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" If Nora Roberts were a man, she'd be on the cover of big business magazines as the next Charles Dickens. "
Ann Maxwell
Business
Magazines
She
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" Having a Weim means never having to work alone again. I have two Weims. When they think I've been working too long, they stage an intercession. "
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" I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn't read any 'how to' books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn't even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher. "
Ann Maxwell
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Think
" The West Coast is so different from the common perceptions of it. "
Ann Maxwell
Different
West Coast
West
" I've always been one of those people who wondered 'What if...' "
Ann Maxwell
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" Fiddler is keenly aware that justice and law don't necessarily equate. "
Ann Maxwell
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Law
Justice
" As science-fiction was what I read in college, it was natural that I should be tempted to write it. So I did, and continued to do so, even while I was co-authoring mysteries with my husband Evan. "
Ann Maxwell
College
Husband
Natural
" You can only write your own vision. "
Ann Maxwell
Only
Your
You
" The wonderful thing about romance is that there are so many flavors of it! "
Ann Maxwell
Romance
Wonderful
About
" I am far more pragmatic than the stereotype of the sex permits. "
Ann Maxwell
Than
Stereotype
More
" I have always loved the wild places between the Sierra Nevada range and the Rocky Mountains. The east face of the Sierra Nevada is steep and largely unknown, a wonderful setting. "
Ann Maxwell
Face
Wild
Unknown
" The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together. "
Ann Maxwell
Together
Marriage
People
" When we moved to Laguna Niguel, there was one four-way stop sign between the freeway and PCH. "
Ann Maxwell
Stop
Sign
Between
" Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them. "
Ann Maxwell
Born
Some People
Some
" Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that. "
Ann Maxwell
May
Progress
Up
" My daughter loves romances. She's a Ph.D student at George Washington University, and when my first book without a clinch cover came out, she said to me: 'Finally, a book I can read on the Metro.' "
Ann Maxwell
Daughter
Me
She
" Love is itself an expression of strength. "
Ann Maxwell
Expression
Strength
Love Is
" Not only is it OK for a woman to write about a tough guy, but it might even help sell him. "
Ann Maxwell
Him
Woman
Write
" You love each book. They're your children. "
Ann Maxwell
Book
Children
Each
" I'm a great believer in possibilities. "
Ann Maxwell
Great
Possibilities
Believer