Off The Shelf with Morgann Book #20 Elsie Silver Reveals the Inspiration Behind Rose Hill
This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Elsie Silver, the author behind the bestselling Chestnut Springs and Rose Hill series — and the upcoming Fever Dream. From single-dad romances to emotional healing, Elsie opens up about her writing process, living on the West Coast, and the moment she found out Chestnut Springs is coming to Netflix.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction & Elsie’s new dog!
1:22 Chesnut Springs coming to Netflix
4:35 Shutting your brain off
6:27 The spark behind writing single-dad romances
14:57 Hardest book Elsie has written
16:42 Separating from “reader voices”
19:03 What does Elsie read?
20:18 Rose Hill inspiration
22:50 West Coast vs Toronto
23:59 Does Elsie write with the audiobook in mind?
28:06 How the new series will sound
29:16 Wild Card synopsis (no spoilers)
31:18 Crafting an age-gap / ex-boyfriend dad trope
35:54 Body positivity in Wild Card
38:37 Working with a therapist while writing
40:10 Research for Wild Card
41:19 Ending Rose Hill Series
44:23 What’s next?
46:55 New publisher
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