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Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

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We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.

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Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.

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I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.

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It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

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I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

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I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub off on me... and I have fangirl crushes on Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Linda Howard, and Kresley Cole, among many others.

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My ultimate crush may be Judith McNaught - I met her once more than 20 years ago, and she was incredibly kind and encouraging to me. I adore that woman. But I also fangirl over aspiring or beginning authors, because every time I talk with them, I'm so energized and inspired.

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I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

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I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged to follow our dreams. However, after I graduated and had a historical romance published, more than a few people indicated that, in some way, my career choice was a 'waste' of so much education.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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