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" I had a very realistic expectation of the level of success that it was possible to attain writing romance novels. "

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" I think we love the fantasy of being the one person who can really touch the person who has been untouchable for everybody else. There's something that makes us feel very special about that; that we could be the one out of everyone who's tried and everybody who's wanted to reach that person - you're the only one who could do it. "

" I urge aspiring writers to write three full-length novels before contemplating publication. "

" Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single sentence. "

" I love connecting with readers! "

" I've been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. "

" When it comes to your hero, what the readers really fall in love with are his flaws. No one ever falls in love with a perfect hero. "

" Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them. "

" You really couldn't do a PG version of 'Crossfire!' It just wouldn't work. "

" The 'Crossfire' demographic is all-encompassing. Age, gender, religion, culture... it doesn't matter. "

" Nalini Singh, J.D. Robb, Patricia Briggs, Shelby Reed - these are my pre-order, must-have authors. "

" Gratitude goes a long way. "

" My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant. "

" I was 12 and read my first romance novel; it was a sweeping desert saga, and I got to the end of it and was like, 'I want to go back and start all over again!' That emotional response to the book and getting to the end of a story you love is what inspires me to write the next book. "

" There were points in my career where I thought, 'Maybe I'm done. Maybe I've written everything there is to write.' Now I've learned that it's just working itself out. You have to let it do it. "

" I spend a lot of time on social media, I'm on Facebook every day; I'm on Twitter every day. "

" I just have to let the story go the way it needs to go and let them take the detours they want to take, and I'll get to the end. "

" The '50 Shades' series is a Cinderella story, where the characters seemingly have no flaws. The 'Crossfire' series is very different in that these two characters are almost mirror images of each other. "

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" Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story. "

" Some writers may hate interacting on social media. And if you do, don't do it, because it shows. If you are uncomfortable being out in public, that shows, too, and makes the reader uncomfortable. So find the best way for you to connect with your readers and a way that you enjoy. "

" Obviously, there are those in the industry who don't give romance novels the level of respect the sales would warrant. They'll talk about a book that sells maybe 100,000 copies, that happens to be very literary, whereas something like 'Crossfire' will sell 13 million copies in a single language and hardly get any mentions at all. "

" It's fun to try and picture what exactly is in your head and translate it onto the screen. How you can take something that lives in my mind and bring it to life - but that part is fun. "

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" I have things I watch in my downtime - I love 'Scandal.' I don't write political romance, so there's not a direct relation there. But it's something I do just to turn off the brain for a little bit, and just to relax and recharge. "

" I know of a few writers who are husband and wife teams. "

" 'Scandal' is great because it's intriguing and sexy, and it has a lot of play with secondary characters in situations, lots of drama. "

" The No. 1 thing is to write the book that you love and then hope that it finds an audience with the same taste as you. I think I've done that, and that's lucky. "