My orange Persian Mews hangs out with me while I write.

My method is, I just sit down and write a book.

I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I've tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.

I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.

I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'

I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so I took a creative writing course for something different.

The good romances are as good as anything.

I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.

To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.

I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.