The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.
Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.
In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story.
I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.
The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember crying very much over her death, trying to make the words change just by staring at them. I loved 'Anne of Green Gables,' too; 'What Katy Did;' and 'Peter Pan.'
I really absolutely loved writing my first book.
Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.
Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.
I never sat down and said, 'I'm going to write historical fiction with strong romantic elements.' It was just the way the stories went.
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