process - Plain Talk Book Marketing

TV Producer turned novelist Celia Bonaduce talks about her writing process.

Before I start writing a new novel, I work on the storyline for months, just jotting down notes, plot twists, romantic situations – basically any ideas that drift into my head. I liken it to a mouse trying to work its way through a maze. There are lots and lots of dead ends, but with enough trial and error, the mouse figures out how to get the cheese!

When it’s finally time to sit at the computer and start writing – well, I would say my writing process has evolved over time. When I first started as a novelist, I was a freelance TV producer who could pretty much make her own schedule. I had the luxury of writing exactly the way I wanted and when I wanted – in the morning, in absolute silence – no music, no TV in the background, no ringing phones. I worked in my home office – just me and the computer.

However, in the middle of the great adventure of turning out my first trilogy, THE VENICE BEACH ROMANCES, I got a dream job as a producer/director on HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTERS, and my schedule was turned upside down. Especially for my latest book MUCH ADO ABOUT MOTHER – the third in the trilogy – I had to learn to write in airports, on planes, in coffee shops and in hotels rooms. I also had to be able to get up early to write a few pages…and then stay awake when my work day was done and write a few more before bed. I also changed the way I paced myself!

I used to obsess over every sentence, but a fellow novelist – a mystery writer named Clare O’Donahue – suggested I think “in chapters, not sentences”. This was extremely liberating! I’m now able to move forward faster. If there are clunky sentences, I can always go back and fix them!

Much Ado About Mother (A Venice Beach Romance series) by Celia Bonaduce

Published: May 29th, 2014

Publisher: eKensington

Word Count: approx. 70,000

Genre: Romance, Women’s Fiction

Synopsis:

Look out, Venice Beach–the Wolf women are all together again. But when 70-year-old Virginia arrives with her teacup Chihuahua and unshakeable confidence, she senses trouble. Erinn is keeping secrets–like being broke and out of work–and Suzanna is paying too much attention to the wrong man–a Latino dance instructor who nearly broke her heart once before. Virginia’s ready for the third act of her life, and she intends to make it rousing and romantic. Now she just has to convince her daughters to throw out their old scripts. If life has taught Virginia anything, it’s this: there’s more than one way to a “happily ever after”…

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Much Ado About the Author

Celia Bonaduce is an award-winning producer whose credits cover a lot of ground – everything from field-producing ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to writing for many of Nickelodeon’s animated series, including Hey, Arnold and Chalkzone. If Celia Bonaduce’s last name is any indication, she is proof that TV talent runs in the family.

An avid reader, entering the world of books has always been a lifelong ambition. The Merchant of Venice Beach is book one of her three-book deal with eKensington, a digital imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp. The follow up novel, A Comedy of Erinn, has also been released, and book three, Much Ado About Mother.