“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

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

— 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