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" I'm not entirely sure why I write. "

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" There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever. "

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" For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself. "

" As for the zone, I always find the zone immediately after I am sure I will never ever find the zone again because it has left me for some other, better writer. "

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