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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life throws surprises, sorrows, sadness, and hardship, and I think that writing has actually grounded me. It kept me grounded when everything else was falling apart.
- Hard Lesson
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.
- Gray
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are gray areas in everything.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I set out to write, I see it very visually. I almost feel like a reporter. I'm relating what I'm seeing and hearing, so it's kind of watching a play for me.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing 'Rainwater' was a refreshing change of pace... a change of everything, in fact.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Typically, I have a fairly good grip on the plot of a suspense novel before I set about writing it. I must know beforehand how the mystery ultimately will be solved.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no cook, but I love to eat. Usually, food tastes best when there isn't a recipe, just a cook who knows what foods and seasonings go well together.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic of discussion, such as 'Deadline.'
- Becoming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Slow Heat in Heaven' was my 'breakout' or 'crossover' book, and I loved the freedom I felt writing it.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Rainwater' was particularly special because it was a complete departure from the suspense novels. It's set in the Great Depression and based on an incident that occurred when my dad was a boy.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know exactly where the ideas come from. One day, a sentence just popped into my head - 'There was going to be trouble, and, hell, he just wasn't in the mood for it' - and I knew I had a novel.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself to write and to keep writing. Sometimes it becomes a book.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I love my homes, I love to travel, I love my family, and I love doting on my new grandchildren. But you can only do so much of that. I don't go to lunch with friends. I don't join clubs. I don't have any big hobbies. I work. I come up with stories. I can't even imagine a life where I'm not sitting around, worried about my next book.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I'm not creating transcendent works that will someday be taught in college. All I do is entertain. I try to entertain others by sending them into another world for a few hours. When I see my books read on the beach, the pages dabbed with suntan lotion, then I feel as if I've done my job.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always found writing very difficult.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing villains because I was the big sister of five girls, so I had heavy responsibility growing up. I had to be 'the good girl.'
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to incorporate something in every book that I've never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I started to write, it was like all the lights came on. I was always making up stories in my head. I was a daydreamer. I didn't start as a child, but once I started, I couldn't stop. It was compulsive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I 'climbed' Sandia Peak outside Albuquerque. Which is really piddling as far as mountains go. It's a mere 9,000 feet and some change, and what I went up was a path on one of the gentler slopes. It's about seven miles to the summit, and I walked it with my husband, son, and brother-in-law. For me that was a tremendous accomplishment.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020