I'm not somebody who believes in evil.
I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.
Every successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going.
When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.
A good editor is one of the sharpest tools a writer can have in her toolbox.
I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.