“I can't create a vaccine, but I can, hopefully, make people laugh.“

– Kayley Loring

“When I started writing my Brookston Housewives series, I thought I was writing a romance with lots of sex...I just felt like something was missing, and I thought, ‘So which one of these housewives is gonna die?’“

– Shay Apple

“It helps a lot to have those writer friends—that community, that tribe—to be there and say “Hey, come on, let’s do this together, let’s help each other out.” Because there are some days when it gets hard!“

– CeCe Ferrell

“I don't have that story of, "I've written since I was six," like I hear a lot of authors saying.“

– Tillie Cole

“With paranormal, it's whatever you want it to be. It doesn't necessarily have to coincide with everyone else's vision of paranormal.“

– Leslie Fear

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“I just have a lot of brackets [laughs] that say, ‘Write something really great here.’“

— Emery Rose

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– Emery Rose

“I love antiheroes. I love writing about situations that, maybe aren’t comfortable in society…because that’s where I think all the fun is.“

– Giana Darling

“There's no ego or personality conflicts that exist with Marlowe. She doesn't blush, she doesn't judge, she likes all genres...“

– Alessandra Torre

“Being in that double position of authoring and narrating—and sort of seeing that & feeling that—was really cool, and took my respect for authors to a new level.“

– Erin Spencer

“Even when I'm exhausted, I can do it because I love storytelling, I love my characters—and now, I've fallen in love with my readers!“

– Dylan Allen

“I try to just focus on the thing I'm doing, and the work in front of me, because it's hard to count on much else.“

– Kimberly McCreight

“Even if you want to write something, if something else is louder, you have to go with what's screaming.“

– Q.B. Tyler

“That is the reason that I wake up every morning. I'm like, 'Ok, I'm going to work on this story, and I'm going to make it the best that I can, no matter how hard it is.'“

– Saffron Kent

“I’ve always been a very twisty writer. Even most of my romance novels have some kind of twist that blows up in your face.'‘

– Shanora Williams

“As I develop the story around the characters, bits and pieces of their personalities come through…they always, always, always surprise me.“

– Carmel Rhodes

“I think we just try to talk ourselves out of doing the hard things we need to do with our art. And when you stop listening to that voice, and start working with it...then things go smoother.“

– Tarryn Fisher

“I think the biggest thing you need to do is write for yourself. Write what you want to write—not what other people want you to write, or what’s expected of you to write.“

– Kelly Elliot

“There’s just something about a forbidden touch or kiss…I just feel like I was born in the wrong time sometimes.“

– Korrie Kelley

“I'm really inspired by people and what motivates them...so my plots usually evolve from the motivations of my characters.“

– P. Dangelico

“I love writing—I always have.”

– Charity Ferrell