he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?

There were too many idiot men in the world, to her way of thinking. And most of them ended up bumping up against stubborn women.

Don't give up on your own happy-evers.

Are you telling me you're cooking me dinner?- Regan Its the quickest way, without physical contact, to get a woman into bed. The kitchen through there?

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.

When somebody walks out, it leaves a hole in you. Some people fill it up, the good and the bad, and get on that way. Some people leave it open, maybe long enough to heal, maybe too long, picking at it now and then so it doesn't heal all the way.