Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women.

Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback.

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!

I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time - I married.

I'm an optimist and my heroines seem to be that way, too. It's too much work to be cynical and distrusting. That doesn't mean I create perfect stories and perfect people, however. What this means is that my stories are resolved in a manner that leaves the reader with a feeling of hope and happy expectation . . . and wanting to reach for another one of my books.