I grew up around writers, and there was always a romance to them. They were charming. They would tell their stories of what they were working on, over the table.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect.
Like so many others, I came to romance during the golden age of it - Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Johanna Lindsey and Jude Deveraux were at the height of their historical domination. Without those women, I wouldn't be a romance novelist.
I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance.
I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.
Romance writers and readers have one thing in common: We love men.
I write romance because I love to read romance.
I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.
Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or sexy or any of that. They were just unique and that had a good feel to it.
The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world.
I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.
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