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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

Romantic heroes and heroines are a bit different from the sort of people we run into every day.

I've been playing with this idea in my mind that the hero's journey that we're all taught as screenwriters may resonate more specifically for male protagonists and maybe even male viewers.

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

I really like writing heroes who aren't necessarily 'Hollywood handsome.' Personally, I think men who are self-confident, intelligent, and funny are outrageously attractive - and my heroines tend to think that, too!

I've always said a romance hero can be deeply flawed... as long as he's willing to rush into a burning building to rescue a basket of kittens.

In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.