Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that.
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Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them.
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If Nora Roberts were a man, she'd be on the cover of big business magazines as the next Charles Dickens.
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My daughter loves romances. She's a Ph.D student at George Washington University, and when my first book without a clinch cover came out, she said to me: 'Finally, a book I can read on the Metro.'
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I'm a great believer in possibilities.
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As science-fiction was what I read in college, it was natural that I should be tempted to write it. So I did, and continued to do so, even while I was co-authoring mysteries with my husband Evan.
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The good news, when you write with another, is that you never have an empty page in front of you. The bad news is... you never have an empty page in front of you.
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The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together.
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Not only is it OK for a woman to write about a tough guy, but it might even help sell him.