There are millions of people who think that romance isn't real writing. But the only person who can make you real, make your books real, is you.
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The publishing industry provides a viable channel which enables a wide distribution of books that we're not seeing in any other way. Unfortunately, self-publishing doesn't have that.
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I spend a lot of time on social media, I'm on Facebook every day; I'm on Twitter every day.
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Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write.
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Writing the 'Crossfire' series is deeply personal for me, and I love the whole process of it.
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Gratitude goes a long way.
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I have things I watch in my downtime - I love 'Scandal.' I don't write political romance, so there's not a direct relation there. But it's something I do just to turn off the brain for a little bit, and just to relax and recharge.
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Especially in writing love stories, there's always the assumption that once you've said 'I do,' once you get to the point where you're married, well, the hard part is over.
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Obviously, there are those in the industry who don't give romance novels the level of respect the sales would warrant. They'll talk about a book that sells maybe 100,000 copies, that happens to be very literary, whereas something like 'Crossfire' will sell 13 million copies in a single language and hardly get any mentions at all.
