Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

You know, it's not fair. Women are judged inferior until we prove ourselves, and men are judged superior until they prove what assholes they are.