Jay McLean is the author of the More Series, including More Than This, More Than Her, More Than Him and soon to be released, More Than Forever. She also has two standalones coming soon titled The Road, and Combative.
Jay is an avid reader, writer, and most of all, procrastinator. When she's not doing any of those things, she can be found running after her two little boys, or devouring some tacky reality TV show.
She writes what she loves to read, which are books that can make her laugh, make her smile, make her hurt, and make her feel.
FGBB ~ I will just start by saying that I fell head over heels in love with the More series from chapter one. I devoured More Than This in less than 2 days and eagerly await each every new chapter you grant us readers to. The More series has become one of my all time favorite series reads, it’s actually top 5 *wink*. So it is with great shock and anxiety that I attempt to ask questions to a lady I have come to adore and obsess over *fangirling* *crazy Muppet arms*
FGBB ~ Was More than This the
first book you had ever attempted to write? If so, where did the inspiration
come from?
JAY ~ I can't
really say that anything 'inspired' me to write. I only started reading just under
two years ago, before that I never really fell into it. One day I opened my
laptop and just started typing. Two weeks later, I had 76k words down. I had no
intention of publishing it, and I told no one about it. Here I am, almost a
year and five books later…
FGBB ~ How long did it take you
to get from chapter 1 page 1 to hit publish with More than This?
JAY ~ I started
writing on June 14th. Finished June 30th, and hit publish
July 10th.
FGBB ~ The characters in the
More series, are beyond fabulous, are they all based on people you know, or are
the 100% make believe?
JAY ~ I think
there's an element of myself and some people references to some good friends.
In More Than Him, I had a lot of quotes and stuff from my conversations with my
bestie, Debbie. We met through her reading my books and an amazing friendship
formed. She was the one that inspired eleventy three, blowfish jobs, and Jamal.
FGBB ~ How do you motivate
yourself to write? And if you get stuck or blocked how do you push through?
JAY ~ I get stuck a
lot. My main thing is to just lie in bed and think about future scenes. I also
have to write first thing in the morning, before I check all emails, eat,
pretty much see my family. Haha.
JAY ~ I have a
general story, or at least the main plot, but I don't plot out the entire
storyline. I can plan maybe three chapters ahead, but I can barely ever stick
to them.
FGBB ~ I love Jake and Kayla,
Logan and Amanda, and I CANNOT wait for Cam and Lucy’s story, do you think that
this series will continue on? Could we convince you to keep going??? Whatever
is takes J
JAY ~ Haha! I know
that when I say goodbye to the More world, it's going to be a sad day. I don't
think that I could keep the stories going, if anything I might post a couple of
scenes here and there for free on my website just for readers to enjoy. But I
have another full novel, and then a novella and I think I'm done. BUT—that's
not to say that there aren't characters you'll meet in More Than Forever that
won't get their own spinoff series. Just sayin'.
FGBB ~ Out of all of the
characters you have created, who is your favorite and why?
JAY ~ You can't
make me choooooose!!! I won't do it.
FGBB ~ Are you as emotional
while writing as we are while reading?
JAY ~ Yes. I sob
like a little bitch. I've never cried as much as I have than when I was writing
More Than Forever.
FGBB ~ Who are your author heroes?
Who makes you Fan Girl?
JAY ~ Colleen
Hoover and Tijan. I pissed my pants when Tijan messaged me one day asking to
meet Drunk Lucy in real life. I swear it, I squealed! Now, it's a little weird
because we've become such great friends. CoHo on the other hand, all I could do
when I met her was cry. Legit, cry.
FGBB ~ What has been the most
rewarding and effecting about becoming a complete rock star to your legions of
adoring fans?
JAY ~ Holy crap you make me
sound a lot better than I am! I think the most rewarding thing has been meeting
friends for life and fucking oceans<- that's what we say because we live
oceans apart. I feel blessed for having such an amazing reader base. My readers
own my heart. I can't put into words what that support means to me. And I'm
writer—it's my job to find the words—but when it comes to my readers and their
passion for my More world, no words exist.
~ FGBB ~ Random side note -> We
have fans on the page that love you so much they want to dry hump you, LOL!
Inappropriate much? Awkward?? Still LMAO…
I personally think that this series
could continue indefinitely just like the With Me in Seattle series by Kristen
Proby… I LOVE IT THAT MUCH!!! All of the fans of this series would agree I guarantee
it <3 Think about it Jay, think about it...
JULY 12th
DECEMBER 2014
LATE 2014
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