JoAnn Ross Quotes
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One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.
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Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.
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Bruises fade. Death is permanent.
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I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.
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I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be portrayed as having rich, fulfilling lives. They didn't need a man for security or self-esteem, but having that one very special man in their lives proved the icing on the cake.
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Nothing about my life or my career has been linear.
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I've always found ideas everywhere, but my favorite place is Nordstrom, because of their liberal return policies for those ideas that don't work out.
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I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures.
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Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.
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Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy.
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Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live.
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While the romance genre has expanded so much over the years, in an odd way it's also narrowed, with too many people trying to stick stories into tight, well-defined marketing niches. It can, admittedly, be a tricky balancing act, but I believe the key is to be able to step back and take a long hard look at what you do well, what makes your work different from other writers, what feels the most natural to you when you're writing.
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Never get in the middle of someone else's quicksand.
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If you don't have a burning passion for writing, how can you expect anyone else to be moved by what you write?
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