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My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.
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I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.
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I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
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For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.
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Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.
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And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.
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You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.
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I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.
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If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations.
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Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.
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I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.
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One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.
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Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.
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