“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