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.
Every single book is a challenge.
Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I’ve ever faced since I started writing.
Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.
Every writer needs an editor. I don’t care how good you are or think you are.
You’re going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder.
I wouldn’t waste a day, not an hour, not a moment. Take what you want and damn caution. Live, enjoy. Feed ravenously. Or the biggest regret you’ll have at the end of your life is wasted time.
You’re excuses are so lame they’re limping...
Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go.
There it was, Eve supposed. There was the answer to why people got tangled up with people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you mattered to would ask if you were okay.
Body adornments show that we’re aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.
Survivors lived with their mistakes.
Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.
Love didn’t run on logic. It didn’t follow neat lines or a list of priorities.
Courage comes in different forms. There’s strength – that’s the muscle. But love’s the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.
Fate. You could never anticipate it.
Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.
I’d suggest putting your head between your knees, but I think that’s physically impossible for you at the moment.
No. No, I don’t believe you’d betray me with her. I don’t believe you’d cheat on me. But I’m afraid, and I’m sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me. And regret.
He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table, a sea of them on her dining table. Jesus Christ, Dane, you need treatment.