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I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

I write characters. Some of those characters are women.

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

I like my male characters as much my female characters, but I always seem to have less for them to say.

I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.

I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.

I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.

I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.